And by newly turned 3yo fillies in for a 15K claiming tag.
A 22.39 opening quarter in an 8f race at GP was a literal impossibility prior to this meet.
To quote Bob Dylan:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCWdCKPtnYE (The Times, they are a Changin)
In regard to 8f races, GP added more run-up and less actual distance in 8f races prior to the start of this meet.
To give you an idea on how much a/effect it has been having ...
Quote:
This Ones For Phil's first quarter-mile of 23.83 seconds actually wasn't so slow--through Mar. 1, it was the sixth-fastest
opening quarter of 71 one-mile races on dirt at the current
Gulfstream meeting.
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The 3rd race today was not exactly This One For Phil being hounded by Quality Road through a blistering opening quarter of 23.83 seconds ...
It was 3 cheap young fillies, all in for a 15K tag, with 3 incredibly stupid jockeys (two of them bugs and one of them JV Bridgmohan) involved in a breakaway pace battle.
It was a classic meltdown ... in the field of 9, the 3 speeds in the early pace battle finished:
* 7th beaten only 34 lengths at 3/1 odds.
* 8th and Did not finish the race.
* 9th and did not finish the race.
http://www.equibase.com/static/chart...010613USA3.pdf
The winner won by 17 lengths while pulling away through a trotter like final quarter of 27.04 seconds. The rest of field was falling over.
Here is a video replay of this race in all of its glory:
http://www1.drf.com/displayVideo.do?...=D&country=USA
Obviously, this was a very psychotic pace for cheap young fillies, but the timing difference with 8f races at this meet compared to past meets has made it all the more humorous.