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Originally Posted by Zippy Chippy
I hate to interrupt Pletcherfest, but I just had a question about Pimlico. I think I was listening to ATRAB the other day and somebody described it as a course with tighter turns and a shorter stretch than Churchill Downs. If this is true, do these features give any advantages or disadvantages to any certain running styles? I would be interested in hearing what people think.
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I was listening too. What I thought Steve said was the turns were not tighter, but less banked, making it harder for horses that were wide on the turns to navigate. Possibly this is a post position issue? How far is it to the first turn?