ARISTIDES: Fabulous Strike 'comes out'..

[golfer]

Originally Posted by philcski

I was dumbfounded that they let a horse that fast get away with a first quarter of 22 2/5, which obviously affects the final time a tick or two, but to be realistic with the track playing as fast as it was today to earn a 120 he would have had to broken the track record by over a half a second.

I think the slow first quarter is what allowed Cougar Cat to hang in for 2nd money.

[Bobby Fischer]

wasn't Strikes last 5f race at Mountaineer in about 57 seconds ?