I am curious about comparing fractions. You cannot really compare First Samurai's fractions with any of the guys running one mile or less because they all ran a straight away and he ran his fractions into a turn. You would expect times on a turn to be slower than on a straight away. Also, I would think run ups could have a huge impact on fractions. There were only two other races around the first turn that day and one of them was 1 3/16ths. Is there a way to see what the run ups were for the three two turn races to try to determine if comparing the fractions were meaningful? I mean if FS ran his fractions from a standing start in the gate while the two others had a healthy run up, then his fractions could ahve been a helluva lot tougher than the other fractions. Of course that is an extreme example, but we have really scant information to go on when we throw out the idea that his fractions were pedestrian when they might have actually been bruising. Also, if the wind was different, I would think that could have a big impact.