Loose horse drawing off

[Calzone Lord]

I think his jockey Diaz weighs about 110lbs or so. I know he makes 113 and that includes the saddle.

The timer being tripped by the loose horse is the other very interesting part about that race.

Something as simple as a spider, bee, or bird can trip a timing beam. Starters even do it. They'll walk right in front of it.

Secretariat's Preakness was a classic example.

On the 1973 Preakness card -- a 9.5K claimer for older males, a 5K claimer for older males, and a 3K claimer for older females -- all at the distance of 8.5 furlongs -- and all went 23 4/5 to the opening quarter.

Here were the official fractions for Secretariat's Preakness that same day:

:25, :48 4/5, 1:12, 1:36 1/5, 1:55

Someone or something obviously tripped the beam early. No way the Preakness 1st quarter went 8 lengths slower than 3 cheap claiming routes.

If 1:53.18 is the correct time for that race as video timing equipment shows -- we now also know the fractions:

23.18 - 46.98 -- 1:10.18 -- 1:34.38 -- 1:53.18