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Old 07-18-2007, 02:57 PM
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Thanks that was neat.

It freaked me out to seem a horse running clockwise at Belmont. I knew they ran that way, but to actually see it was kind or wierd.

Thanks, you will truly enjoy the book, I know it opened my eyes.
They ran clockwise on dirt?? I never knew that!

That video was awesome, what a beauty. There will never be another like him.
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Old 07-18-2007, 04:31 PM
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They ran clockwise on dirt?? I never knew that!

That video was awesome, what a beauty. There will never be another like him.
In Richard Stones Reeves book Belmopnt Park there is a photo of horses coming down the strecth and running from right to left. The caption of the Photo says " From 1095 until 1920 races were run clockwise at Belmont Park. "

So to answer your questions dirt races were run clockwise at Belmont park.
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