Derby Pace

[DaTruth]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

It's a question that is impossible to answer unless you have charts and past performances for the prep races that year. If I was trapped in the Keeneland Library with four hours to kill I could do it.

Spend A Buck was loose on an unpressured lead through a 23 flat quarter -- Bodemeister was head-to-head with a sprinter through a 22 1/5th first quarter.

I didn't get to see a lot of Spend A Buck's races ... but Bodemeister is the type of horse who can go 49 for a half so long as he isn't being challenged for the lead.

The track was playing pretty fast the day Spend A Buck won the Derby. I recall a Donald Winfree filly breaking her maiden that day running 6fs in 1:09 and 2/5ths.

Addendum: Checked the chart. Winfree had a filly who broke her maiden that day, but it was at 4.5 furlongs. Another old FG trainer, Billy Borders, had his Bold and Vibrant win a nw2x in 1:09 3/5. The Neil Drysdale trained Flying Rumor won her debut in 1:09 4/5.