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Originally Posted by cj
I did a bit of research on this and the last three furlongs alone isn't really all that relative. I've only done 2015-2017 so far, but when you rank the field by last fraction and then by speed figure (I'm using TimeformUS adjusted last fraction and speed figures---of course I am) and add them together (lowest score wins), the winner was in the top 3 each time.
The top rating ran 3rd, 2nd, and 1st in the three years.
The winner was rated 8th, 9th, and 4th on last fraction alone.
The winner was rated 2nd, 2nd, and 1st on speed figure.
I'm going to go back 10 more years and see how it holds up, particularly when non-favorites were winning. I'll post more soon.
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Nobody other than GMB showed much interest but it wasn't my loss.
This is how the rankings looked pre-race this year: