JPinMaryland
05-05-2012, 11:57 PM
For anyone whose interested and especially for people who make figures, what derby does this years remind you of? I mean in terms of pace and fractions or whatever floats your boat.
It seems to me this years group held up very well under a hot pace scenario. Dont really see that very often. The Monarchos race and the SPend a Buck race maybe somewhat similar. I think the track was altogether more speed favoring on those days. Also maybe the 2010 race but that was on a sealed, sloppy track so you'd have to adjust for surface, possibly so...
But the race I find most similar by my reckoning is, somewhat strangely, the 2005 Giacomo race, run at about the same pace but finishing a full second behind this years final time.
In that race Giacomo (the winner) plays the role of this years Went the Day Well who I think had the best closing fraction. Three other horse in each race finished with strong closing fractions (about 26 flat) 2005: afleet alex; dontgetmad and closing argument. This years parallel: Ill have another, dullahan and union rags.
I guess the difference in final time is that this years strong finishers were more forwardly placed. So I guess either the speed held up better, or these group is better. Or some combo.
Anyhow that's all I got. ANyone have any other ideas? :confused:
It seems to me this years group held up very well under a hot pace scenario. Dont really see that very often. The Monarchos race and the SPend a Buck race maybe somewhat similar. I think the track was altogether more speed favoring on those days. Also maybe the 2010 race but that was on a sealed, sloppy track so you'd have to adjust for surface, possibly so...
But the race I find most similar by my reckoning is, somewhat strangely, the 2005 Giacomo race, run at about the same pace but finishing a full second behind this years final time.
In that race Giacomo (the winner) plays the role of this years Went the Day Well who I think had the best closing fraction. Three other horse in each race finished with strong closing fractions (about 26 flat) 2005: afleet alex; dontgetmad and closing argument. This years parallel: Ill have another, dullahan and union rags.
I guess the difference in final time is that this years strong finishers were more forwardly placed. So I guess either the speed held up better, or these group is better. Or some combo.
Anyhow that's all I got. ANyone have any other ideas? :confused: