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Far Cough
8:22 Fri Mar 23
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ELA MANA MOU, is Greek for come on mum
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the coming of gary
7:40 Fri Mar 23
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Starkey also lost on another top derby favourite, ELA MANA MOU
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neilalex
7:28 Fri Mar 23
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Just something to ponder. Dancing Brave clocked the penultimate furlong in the Derby at 10.3 secs. He ran the final furlong in his Arc win at 10.8
The world record five furlong speed (run at Epsom) is here;
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/fastest-horse-racing-time-over-5-furlongs
As you can see that is an average furlong speed of 10.73. Dancing Brave's speed is genuinely freakish and shouldn't be possible at the end of a mile and a half.
That's why I believe that unless the finish could be run out of him (and worth bearing in mind that his overall Arc speed was a trach record at the time and I belief stood for many years), it would be virtually impossible for any horse to withstand that late onslaught.
Fucking Starkey;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrEyGdVQzhY
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Far Cough
7:06 Fri Mar 23
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Northern Sold 5:41 Fri Mar 23
Sold, unbelievable come from behind win, Lester Piggott would have been proud of that
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neilalex
5:43 Fri Mar 23
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FC - yes. But it will be a lot of people's favourite. Should have been even better to watch but the spastic french cameraman focused on the french champion Bering and missed part of Dancing Brave's quite devastating turn of foot that left them all for dead.
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Northern Sold
5:41 Fri Mar 23
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2009 Breeders Cup Classic
Zenyatta
"Zenyatta is last... Zenyatta is dead last...."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ud_XPH6Eix4
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Far Cough
5:38 Fri Mar 23
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Neil, Dancing Brave?
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neilalex
5:35 Fri Mar 23
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Likely to reflect favourite horse but I'll play.
1986 Arc
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Far Cough
5:32 Fri Mar 23
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The Foinavon National
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