Track Trends

Another day with an extreme inside bias. Saving ground for at least the majority of the race was pretty much a prerequisite for success.

The rail, saving ground, continues to be a significant advantage.

The rail continues to be a significant advantage. Some races came apart a little bit, but for the most part you needed to be inside for at least a sizable portion of the race to be at all successful.

While we saw some effective running from behind, as well as off the rail, the rail remains a strong advantage, as well as speed, which was also beneficial.

The rail was a significant advantage. Along with that, it was hard to close, which gave speed an advantage. 

Speed did very well today, for the most part, but the last two races argued against that enough to cast some doubt on there being a strong bias. Given the cold temperatures, it's possible kickback was an issue, which would hinder closers, and thus perhaps make speed look like an advantage. Worth following, but the best guess is closers were, at least, at a bit of a disadvantage.

The track played fairly.

The rail was good, but no advantage, as the track played fairly.

Mix of successful running styles, with speed and closers doing well, though there may have been an advantage to being forward. Likely the rail was not the best place to be as most of the successful running was done towards the middle of the track.

The races were cancelled after four races after some minor snow, which stopped minutes after the cancellation, and it appeared the track played fairly. Forward horses did well, save the 2nd race, where the winner came from well back.

The track played fairly and the rail was fine.

The rail continues to be dead with most of the effective running being done well out into the track.

Seemed like the rail continued to be off but later in the card that seemed in question. Not clear. Perhaps the track changed as the day wore on. Not many horses stayed inside so might be worth following.

The rail continued to be dead and did not appear to change after the track was sealed.

The rail was dead today. A significant disadvantage.

The track played fairly with a mix of successful running styles.

The track played fairly, with a variety of different running styles proving effective, as race dynamics played the biggest role in the outcomes. Much fairer than 1/2.

The was a strong bias towards speed, and possibly the rail, on today's track. Worth following going forward. 

It wasn't a gold rail, as we saw horses run well making outside moves, but there is an argument that the rail was good. How much of an advantage is hard to guage. Might be worth following.