Average horse last year. Best Chip now the champ 1:46:1

[MIKE CAMPBELL]

One week this forum screams that time means nothing and then the next week it does.

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One week this forum screams that time means nothing and then the next week it does.

some posters. like me, watch races and don't stare at the clock

some posters are obsessed with the clock and final quarters

how many times has someone quoted a 26.1 final quarter?

who doesn't come home in 26.1 at M1?

too bad the Bongiorno horse didn't go 45.3 and eclipse Bulldog's mark--would have made many here very excited

[Lockedin with Pace]

Ken Warkentin makes a big deal out of it when a horse goes a 27 flat first quarter and calls it dazzling.

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Ken Warkentin makes a big deal out of it when a horse goes a 27 flat first quarter and calls it dazzling.

GreenshoeDrawingC lear is an idiot and has been for decades

[Calhoun]

One week this forum screams that time means nothing and then the next week it does.

You're right.

Time does matter. That's what breeding deals are set on. 

That said, monster times usually happen on big days with the track worked to provide as much speed as possible. Best Chip's 1:46.4 was on Pace day, I believe. Dealt A Winner went 45.4 on Hambo day.   He was very good but maybe not a great. But the track was super fast.

Bourbonista  (Melander) winning off a layoff after trotting 48.4 five weeks ago is another.  How does THAT happen? Second fastest trot mile ever belongs to a mare that was mid level condition two months ago. Now she only runs every 3-4-5 weeks and wins big races.

Melander almost won the Mare trot with Tactical Moni. Off 7 weeks. One race in 10 months. How does THAT happen.

I don't know how it happens, but it's bullshit.

Makes me appreciate Bulldog Hanover who went 46.1 or better three straight weeks.

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You're right.

Time does matter. That's what breeding deals are set on. 

That said, monster times usually happen on big days with the track worked to provide as much speed as possible. Best Chip's 1:46.4 was on Pace day, I believe. Dealt A Winner went 45.4 on Hambo day.   He was very good but maybe not a great. But the track was super fast.

Bourbonista  (Melander) winning off a layoff after trotting 48.4 five weeks ago is another.  How does THAT happen? Second fastest trot mile ever belongs to a mare that was mid level condition two months ago. Now she only runs every 3-4-5 weeks and wins big races.

Melander almost won the Mare trot with Tactical Moni. Off 7 weeks. One race in 10 months. How does THAT happen.

I don't know how it happens, but it's bullshit.

Makes me appreciate Bulldog Hanover who went 46.1 or better three straight weeks.

Dealt A Winner went 47.3 on Hambletonian Day

Bulldog is the only one to pace sub 46