Originally Posted by
The Form Student
The actual sectional times he ran in the ID heats, and the relative speed to the other grand circuit horses he competed against........in the 3rd set of heats his final 800 metres was 2 seconds faster than any other heat run that night, and he was not on the fence........Leaders final 800 metres in 55.7 seconds, and he reeled off a quarter in 29.0 3 wide the 400 before that. In the final he waited until the 400 metre mark, giving the other runners approx 12 metres and went 4 & 5 wide to hit the lead turning for home! On the fence his times would be even quicker!