ruffian and rachel

[Phalaris1913]

So, I've got to buy a $50 book to look at the lifetime statistics of a small fraction of the all-time greats of the sport? Are you kidding me?

I can get Hank Aaron's, Bobby Hull's, Jim Brown's and Tiny Archibald's career stats with a few strokes on the keyboard.

Website idea!

1. If all you want are basic racing records, it appears you can get that for free at BRIS these days. It'll show year-by-year stats back to the 1920s and stakes info for a bit further back.
2. Reconstructing actual past performances - considering that even the major data purveyors of the sport do not seem to have the material required to do that in electronic form prior to the 1970s - is a major undertaking and involves copyright issues.