Zenyatta's late pace figs

[Thoroughbred Fan]

What most impressed me about her was....consistency. She fired every time.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Curlin's late pace figures:

142 4th place finish in BC Classic
135 Jockey Club Gold Cup
116 Woodward
140 Foster
137 BC Classic win
119 Jockey Club Gold Cup win over Lawyer Ron

For a closing sprinter I looked at Midnight Lute

157 BC Sprint win over Fatal Bullet on synthetic
133 BC Sprint win in mud
140 Forego win that got 124 Beyer

These late pace figs by horse are kind of pointless - because what happens leading into the far turn will dictate them in a lot of ways. Top class One-way speed horses can run 140's one race when they get it very easy - and 0's or negative stuff if they get burned up in a duel.

I don't even bother to calculate them by horse - just started doing it by race though - and I think it makes watching the race so much better. Easy to forgive a closer who hangs bad with no excuse in a race that gets a huge late pace number.

[Indian Charlie]

Do Kotashaan.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

I don't do turf racing. I have a par half mile for 80 - a par 6fs for 80 - and a par final time for 80 and I tell if the pace is fast that way.

The run-up and position of the rails really screw them up. When the rails are out 72 feet and the run-up is 150 feet at GP - you'll see them go 20 and change for 5f on turf and the pace will hold up. Make the run-up like 15 feet and they'll go like 21.60 and hit a wall.