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Originally Posted by Hoof 11
Yesterday’s Dominion Day Stakes 10F
Fractional Times
25.30 – 49.52 – 1:13.64 – 1:38.64 – 2:04.06
Both front runners gassed in the stretch, leaving the door open to Melmich, the big closer who overcame a 3 ½ length deficit and won by 1 ½ lengths. The surface doesn’t appear to be all that much slower when comparing the times over the last 6 years, mind you Melmich is a little more mature.
Queen’s Plate Final Times
2015 – 2:03.45
2014 – 2:03.94
2013 – 2:04.72
2012 – 2:01.99
2011 – 2:02.63
2010 – 2:04.89
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Queen’s Plate 2016
24.19 – 49.92 – 1:14.74 – 1:38.38 – 2:04.09
Sir Dudley Digges overcame a 4 length deficit.
I'm not sure i would call this surface slow, between the rolling and watering from track maintenance, they have the surface playing even.
Noholdingback Bear set a track record on Friday July 1 with a time of 1:14.44 at 6.5F in race 6, unseating Consolidator Joe from the record. At the beginning of the season i thought to myself, at least the track records will be safe with the new Tapeta surface, i stand corrected.