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Where can we find further evidence to support the "unusual" nature of this 102-77-85 running line? From what I've seen...that's how the majority of the pace-setters win their races. They throw out a quick opening fraction in order to arrest the early lead on the rail, and then they endeavor to noticeably slow down the pace during the second fraction...after which they reassert themselves again, by drawing away from their pursuers as they turn for home. In fact...this style of running has been so common on the U.S. dirt tracks, that the esteemed handicapping author Dick Mitchell even popularized the "turn time" concept...in order to isolate those races where a soft middle fraction made the horse's overall performance appear more impressive than it really was. If I remember correctly, Mitchell even created an artificial rating which combined the horse's second-call pace figure with the horse's "turn-time"...in order to further isolate those horses who had REALLY pressured themselves during the most strenuous part of the race...which was the MIDDLE part of the race...as far as Mitchell was concerned.
In any case...when 5 of the 7 horses in a nondescript statebred stakes race are able to accomplish this "accelerate-decelerate-recelerate" task...then, how "unusual" can it possibly BE?
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