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Originally Posted by JJP
Can somebody refresh my memory: why did Magna reconstruct the configuration of Gulfstream? When one thinks of GP, one thinks of the 3YO preps leading up to, and obviously including, the Florida Derby, which is at 1 1/8 miles. I wonder if they would consider going to 1 3/16 miles just to make things more fair.
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I believe the main track circumfrence is related to his desire to make a wider turf course. While I applaud the better turf course, the old one was far from terrific, the 1 1/8 new track is problematic. On the one hand, the new mile chute enabling one turn miles is very good, but the problems associated with the short run to the first turn for 1 1/8 races has diminished the track.
I guess you can't have everything.