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Originally Posted by lone speed
Meydan: UAE Derby
Look at those dawdling early pace fractions....
fractional times of Lani:
27.33 50.82 for 4F 1:14.22 for 6F and 139.02 for mile and 1:58.41 for 1mile and 3/16
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You have to adjust for no run-up at Meydan and convert from the metric system. If I adjust the first fraction down 2 seconds to allow for the run-up and convert meters to yards, I get the following approximate fractions:
Race fractions - 24.63 48.72 1:12.56 1:37.46
Lani Fractions - 25.48 49.11 1:12.64 1:37.59
As far as a variant. The UAE Derby final time for Lani was about the same as Mubtaahij's from 2015, but the Dubai World cup was quite a bit faster in 2016 than 2015 with 8 horses running faster in 2016 than the winning time in 2015. So, anecdotally the track was probably faster in 2016 than 2015.