Novice handicapping question

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by Antitrust32

I believe one second is 5 lenghts, so every 1/5th of a second is a length.

That's what I've always used.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

It obviously depends on the rate of speed....but as a rule of thumb, one full second equals about six lengths.

[dellinger63]

Suffolk you may find the expanded Moss figure forms to be of use as he assigns a number to each horse for each split, a number similar to beyer (higher the better)

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

That's what I've always used.

To steal a line from Steve Davidowitz...."mathmatically speaking, a length should equal 1/5th of a second only when a horse travels a furlong in 15 seconds. The only horses who go that slow charge 10 cents a ride."