Originally Posted by
Njcstables
The problem that I have with the sprint lane is not so much that the inside line get a huge advantage, it's more so that the horses in the second half of the field have no chance. It's changed racing so that everything revolves around protecting field position. Horses don't run the gate unless they can genuinely get across, then they hand up to something that just sits wide around the first turn out of trouble. The next one follows it up to the breeze and no sooner does it get there and the three wide line takes off 1200 out but don't put pressure on they just amble up.
So at the bell you have four lines of three but only 4-5 genuine winning chances(all of whom are in the front half of the field). The horses 3-2, 3-3, 3-4 all sprint there arses off around the corner into the straight before the inside line just cruise through.