Re: Speed (535 Views)
Posted by:
Chuckles_the_Clown2 (IP Logged)
Date: November 16, 2004 02:41AM
Michael D, I do know the day Secretariat ran his blistering Belmont Stakes the track was wicked fast and I don't mean to take that away from Secretariat. He went in 2:24, no other Belmont winner has been able to go faster than 2:26 raw time.
Look at Ghostzappers Woodward
45:3
1:08:3
1:33:1
1:46:1
He came home a little slow, but those fractions are motoring. I have to defer to Jerry here because I did not break this card down. But the Woodward is a one turn race. If Jerry says its a negative 6, from what I can see here, I tend to believe him.
Jimbo made a very good point and its the statistical likelihood of having the fastest 3yr old and fastest older horse both pop record performance figures in the same year. This would be an anomoly in past years and you can add to that a Horse ran GZ to a dead tight finish in that negative six Woodward. Its clear we have a dilemma. The question of course is: "Whats going on here?" Is Jerry ready for the old folks home? OR Are some horses running out of their hooves? And not to further confuse, but has anyone asked themselves if GZ and RIM really were that much better than Pleasantly Perfect?
Finally, consider this: Two of those monster efforts were by the unusal suspects and then theres Romans and Servis. Should we be keeping our eye on them? And what about Zito? Is he suddenly coming up with a golden touch?