Was there really a rail bias?

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by repent

same thing that happened at Arlington in 2002.

rail bias on Arlington BC day? Are you kidding me? With 3 and 4-wide horses winning, and azeri going wire to wire?

i'm not sure what you're looking at. does a 4-wide move around the turn and into the stretch constitute the "rail?" If so then there's a rail bias everywhere, and that is called geometry. horses running 9-wide do not regularly win anything, let alone their biggest race of the year.

you've basically just shown that your judgment of a rail bias is terrible, so your thoughts on CD Saturday are basically irrelevant.