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Originally Posted by philcski
It isn't a formulation of a rating, it's simple physics (average velocity = distance covered/time)
The value of comparing a horse's average velocity in the first half of the race to the second gives you a quantitative value on how much they slowed down in the second half of the race (99% of dirt races are run faster in the first half than the second.) Those that slow down less are more apt to stretch out.
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Exactly.
In simple terms it tells you how much a horse slowed down.
In the Bluegrass several horses actually "came home" the last 3 furlongs faster than they started. That race started very slow and was run on polytrack. In the Breeders Cup Juvenile only one horse- Street Sense, ran a faster pQ2.
These types of comparisons have to be viewed in the context of the race, and may or may not show any worthwhile information.
I will post more Kentucky Derby contenders (Great Hunter, Tiago, Dominican, Any Given Saturday likely next - Also open to posting any Derby Horse that someone may request),
and I will also eventually post a complete list that shows all the figures as well as some extra comparisons and manipulations of the data along side.