Re: A Lot Less Than 8 Feet. (852 Views)
Posted by:
Alydar in California (IP Logged)
Date: August 28, 2002 10:21PM
David: One of the knocks (there are 493 others) on Brohamer's book, "Modern Pace Handicapping," is that for ease of calculating, he lengthens a length by making it 10 feet. In the revised version of Davidowitz's "Betting Thoroughbreds," he reports on a study of the average length of thoroughbreds. It is about 8.75 feet, if I recall. The tail, my friend, does not count. If you want to calculate in a different manner from chart callers, be my guest, but realize what you're doing.