Bodog bet on Curlin and track record

[philcski]

what if he loses, and still breaks the record? i.e., they go 1:59.30 and he loses by a nose?

[CSC]

What if the Shiek hears about this bet and decides he wants some action, then he unsoups the track at Nad El Sheba, then the bet would look silly. Obcourse I am being tongue in cheek, but who would have knew Monarchos would have run a sub 2:00 derby either...

[smuthg]

What's the "world record" for 1 1/4? the way he looked in that prep, I think he's got a 1:59 flat in him...

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by smuthg

What's the "world record" for 1 1/4? the way he looked in that prep, I think he's got a 1:59 flat in him...

A whole lot faster than that

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDbOyu5tTF4

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by smuthg

What's the "world record" for 1 1/4? the way he looked in that prep, I think he's got a 1:59 flat in him...

2000 meters isn't actually a mile and a quarter.

[Bigsmc]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

2000 meters isn't actually a mile and a quarter.

2000 meters = 1.242742 miles or 38.32224 feet less than 1.25 miles

2000 meters = 9.941939 furlongs

[ArlJim78]

Originally Posted by Bigsmc

2000 meters = 1.242742 miles or 38.32224 feet less than 1.25 miles

2000 meters = 9.941939 furlongs

since they're going roughly 55 ft/sec, you can then expect 2000 meter races to be about .69 seconds faster on average than 1 1/4 mile races, all other things equal.

[philcski]

Originally Posted by ArlJim78

since they're going roughly 55 ft/sec, you can then expect 2000 meter races to be about .69 seconds faster on average than 1 1/4 mile races, all other things equal.

Your math is correct if they run the same speed around the track (i.e., 37.5 mph for a 2 minute mile and a quarter). What would be interesting to know is how much the .058 of a furlong (about a 1/16th of a furlong, or 1/128th of a mile) changes that, is it as much as .8 seconds? could be, since even the absolute best horses in the world would run the last furlong of a mile and a quarter race in more like 12 4/5 than 12 seconds.