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Originally Posted by bobphilo
Those ground loss numbers already represent the extra ground covered by the 2nd and 3rd place horses covered compared to the winner. Not some perfect trip. That's how Trakus measures it.
That also has nothing to do with how close the horses were running to the lead during the race
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I understand that. You don't understand my question, which is generally, "What figure does Tacitus really get in your mind?" given that he was by all accounts (for those in this thread) easily the "best horse" in the race?