'paceQuality' figs: Street Sense (last 4); Bluegrass S. (w/Trakus)

[Bobby Fischer]

Originally Posted by philcski

It isn't a formulation of a rating, it's simple physics (average velocity = distance covered/time)

The value of comparing a horse's average velocity in the first half of the race to the second gives you a quantitative value on how much they slowed down in the second half of the race (99% of dirt races are run faster in the first half than the second.) Those that slow down less are more apt to stretch out.

Exactly.

In simple terms it tells you how much a horse slowed down.

In the Bluegrass several horses actually "came home" the last 3 furlongs faster than they started. That race started very slow and was run on polytrack. In the Breeders Cup Juvenile only one horse- Street Sense, ran a faster pQ2.

These types of comparisons have to be viewed in the context of the race, and may or may not show any worthwhile information.

I will post more Kentucky Derby contenders (Great Hunter, Tiago, Dominican, Any Given Saturday likely next - Also open to posting any Derby Horse that someone may request),

and I will also eventually post a complete list that shows all the figures as well as some extra comparisons and manipulations of the data along side.