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Researcher earned a record 133 Equibase Speed Figure in 2009's Inaugural Charles Town Classic. His 133 Speed Figure was higher than any other horse competing in any other 2009 race in North America. (2009 Breeders' Cup Classic champion Zenyatta only scored a 127, and Rachael Alexandra only scored a 121 in both the 2009 Kentucky Oaks and Haskell ...
The Beyer Speed Figure is calculated by looking at the final time and distance of the race, adjusted by the track variant, which is a measure of the inherent speed of the racetrack in question. The track variant considers both the historical average time at the racetrack for the distance in question, called the "par time", and the average speed ...
No horse, in 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, or 2006, has run a faster Equibase Speed Figure. One of North America's leading money earners As of April 20, 2010, Researcher's $618,600 earnings for 2010, ranks him as North America's 4th leading money earner [2] .
However, clocking experts hand-timed the race faster, at around 1:46.9. The timing controversy caused the Beyer Speed Figure for Arrogate to be increased from 116 to 119. [26] Gulfstream did a frame-by-frame video analysis and determined that the correct time was 1:46.83, a track record. [27]
Despite stumbling at the start, he won by 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 lengths and earned an Equibase Speed Figure of 100. [3] Baffert originally planned to enter the colt in the San Felipe Stakes at Santa Anita but decided to scratch from that race and enter him in the Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn Park on March 19 instead. Baffert had won five of the last six ...
The time was just 1 ⁄ 5 of a second off the track record and both horses earned a Beyer Speed Figure of 122. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] On June 14, Formal Gold won the Brooklyn Handicap at Belmont Park by 4 + 3 ⁄ 4 lengths in an excellent time of 1:46.21, despite a track that had been downgraded from fast to good by rain. [ 20 ]
California Chrome's time of 1:47.52 [23] earned him a Beyer Speed Figure of 107, the fastest for any horse in the Road to the Kentucky Derby's final prep races of 2014. [103] It was also the second fastest time in the history of the Santa Anita Derby; the only horses to run faster were Lucky Debonair , Sham , and Indian Charlie , who hold a ...
He earned a Beyer Speed Figure of 117 for the race, the highest number earned by a sprinter in 2004. [22] On October 2, Speightstown returned to Belmont Park as the favorite for the Vosburgh Stakes. He stumbled at the start, then went to the lead but could not sustain his normal pace and faded to third behind Pico Central. [23] "The track was ...