Showing Up

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

Although he ran faster than The Tin Man, I don't think he would have had much shot of beating him. It was impossible for The Tin Man to run his final time as fast as Showing Up becuase his fractions were simply too slow. He ran 6 furlongs in 1:15 as compared to 1:11 for Showing Up. The Tin Man would have had to come home in :21 2/5 to match Showing Up's final time.

It's interesting how different the two races were run. There was a reasonable pace in the Secretariat and SU came home in :24 2/5. There was a crawling pace in the Million and The Tin Man came home in :22 3/5.

Yeah I agree. People forget in long grass races that once three quarters has been run in a very slow time that its almost impossible for anyone to earn a huge fig because there is no way to come home fast enough to earn one.