Capping by Post Positions

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by Slewbopper

I think it pretty much comes down to who gets out of the chute cleanly. It is a very long run to the first turn so if you can get a comfortable position out of the gate the outside shouldn't matter that much. I think Smarty was in the 15 and Fu Peg in the 16...so that is two auxillary gate winners in the last 7 years.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that Smarty wasn't all that compromised because he actually had some extra space because of where he was in the auxillary gate.