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Originally Posted by Spalding No!
The opening quarter mile was the fastest of any route the entire weekend at Pimlico and equaled or bettered a couple of the sprint stakes as well.
The mile split was also the fastest of the weekend. All this despite being the co-longest race of the weekend at 9.5 furlongs. And the two were still head to head at that point.
That's a protracted speed duel, as the result chart suggests...
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Not sure of the exact distance but because of the run-up on sprints at Pimlico you basically have to take a full second off of the first quarter times to get a better gauge of early speed.
There are run-ups for routes at Pimlico as well. For better explanation would reference comments CJ made in his thread about the TimeformUS Speed Figures for the stakes races on BES and Preakness days.
