Historic Speed Figures?

[Thunder Gulch]

Originally Posted by Downthestretch55

Thunder G,
Thanks for doing the research. I certainly enjoyed reading your findings.
It never ceases to amaze me that when someone asks, a Dt'er will find.
Truth be told, I still look at Beyer numbers, but now I'll be taking them with a "grain of salt".
Thanks.
DTS

You are welcome. I enjoyed looking it up myself. By the way, if you don't have one of the editions of "Champions", do yourself a favor and splurge to get that. I like reading about the history of the game and the behind the scenes stories, but all handicappers can appreciate the amazing past performances of some of these champs.

[somerfrost]

I would have problems with MOW getting a big figure for his "victory" in the Lawrence Realization...he faced one horse, Hoodwink...he was entered solely as a favor to prevent a walk-over. Hoodwink won slightly over $2700 in his extremely undistinguished career, probably most of it that day! The race, and the 100 length victory were a joke...hard to believe MOW was pushed, probably galloped in fact!