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comparisons
If you compare the shifts in energy distribution in, let's say routes before and after the surface chagnes at Keeneland, the e/l numbers are downright CRAZY going from averages of -1 to +3 TO -12 to -4 (both a more negative and wider range) whereas Woodbine before and after changes were minimal.
All Polys are no more the same than dirt tracks. I have to agree with Andy Beyer who put out a very simple, though logical thought (and I am paraphrasing here): "Do you want racetracks to all be the same? Then you will have the situation that exists in harness racing and the fan who studies the differences tracks make on performance will no longer have any edge."
I stongly believe, as the data shows at Turfway (2nd hand information from several freinds), once these new tracks settle into a pattern, it is Sartin methods, with our ability to evaluate the energy requirements of a course, that will give US the edge.
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