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					Originally Posted by philcski
					
				 The number was published initially too low, then admitted by Beyer to be a single race variant. The times for the day were:
 NYB MSW 2YO fillies @ 7F: 1:26.51
 CLM 20K @ 6F: 1:10.73
 MSW 3U fillies @ 1 mile: 1:38.10
 MSW 2YO's @ 6.5F: 1:17.25
 CLM 50K @ 1 mile: 1:36.72
 MSW 2YO's @ 6.5F: 1:17.59 - won by Reverberate
 ALW 3U fillies @ 7F: 1:23.37
 The Gazelle G1 @ 9F: 1:48.25 - won by Stellar Jayne
 The Woodward G1 @ 9F: 1:46.38 (:45.70, 1:08.75, 1:33.35 fractions!)
 
 My figures were (approx Beyer):
 85 (51)
 102.2 (75)
 97.7 (68)
 102.1 (75)
 107.0 (82.6)
 99.8 (71.7)
 106.2 (80.7)
 116.1 (99.4)
 129.4 (122)
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 Thanks for the info.  Do you remember what Beyer's rational was for using a single variant?  What did they think happened between the Gazelle and the Woodward?
Your 122 approx Beyer would be the equiv of perhaps a 128-130 Beyer for a horse getting the same time but running near the rail.  That seems a bit high for me, but who knows.
Another thing.  You show an approximate Beyer of 99.4 for the Gazelle.  With a time diff of less than 2 secs slower than the Woodward, wouldn't the Beyer diff be less than 17.  Your approx figs show a diff of 22.6, which seems to big to me, unless you, too, are using diff variants.
At any rate, I think we agree the Woodward was an amazing race for both horses.
--Dunbar