Re: Pharoah to Continue Racing (575 Views)
Posted by:
T Severini (IP Logged)
Date: September 04, 2015 07:39AM
Nice little historical summary.
Some of it brought back memories.
Still, the horse, (AP), just didn't look right. It looked like he didn't bring his A game!
ty
rhagood Wrote:
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> Not be a dead horse but here goes (yes pun
> intended), the following are of course raw
> unadjusted times but do a give a general sense
> that historically the Travers is not kind to very
> sharp fractions including internal ones. AP's raw
> mile of 1:35.08 would have tied for the fastest
> ever by the leader and eventual winner. Per the
> 2014 Media Guide NYRA.com
>
> FASTEST FRACTIONAL AND FINAL TIMES
> Since 1901, few horses that have set the fastest
> early fractions have won the Travers. Holy Bull,
> who ran the second-fastest quarter ever
> (:22 4/5), went on to win the 1994 Travers.
> Natchez, who ran the third-fastest quarter ever
> (:23) won in 1946, as did Willow Hour in 1981,
> who also ran the quarter in :23.
> Horses who set the fastest half-mile times all
> faded in the Travers, but three that set the
> fastest six-furlong fractions won. In 1920,
> Travers
> winner Man o’ War ran the three-quarters in 1:10
> (the second-fastest ever). In 1976, Honest
> Pleasure set a six-furlong time of 1:10 2/5,
> ran the mile in 1:35 (still the fastest Travers
> mile) and won in a then-record 2:00 1/5. In 1994,
> Holy Bull also ran the first six furlongs in
> 1:10 2/5 before winning the 125th edition of the
> Midsummer Derby in 2:02.
> In 1979, General Assembly lowered Honest
> Pleasure’s record by 1/5 second. His record of
> 2:00 for the 1 1/4 miles still stands, giving
> trainer LeRoy Jolley the distinction of training
> the two fastest Travers winners.
>
>
> FASTEST FRACTIONAL TIMES
>
> Distance Time Year Horse Where Finished Winner
>
> 1/4 mile
>
> :22 3/5 1967 Gala Performance 4 Damascus
> :22 3/5 1972 North Sea 5 Key to the Mint
> :22 3/5 1980 Superbity 7 Temperence Hill
> :22 4/5 1994 Holy Bull 1 Same
> :23 1946 Natchez 1 Same
> :23 1971 Kennedy Road 5 Bold Reason
> :23 1981 Willow Hour 1 Same
> :23 1984 Big Pistol 8 Carr De Naskra
> :23 1992 Dixie Brass 4 Thunder Rumble
> :23 1993 El Bakan 11 Sea Hero
> :23 1996 Louis Quatorze 2 Will’s Way
> :23 2002 Shah Jehan 9 Medaglia d’Oro
>
>
> 1/2 mile
>
> :45 3/5 1972 North Sea 5 Key to the Mint
> :45 4/5 1967 Tumiga 3 Damascus
> :45 4/5 1980 Superbity 7 Temperence Hill
> :46 1971 Kennedy Road 5 Bold Reason
>
>
> 3/4 mile
>
> 1:09 3/5 1972 North Sea 5 Key to the Mint
> 1:09 4/5 2003 Strong Hope 3 Ten Most Wanted
> 1:10 1929 Man o’ War 1 Same
> 1:10 1987 Temperate Sil 8 Java Gold
> 1:10 1/5 1977 Silver Series 3 Jatski
> 1:10 1/5 1980 Amber Pass 3 Temperence Hill
> 1:10 1/5 1983 Slew o’ Gold 2 Play Fellow
> 1:10 2/5 1945 Pavot 4 Adonis
> 1:10 2/5 1976 Honest Pleasure 1 Same
> 1:10 2/5 1994 Holy Bull 1 Same
>
> 1 mile
>
> 1:35 1976 Honest Pleasure 1 Same
> 1:35 2/5 1962 Jaipur 1 Same
> 1:35 2/5 1972 Tentam 2 Key to the Mint
> 1:35 2/5 1977 Silver Series 3 Jatski
> 1:35 2/5 1983 Hyperborean 3 Play Fellow
> 1:35 2/5 1992 Dixie Brass 4 Thunder Rumble
> 1:35 2/5 2003 Ten Most Wanted 1 Same