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Old 04-27-2007, 10:55 AM
SniperSB23 SniperSB23 is offline
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Originally Posted by rocknrowl
I have a newbie question.

Is there a rule of thumb when translating how far back a horse is in lengths to time?
For example if a horse A is 2 lengths back at the first call and then 1 length back at the second call and it takes the leaders 24 seconds what time did horse A run the distance in?
I use 6 lengths = 1 second some use 5 lengths = 1 second. So that horse would have gone in roughly 23 4/5ths.
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