Though the calendar officially says that winter begins on December 21
with the “shortest day of the year” it occurs 20 days before then with
regards to racing in New York. Wednesday is the first day of racing on
Aqueduct’s inner track, the winterized oval that has been in use since
1976.
The inner track is one mile in circumference and the stretch measures
a bit more than the 1,155.5 feet of the main track. The tighter turns
have generally led to speed doing a bit better on the inner track than
the main track at the Big A but in recent years we’ve seen track
superintendent Glen Kozak do a tremendous job in guaranteeing largely
bias-free racing on the winterized oval...
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