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Old 08-04-2009, 08:59 AM
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The correct fractions and time for the Amsterdam IMO:

1/4: 21.16

1/2: 43.66

3/4: 1:07.22

Final: 1:13.45
I hope Joey (Ateam) gets a chance to post today because he had the day off and happened to be up in the Judge's Stand for the race and watched as they re-timed it to confirm the correct internal fractions. He can shed light on the process.
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Old 08-04-2009, 09:17 AM
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Man, this race proves the old truism that more track records are set by track superintendents than by superstar horses.

When Victory Gallop won the Stephen Foster I think 3 or 4 horses broke the CD track record.
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Old 08-04-2009, 09:21 AM
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Man, this race proves the old truism that more track records are set by track superintendents than by superstar horses.

When Victory Gallop won the Stephen Foster I think 3 or 4 horses broke the CD track record.
The record had less to do with track maintenance and more to do with the 2 inches of rain that drowned the surface Sunday. The trainers are universally thrilled with the track super.
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Old 08-04-2009, 10:14 AM
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The record had less to do with track maintenance and more to do with the 2 inches of rain that drowned the surface Sunday. The trainers are universally thrilled with the track super.
I wasn't criticizing him.

It rains like hell all the time at Saratoga without producing multiple track records in one race. C'mon, they can work the track to slow it down if they want to. It is not some push-button task, I grant you, but they just let that track get away from them yesterday, pure and simple.
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Old 08-04-2009, 11:24 AM
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I hope Joey (Ateam) gets a chance to post today because he had the day off and happened to be up in the Judge's Stand for the race and watched as they re-timed it to confirm the correct internal fractions. He can shed light on the process.
confirmed the correct internal fractions?

Ah, Steve, there is no way in hell those internal fractions posted in the chart are correct.
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