Comments on: About that Record http://jessicachapel.com/2009/07/05/about-that-record/ Thoroughbred racing news and notes Wed, 02 May 2012 23:54:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jessica http://jessicachapel.com/2009/07/05/about-that-record/comment-page-1/#comment-310 Jessica Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:57:17 +0000 http://www.jessicachapel.com/?p=2434#comment-310 You raise a good point -- where does the timer start on an 11 furlong turf race at Monmouth? I watched and timed <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-6Qfmrhk8U" rel="nofollow">the 2008 replay</a> to get a sense of that before timing the 2009 edition's first quarter and final and it's more than possible I didn't catch the right point to hit "start." But something seems off, or confusing. You raise a good point — where does the timer start on an 11 furlong turf race at Monmouth? I watched and timed the 2008 replay to get a sense of that before timing the 2009 edition’s first quarter and final and it’s more than possible I didn’t catch the right point to hit “start.” But something seems off, or confusing.

]]> By: The_Knight_Sky racing blog http://jessicachapel.com/2009/07/05/about-that-record/comment-page-1/#comment-308 The_Knight_Sky racing blog Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:23:01 +0000 http://www.jessicachapel.com/?p=2434#comment-308 Only in thoroughbred racing do we now insist on measuring with teletimer in 100ths of a second yet we do not count the run-up distance between the gate and the first (start) teletimer. Does Michael Phelps need to get in high gear before we start timing his laps ? Only in thoroughbred racing do we now insist on measuring with teletimer in 100ths of a second yet we do not count the run-up distance between the gate and the first (start) teletimer.

Does Michael Phelps need to get in high gear before we start timing his laps ?

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