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Lone speed Bill V. Dan Boals and / or Mark. I know you guys use the Sartin methodology and probably have more experience handicapping horses than a novice like myself, so I want to know why some say Exaggerator ran so fast in the prep race that he won in the slop before the derby? The way I try to handicap ( amateur at best ) is by subtracting the 6 furlong time by the finish time of the 1 & 1/8 he ran. I did NOT see the race as he was running past horses, but merely traveling slower than the first 6 furlongs than the last 4. A horse runs typically around 36-38 mph in a timed 12 second / 2 furlongs there about - correct. So, by watching the race over I thought ( novice - me ) he wasn't speeding up but slowing down and the other horses in the race with him were just merely backing up / slowing way down. That's why Nyquist was and in my ( amateur ) opinion was and still is a slightly superior athlete than all the rest. Nyquist held his speed pretty much the whole 1 & 1/6 in the 1 & 1/8 prep race he ran in - slowing down near the end because no one was even close and jock was in charge of things. Not the case I saw in the Preakness - athlete seemed to be all out with letting up. Your guys thoughts. Ty. Any advise will only help me with My own methodology ( I'm a D.P. - so no big words ) Dan
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