Derby Data

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Originally Posted by slotdirt

Interesting to look at a few bits of information. I know folks love the closing 1/8 time in a 9f race as an indicator of a particular horse's ability to go long. If you disclude the five horses who all went under 12 in the last furlong of the Blue Grass, you're left with four horses - three Derby bound - who have run sub-13 second final furlongs in Derby preps:

Curlin, 11.9
Cowtown Cat, 12.7
Hard Spun, 12.8

"I know folks love the closing 1/8 time in a 9f race as an indicator of a particular horse's ability to go long."

do the people that like this stat ever consider that when a horse is asked to run is different in a 9f race than a 10f race?

this is why deep closers that almost get there at 9f usually do the same at 10f.