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05-14-2012, 07:16 PM
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Fast Derby 1st quarters.
I mentioned yesterday that horses who ran an opening quarter mile faster than 22.80 in the Kentucky Derby are 1-for-70 with 10 beaten favorites.
Five horses in this years Kentucky Derby ran the opening quarter in less than 23 seconds. They are: Bodemeister: 22.32 (2nd by 1.5 lengths) Trinniberg: 22.34 (17th by 31.5 lengths) Hansen: 22.59 (9th by 10+ lengths) Daddy Long Legs: 22.61 (Did not finish the race) Gemologist: 22.63 (16th beaten 30 lengths) Daddy Long Legs is such an exciting turf horse -- I have no doubt he's a better turf horse than any North American based 3yo -- what Coolmore did by running him in this Derby was an absolutely criminal display of incompetence. And his jockey was riding to win -- unlike Willie Martinez on Trinniberg ... who was just trying to restrain his mount and keep him from running a 20 and change first quarter like he did the last time he raced at Churchill Downs. Anyway, based on the official clockings, here are all the other horses who ran an opening 1/4 in Gemologist's time of 22.63 or less. Keep in mind this is a bit crude before '91 because of the fact races were timed to the 1/5th of a second instead of the 1/100th prior to 1991. Conveyance 22.63 (15th) Keyed Entry 22.63 (20th) Spanish Chestnut 22.28 (16th) Going Wild 22.36 (18th) Bellamy Road 22.53 (7th) Flower Alley 22.62 (9th) Songandaprayer 22.25 (13th) Balto Star 22.27 (14th) Keats 22.42 (16th and last) Millennium Wind 22.50 (11th) Congaree 22.59 (3rd) Hal's Hope 22.47 (16th) Trippi 22.49 (11th) Honor And Glory 22.34 (18th) <--- upset Met Mile the following month Matty G 22.59 (17th) Serena's Song 22.57 (17th) Wild Syn 22.59 (19th) Fighting Fantasy 22.60 (15th) Groovy 22.20 (16th) Zabaleta 22.37 (12th) Bachelor Beau 22.54 (14th) Top Avenger 21.80 (19th) Bold Ego 21.82 (10th) Proud Appeal 21.99 (18th) Well Decorated 22.07 (16th) Mythical Ruler 22.15 (17th) Hoedown's Day 22.30 (12th) Golden Derby 22.55 (21st) Cure The Blues 22.63 (15th) Raymond Earl 22.60 (10th) Bold Forbes 22.40 (winner at 3/1 odds) Honest Pleasure 22.57 (2nd as 2/5 favorite) Bombay Duck 22.00 (15th) Rushing Man 22.17 (14th) Fashion Sale 22.34 (10th) Avatar 22.36 (2nd) <--- upset winner of Belmont Stakes Kentucky Sherry 22.20 (5th) Captain's Gig 22.28 (11th) Forward Pass 22.30 (2nd) (Won Preakness by 6 lengths) Gleaming Sword 22.63 (14th) Barbs Delight 22.20 (2nd) Dawn Glory 22.37 (11th) Royal Shuck 22.40 (12th) Mr. Brick 22.42 (6th) Lee Town 22.60 (12th) Olympia 22.40 (6th) was 4-to-5 favorite Dominant 22.40 (7th) Was 2yo champion making 1st start off layoff. 
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05-14-2012, 07:23 PM
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Kauai King (22.80) ran the second fastest opening quarter of any Derby winner in history. Affirmed (22.94) is 3rd fastest. Both returned to win the Preakness.
I'll Have Another's opening quarter mile time of 23.07 is actually one of the fastest winning opening quarter times in the entire history of the race. He was placed 6th right outside of Take Charge Indy after an opening quarter in this years Derby.
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05-14-2012, 07:25 PM
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05-14-2012, 07:29 PM
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Trakus times typically differ from the offical timer ... however, the difference is virtually always consistent from distance-to-distance within a margin of era no more than about 0.06 seconds tops. It makes a great back-check for the official timer once you study the differences by distance.
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05-16-2012, 09:00 AM
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This one might help a little to answer that.
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