Quote Originally Posted by Amlin View Post
There were a lot more in it when they were running 2:08!
ha ha, my first winner ran a standing mile in 2.14 ( on a 500 metre track) and won by twenty metres,in 1975, my slowest winner (in 1978) won what would be a C6 race in todays classifications over a 2400 metres on an 800 metre track in 2.25!!!. My fastest was at Menangle a couple of tears ago in 1.54.7.

The horses are going faster and faster as the breed develops, and while the two are completely unrelated, it would be good if participation was still growing in the same manner as the Standardbred's advancement.