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The rod was defined as 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 yards or 16 + 1 ⁄ 2 feet, and the mile was eight furlongs, so the definition of the furlong became 40 rods and that of the mile became 5,280 feet (eight furlongs/mile times 40 rods/furlong times 16 + 1 ⁄ 2 feet/rod).
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[1] One furlong per fortnight is very nearly 1 centimetre per minute (to within 1 part in 400). Besides having the meaning of "any obscure unit", furlongs per fortnight have also served frequently in the classroom as an example on how to reduce a unit's fraction.
The speed of light is 1.8026 × 10 12 furlongs per fortnight (1.8026 terafurlongs per fortnight). By mass–energy equivalence, 1 firkin is equal to 3.249 366 76 × 10 24 firkin· furlong 2 / fortnight 2 (≈ 3.478 × 10 15 BTU, or 3.669 × 10 18 joules).
The race was run for the first time in 2008 during the second day of Breeders' Cup racing at that year's host track, Santa Anita Park. The 2008 race was held at a distance of 6 + 1 ⁄ 2 furlongs and was contested on Santa Anita's signature El Camino Real "downhill" turf course.
In Picking Winners, Beyer claimed a breakthrough when a study of claiming races at Calder Race Course showed Beyer that 1:13 for six furlongs was equally fast to 1:26.1 at seven; from there, Kovitz's math was used to generate perfectly accurate parallel-time and beaten-lengths charts, which Beyer then used to make par times for classes, against ...
He completed the seven furlongs in 1: 20 + 1 ⁄ 5, a new track record by a full second and just one-fifth of a second off the world record. [ 3 ] [ 28 ] At the end of 1968, Dr. Fager swept the Horse of the Year awards, topping the polls organised by the Thoroughbred Racing Association, [ 50 ] the Daily Racing Form [ 51 ] and the Turf and Sport ...
6 + 1 ⁄ 2 furlongs: Dirt Aqueduct 4 July 2024 Brooklyn Stakes [ay] II $200,000 4&up open 1 + 3 ⁄ 8 miles: Dirt Aqueduct 5 July 2024 John A. Nerud Stakes [az] II $194,000 3&up open 7 furlongs: Dirt Aqueduct 6 July 2024 Dwyer Stakes [ba] III $186,000 3yo open 1 mile: Dirt Aqueduct 6 July 2024 Great Lady M. Stakes: II $202,500 3&up f&m 6 + 1 ...