How a horse improves by 20+ lengths in a month...

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by jms62

The quy earlier in this thread pointed out that the numbers are much more skewed for the quirky Mile 40...

That's all the more telling that saving ground into the first turn is key at FG in dirt routes because 8f and 40 yards is the shortest distance they run in dirt routes.

The further away you start from the first turn - the longer your run into it is - and the more chance you have to move closer to the rail.

Here are the stats for 8f 40y races at FG this meet:

Post 1: 51-for-181 (28.2% wins)

Posts 2 through 5: a combined 81-for-724 (11.2% wins)

Posts 6 and outward: a combined 52-for-704 (7.4% wins)

It looks more dramatic if I don't combine them .. but it also takes more time to type that sh!t up.