Re: "Faster than they used to be" (577 Views)
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jimbo66 (IP Logged)
Date: November 16, 2004 03:16PM
That is a good point Mark, the one that you made pointing out that if you assume claiming pars don't/can't improve, then the only way horses get faster is if stakes horses improve relative to claimers. That doesn't make sense. I agree.
Maybe the answer is in the middle though. Figures are moving faster quicker at T-Graph than at Beyers or Rags. Maybe horses are getting faster, but not necessarily at the rate that Jerry is showing.
I am stealing a comparison from Michael D. on this board, but do you really believe that War Emblem's 2:01.3 on the lead a few years ago is 10 lengths faster than Unbridled's 2:02.0 while wide in 1990. We are only talking about 10 years ago, not generations ago. Do you really believe that Smarty Jones is the fastest 3 year old ever?