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Aug27
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track condition

Postby Aug27 » Wed May 20, 2015 7:12 am

For anyone who wants to attempt to 'normalize' past triple crown race results, (under the assumption that this year's Preakness was so weird because of the slop,) here's a compilation of past track conditions:

Track Condition
Year Derby Preakness Belmont
1979 fast good fast
1980 fast fast muddy
1981 fast fast fast
1982 fast fast sloppy
1983 fast sloppy fast
1984 fast fast fast
1985 fast fast muddy
1986 fast fast sloppy
1987 fast fast fast
1988 fast fast fast
1989 muddy fast fast
1990 good fast good
1991 fast fast fast
1992 fast fast good
1993 fast fast good
1994 sloppy fast fast
1995 fast fast fast
1996 fast fast fast
1997 fast fast fast
1998 fast fast fast
1999 fast fast fast
2000 fast good fast
2001 fast fast fast
2002 fast fast fast
2003 fast good sloppy
2004 sloppy fast fast
2005 fast fast fast
2006 fast fast fast
2007 fast fast fast
2008 fast fast fast
2009 sloppy fast fast
2010 sloppy fast fast
2011 fast fast sloppy
2012 fast fast fast
2013 sloppy fast fast
2014 fast fast fast
2015 fast sloppy TBD

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Re: track condition

Postby Aug27 » Thu May 21, 2015 5:08 pm

As expected, the average Win and Place mutuels are higher on the non-fast track editions.