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Message: [QUOTE="Forego, post: 4311754, member: 11217"] Final half miles are usually run slower than the first half. But, Rich Strike’s time for the final half might actually be several seconds faster. The time for the first three quarters in this race is the time the leading horse reached the half mile pole. At that time, Rich Strike was about 18 lengths or approximately 3.6 seconds behind the leader. (Historically, a length is 1/5 of a second.). So he ran his final half pretty close to 48.4 seconds. Maybe a little faster since he was at least a length ahead at the finish line. That is pretty fast for a three year old going that distance and around two turns and carrying 126 lbs for the first time. I do not have the final chart of the race so the numbers I used might be a off by a few tenths. [/QUOTE]