WKND BSF's: Quality Road 113; 'Mousse 103

King Glorious · #1 03-02-2009, 10:36 AM

I think that most people use .16 seconds per length now. At that rate. 3.35 seconds would equal 21 lengths.

mes5107 · #2 03-02-2009, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by King Glorious

I think that most people use .16 seconds per length now. At that rate. 3.35 seconds would equal 21 lengths.

.16 sec/length translates roughly to a 12 2/5 second final 1/8 of a mile. If all races finished at that speed, that would work just fine. However, a slower horse is going to take a longer amount of time to cover a length than a faster one and I think determining the distance of one horse behind another when only given the time interval is very dependent upon the final speeds of both horses in question.