Secretariat didn't really win Belmont by 31 lengths

[cj]

Originally Posted by dilanesp

When I was in Oklahoma on Friday night for my mother's horse's race, the track's past performances on its quarter horse races had exact final times. Seems to me if a track in Oklahoma can publish exact QH times in it's PP's, same thing can be done for major league thoroughbred tracks.

I'm with you, cj.

Should have said something, we (wife + me) actually considered going to FMT Saturday since it was closing day.

[JustRalph]

Originally Posted by cj

https://twitter.com/TimeformUSfigs/s...47083389243392

https://twitter.com/TimeformUSfigs/s...49045413351424

I don't think they are going to take it away from him now.......

[cj]

Originally Posted by JustRalph

I don't think they are going to take it away from him now.......

As I've said, not really my point. I don't care about the margin, just would like to see things done right now. It has only been 44 years since then.

[theotherside]

Before you tell me my point is irrelevant let me say 2:24 a record that will stand forever at belmont park.

[Afleet]

Originally Posted by theotherside

Before you tell me my point is irrelevant let me say 2:24 a record that will stand forever at belmont park.

I predict a Navarro horse will break this record

[JustRalph]

Originally Posted by cj

As I've said, not really my point. I don't care about the margin, just would like to see things done right now. It has only been 44 years since then.

I'm allowed to bust ur balls a little

Are you suggesting horse racing hasn't improved in 44 years? Shocked I tell you!

[luisbe]

Originally Posted by cj

The photo companies calculate the time difference between the winner and each horse as they hit the wire and apply a flawed formula to convert it to lengths.

I agree that's flawed. Beaten lengths should be the distance between the first and second as the winner hits the wire. There should be a frozen picture and the calculus would be simple, just a ruler can be used as measure.

[dilanesp]

Originally Posted by cj

Should have said something, we (wife + me) actually considered going to FMT Saturday since it was closing day.

I thought of posting something but I thought it was a little corny.

My mother is 87 years old. She's dabbled in horse ownership for a couple of years, and had one decent sort who had some seconds in Maiden races at Gulfstream before breaking down after a race.

But she has a nice filly now named Pound the Table. She had a troubled trip in her last start and finished second, so I thought she was sitting on a win and went out to Fair Meadows for the Friday night card. Horse dead-heated for the win in the first race, giving my mother her first ever race win. She flew out to see it too, and she got her picture taken and everything. It was a lot of fun.

Horse figures to run again against winners at Remington. We'll see how it goes.

[cj]

Originally Posted by JustRalph

I'm allowed to bust ur balls a little

Are you suggesting horse racing hasn't improved in 44 years? Shocked I tell you!

I didn't take it that way buddy!

And yes, that is exactly the point. Scary.

[cj]

Originally Posted by theotherside

Before you tell me my point is irrelevant let me say 2:24 a record that will stand forever at belmont park.

I hope not, one of the best records in sports and it is real.

[cj]

Originally Posted by dilanesp

I thought of posting something but I thought it was a little corny.

My mother is 87 years old. She's dabbled in horse ownership for a couple of years, and had one decent sort who had some seconds in Maiden races at Gulfstream before breaking down after a race.

But she has a nice filly now named Pound the Table. She had a troubled trip in her last start and finished second, so I thought she was sitting on a win and went out to Fair Meadows for the Friday night card. Horse dead-heated for the win in the first race, giving my mother her first ever race win. She flew out to see it too, and she got her picture taken and everything. It was a lot of fun.

Horse figures to run again against winners at Remington. We'll see how it goes.

Very cool. I'll keep an eye out for her in the entries. That is much closer to me than FMT!

[Lemon Drop Husker]

Does is it really matter once we get past 6, 7, or 8 lengths or more in short 3, 4, or 5 horse fields?

[MutuelClerk]

CJ I believe you've calculated like a tremendous machine.

[Fager Fan]

I love how the winning margin was so exact. Not 32 lengths, or 33 lengths, but 32 1/2 lengths. 😜

[Magister Ludi]

The "length" unit of measure probably originated when someone, probably a caller, noticed that the distance between the infield fence uprights approximates the length of a horse. It was a way of quickly estimating, on the fly, the distance between horses.