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what if you leave out and get locked in and never have a chance to even pull from the pocket...how is that fair?
There is always going to be someone on the rail. they aren't going to race 3 and 4 wide the whole mile. You still see numerous slow second quarters. In my opinion it has made the place even less watchable and more dangerous! Like i said just my opinion though.
Watched the first two races tonight and the horses on the inside almost went down because they had know where to go. Horrible decision to remove the passing lane.
There was no passing lane for over 100 years and that's when the sport was popular and thriving.
you want to sit pretty, you shouldn't get a free lane for the drive. the passing lane removed all impetus for horses sitting the pocket to make an aggressive middle move, and penalized horses trying to cut the mile.