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Originally Posted by cj
It depends what you mean by "true". If you base it only on final time, it would be impossible. But if you base it on ground traveled for each horse in conjunction with the time they ran he'd surely be in front.
Final Time (Per Trakus):
Sir Winston 2:28.30
Tacitus 2:28.47
Feet Per Second based on Trakus ground covered:
Sir Winston 8022 ft / 148.30 seconds = 54.09 feet per second
Tacitus 8077 ft / 148.47 seconds = 54.40 feet per second
Side note, this shows the ground loss is always inflated on Trakus. There is no way Sir Winston lost 102 feet of ground during this race (1 1/2 miles is 7920 feet).
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Actually, acording to Trakus, Tacitus ran 65 feet more than Sir Winston. That's about 8 lengths, which seems right considering how much wider he was on the turns.
Average speed for Sir Winston: 36.9 mph. Tacitus: 37.9 mph.
It's in their chart.
https://www.nyra.com/belmont/racing/trakus
