Baffert uncorked another one!

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by RolloTomasi

You can't really compare them directly because of distance, I suppose, but the horse that won the 8f Northern Dancer (beating known quantity Drill) ran as fast a mile as Bodemeister did in the Arkansas Derby.

Oaklawn is a weirdly configured track with a down-hill stretch run.

When Curlin won the Ark Derby by 10.5 lengths his mile was 1:38.18 -- one race earlier -- a 3yo filly named Cream Only who I honestly don't even remember won a small stake race at 30/1 odds in final time of 1:38.88

When Afleet Alex won the Ark Derby by 8 lengths over 2nd place Flower Alley his mile was 1:37.06 -- $25,000 N3L Claimers went 1:37.88 at a mile on the same card.