Gantry

pweizer · #1 06-23-2011, 06:03 PM

Gantry's win in race 8 at Belmont today is worth a look as he set a new track record.. I know he isn't the most sound animal out there and that he had the most perfect of trips today. But, 1:06.4 for six furlongs is unbelievable.

Paul

pba1817 · #2 06-23-2011, 08:41 PM

Since there was no other races ran on the inner turf today to compare this effort with, how do you get any sort of accuracy with speed figures in a race like this?

Calzone Lord · #3 06-23-2011, 08:55 PM

All you have to go on are what the horses have done in the past.

Winner was 1st time turf.

2nd place ran a 93 on synthetic last time

3rd place ran a 76 last time over the course while quitting going longer

4th place ran a 84 in a turf sprint over the course last out

Never been a fan of speed figures for turf racing.