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Old 10-26-2008, 12:53 PM   #39
Tim Y
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Originally Posted by Jonathan Steele View Post
Tim,

One question though: what do you say to someone who is matching-up races a la The Hat? Don't you think accuracy of first call times are of paramount importance, especially when horses have raced at different venues?
TIMES, yes. but that has everything to do with the run up variances track to track, and NOT the placement of the gate race to race. I talked yesterday with Joe Gray (our starter) and he related to me: we PLACE THE GATE within a foot of the same place race to race. As Joe said, "it is often closer than that."
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