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Originally Posted by thaskalos
Bobphilo said that 5 of the 7 horses in that Wednesday Belmont race ran an "accelerate-decelerate-recelerate" running line...and that this particular running line is unusual for a U.S. dirt track. Can we find out how "unusual" such a running line really is?
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I will run the numbers, but I already know it isn't nearly as common as a steady declining or inclining pattern. In many races the entire field will follow the same type pattern, to varying degrees of course. For example, when races fall apart, something like a 100, 80, 60, even the deep closer will often show a declining figure pattern. They just decline less than the rest of them.