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Originally Posted by HalvOnHorseracing
The truest measure of the class of a horse is the ability to extend his speed over longer distances. That is the direct measure as opposed to indirect measures like the conditions of the race or the value of the purse.
Lots of horses can run a fast quarter. Not nearly as many can run a fast 3/4 after such an opening fraction. And far fewer still can run the last quarter of a mile in 23 seconds in a mile and a quarter race.
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"truest measure of class" If we are to use your parameters the horse that can run the farthest has the most "class" since he will have the only time at that distance and Usain Bolt lacks class since he can't go" two turns". Comparing significantly different distances is comparing apples and oranges. The inference that stamina is class is via personal definition. Class by definition means nothing more than division into sets.
