09-21-2006, 09:29 PM
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Atlantic City Race Course
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Chambersburg, Pa
Posts: 4,635
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Originally Posted by somerfrost
Just a reminder, Smarty ran the following fractions in the Belmont:
24 2/5, 48 4/5, 1:11 3/5, 1:35 2/5, 2:00 2/5....before struggling home in 2:27 3/5.
That means his first half mile was in 48 4/5
The second suicidal half he ran in 46 3/5 including 22 4/5 for the two furlongs between 4-6f
so...2f splits: 24 2/5, 24 2/5, 22 4/5, 23 4/5, 25, 27....horses can't do that second half in a 12f race and survive!
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The great Secretariat's half mile splits were...46 1/5, 48, 49 4/5.
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