Time Does Matter

[Sea Biscuit]

One of the biggest mistakes that people make when evaluating racehorses is to place too much emphasis on time. A 1:51 mile on a summer night at Mohawk, when never leaving the rail in a race that has fast fractions, doesn’t necessarily mean that much if the horse wasn’t asked to leave hard, park out at some point, or do any real work. Quite often, when down a class the following week and asked to actually race a little, you’ll see the same horse get beat at low odds in 1:53 or slower.

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Originally Posted by Sea Biscuit

One of the biggest mistakes that people make when evaluating racehorses is to place too much emphasis on time. A 1:51 mile on a summer night at Mohawk, when never leaving the rail in a race that has fast fractions, doesn’t necessarily mean that much if the horse wasn’t asked to leave hard, park out at some point, or do any real work. Quite often, when down a class the following week and asked to actually race a little, you’ll see the same horse get beat at low odds in 1:53 or slower.

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https://standardbredcanada.ca/trot/m...es-matter.html

The suck along fast times does complicate things for handicappers. But if a horse does do some work and records a fast time, then the time matters.

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Article talks about how long it takes to run a card. It takes almost 5 minutes after each race at Woodbine to put up the prices. That alone adds almost an hour to the card. Every other harness track I see has them up in less than a minute.