Belmont Finals

[Larchmont]

And it\'s not just figures at Belmont.  What about Gulfstream?  A 1:48 3/5 9f race gets the greatest figure of all time?  Times are not getting faster, but figures are...so what is happening to the racetrack surfaces?  Are all surfaces at major tracks getting deeper and slower year after year?  Why would that be the case?

As for Belmont - has anything else changes to the other layers of the racing surface since the 1970\'s?  Anyone have similar illustrations of the surface from prior decades?  Thanks to hooper for posting that - very interesting.