Yes George, I did forget that one, but at least the way I do things, the farther back a horse is early, the less significant the pace figure is anyway.

The quarter times can be greatly affected by jockey intent for one thing, which leads to the wild swings you can see. It is also very common to see mid pack runners and closers showing faster pace figures (from different races of course) than need the lead type runners, but the front running types will be ahead of them nearly every time.