Quote Originally Posted by aussiebreno View Post
My point is he is 0.5 seconds outside that mile rate but over 400m further so I am pretty sure he would be able to beat Has The Answers time.

Googled 'fast definition' - not for my benefit but for others benefit - and here is the result; Fast: adjective; moving or capable of moving at high speed.
Where does it say the speed must be sustained for a certain period? But imo ITMQ has the highest high speed therefore he is the fastest.
There's no disputing that mile rate on the board Smoken Up has the fastest mile....but I think ITMQ can move/is capable of moving at higher speed.

Lets trawl back to year high school science/maths. Some posters in here are using time (specifically 1.48) as giving Smoken Up the fastest mantle. But velocity is in fact speed which = fastest. Velocity and time are two different things. So yes Smoken Up may have the better velocity over time (meaning he covers 1609 faster) but for just sheer velocity ITMQ does him.

So yes Smoken Up has the fastest mile rate on the board and thats a more prestigious honour than being the fastest mantle Quinny has, that being the fastest top speed imo.

If you can't see that and need a 200m race ran for you than I give up.
Are you going Wagga trots today? Maybe the fastest horse will be there!