Times of races

[Gander]

I believe the time of the race is that of which the winning horse's head crosses the finish line. Then its siplayed how many lengths a horse gets beat by the winner. Usually the stnadard rule is 1 second equals 5 lengths.

I bring up this discussion because times are so widely used in handicapping.

Also I saw that Spanish Chestnut worked in 57 and 4 and I have a hard time believing it.