Tracks
Four tracks, drawn to scale from the real courses, each with its own surfaces and weather. Where a race is run matters as much as who is in it, so it pays to know them.
Aqueduct
The Big A. A mile-and-an-eighth dirt oval in Queens with a long chute off the backstretch and a one-mile turf course inside it. New York's winter track.
- Main dirt
- 1 1/8MFast
- Main turf
- 1MFirm
- Stretch
- 1,155feet
- Runs
- Left-handed
- Title sponsor
- Longacre Syndicate
Belmont Park
The biggest dirt track in the country: a mile and a half around, with the Widener turf course inside it. Long straights and sweeping turns, built for the classic distances.
- Main dirt
- 1½MFast
- Widener turf
- 10½FFirm
- Stretch
- 1,097feet
- Runs
- Left-handed
- Title sponsor
- Northwind Racing
Halcyon Spa
The Spa. A mile-and-an-eighth dirt oval with the Mellon turf course inside it, racing in upstate New York since 1863. Tight turns and a reputation for beating favourites.
- Main dirt
- 1 1/8MFast
- Mellon turf
- 1MGood
- Stretch
- 1,144feet
- Runs
- Left-handed
- Title sponsor
- Halcyon Yard
Santa Anita
A one-mile dirt oval under the San Gabriel Mountains, with a long chute off the backstretch and the turf course inside it. Dry, fast and the quickest surface on the circuit.
- Main dirt
- 1MFast
- Turf
- 7FFirm
- Stretch
- 990feet
- Runs
- Left-handed
- Title sponsor
- Open to bids