Projecting figures for very old races.

[Calzone Lord]

Here's a comparison of some charts from the '41 Kentucky Derby (Whirlaway) card and the '43 Kentucky Derby (Count Fleet) card.


'41: Brown Hotel:




'43: Brown Hotel:




'41: French Lick:




'43: French Lick:




As you can see ... the sprints were pretty close this year. Both editions of the Brown Hotel went in 1:11 2/5ths. Both editions of the French Lick featured 4 length winners ... but the '43 edition went 4/5ths slower... although it was won by a 26/1 shot where the favorites dominated in the faster edition.

[Calzone Lord]

'41: Kentucky Derby:




'43: Kentucky Derby:




'41: $1,250 CLM Route:



'43: $2,000 CLM Route:





Whirlaway's raw final time was 22 points faster than Count Fleet's. However, I had the '41 track 13 points faster in routes than the '43 track.

Whirlaway's Derby was 122. Count Fleet's Derby was 113.

Whirlaway's Derby certainy held up well:

2nd place finisher Staretor (111) returned to So. Cal after the Ky Derby and finished first in his next 3 starts - including a Hollywood Derby win at 10fs - before an injury sidelined him.

3rd place finisher Market Wise (110) came into the Derby 4-for-4 lifetime in routes - and was a last out Wood Memorial winner. He was later a champion older male.

4th place finisher Porter's Cap (107) won the Santa Anita Derby by 4 lengths - and was a easy last out winner of the Chesapeake Stakes in his Eastern prep for the Derby

5th place finisher Little Beans (105) was 11-7-2-1 lifetime - and his one off the board finish was the result of a DQ in a race he finished first.

Flamingo winner Dispose finished 6th - last out 6 length winner of the Blue Grass Our Boots finished 8th.

Great video clip on Whirlaway: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6o-5TR0m5N8 (His win in the Preakness was an AMAZING film)