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I often wonder how accurate these times really are. It's not like they use electronic beams at each quarter pole to time in milliseconds. Would someone enlighten me on the procedure used.
I also recall Manchego pushing out a 25:1 last quarter in a race, which is really chugging for a trotter.
When I handicap a trot race I look for a horse with a good last quarter.
That's it?
I also look for class drop, driver/trainer change,track size variants.
Many trainers and drivers at the Meadowlands, the OLD Meadowlands back in the glory days told me that the second quarter was short at least a 100 feet or so, They said it just comes up "too quick" This came up often when Nihilator paced the second quarter in 25.2 in "those" days. Just saying. Didnt some horse come home in 24.4 in the midwest a few years ago and I remember one finishing in 25 flat at Vernon.
24.4 seconds is a long time when you are being ridden hard.
Your Right on the Money. And there was a horse at Scioto I believe that made the same feat.