Is Scioto Downs track short ?

[dinkadoo]

Good Purses bring good horses and trainers and times should be quick.... But this quick ?
Track records - hell world records are being broken left and right and one thing I look at it, sometimes not how fast the winner went but how fast was the 5th place horse going.... When that many horses are flying, what is the true distance of the track ? Does it matter ? Would Scioto actually fess up if it was short and then take a black eye as to the times going especially with the Breeders Crown coming in the fall ?

This past Friday

Class                            Winning time            5th place time
Nw 11k L4 Trot                      151.2                     152.1           pretty quick condition Trot
Claimer 12k for F&M               151.0                     152.1           last week this claimer went in 50.3
NW 5500  F&M                       150.2                     152.2          This is considered near bottom condition
F&M Open                              149.0                     150.1          Solid Group
Open 3                                  150.2                     151.1           Another fast bunch
NW 16k  Trot                          151.4                     153.1           back half trotted 55.3 in hand
NW of 6                                 150.3                     151.2           Back half in -- 54.2 -- front end speed
NW 8k L4                               151.1                     152.2           Burke winner back half in 54.2

Other races times were slowed by soft early fractions and then speeding home.

                       

[Sweet]

Dink, call the race office and ask if they use GPS tracking software and to email you one race result of your choosing.

See if any horse comes up less than 5280 feet traveled.

[dinkadoo]

Dink, call the race office and ask if they use GPS tracking software and to email you one race result of your choosing.

See if any horse comes up less than 5280 feet traveled.

They use this technology ? Used often at thoroughbred tracks and released to the public as an additional handicapping tool.

[JT]

This was a topic on here last year with much debate.
They totally redid the track a few years ago when the new grandstand was built.
Whether its a cunt hair short of a mile I have no idea..
But it has always been probably the fastest 5/8 track in the country except for maybe Pocono when they used to race at night always.

[Hay 4 sail]

  147.4  Will get you banded

[Sweet]

  147.4  Will get you banded

 

[dinkadoo]

  147.4  Will get you banded

does last name matter ? 

[Hay 4 sail]

    Ohio has the fastest Mailman ever. I believe he can get one to go  147.4
Mailman dont play he just knows when to back off.

[Sweet]

    Ohio has the fastest Mailman ever. I believe he can get one to go  147.4
Mailman dont play he just knows when to back off.

That was a lead pony 

He doesn't want to brag 

Bulldog's WR is done....probably on a 5/8 or 1/2! 

[Bitter Truth]

Yes

[Checked Up]

Something as Northfield Park had going on with the 1st redo when mid level condition races went from 1:55 on average to  steady 1:53 miles with insane last quarters! Now since the redo at Scioto, 6 claimers can go in 52 and change PARKED the entire mile !!When you look at the fractions of races it appears the shortage is from the Starting point and the quarter IMO!🤔🤔🤫🫢

[Hay 4 sail]

Something as Northfield Park had going on with the 1st redo when mid level condition races went from 1:55 on average to  steady 1:53 miles with insane last quarters! Now since the redo at Scioto, 6 claimers can go in 52 and change PARKED the entire mile !!When you look at the fractions of races it appears the shortage is from the Starting point and the quarter IMO!🤔🤔🤫🫢

I never heard one person say Nfld track is good.. I heard the opposite track is terrible 

[Checked Up]

The crazy NFLD miles are gone because it was worked on a second time and after that was gone the crazy fast miles disappeared!

[hoosierboy]

Yes it’s short