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Old 12-05-2011, 12:34 AM
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Originally Posted by hockey2315 View Post
Isn't a length 1/5 of a second? Or is it .16?
The old rule of thumb is that a length equals 1/5th of a second .... but to steal a line from Steve Davidowitz's book...."mathmatically speaking, a length should equal 1/5th of a second only when a horse travels a furlong in 15 seconds. The only horses who go that slow charge 10 cents a ride."
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