Velocity Benchmarks

[Segwin]

In reading Tom Brohamer's Modern Pace HC (thanks to FLT - the book is a wonderful read so far) he refers to speed and pace. On page 37 he describes "Feel The Beat": In this field she qualifies as the "speed of the speed". She is capable of throwing sub-45.0 half miles at her opposition.

Is there a resource that defines what is the norm for speed at the calls for and given length race? While I can look at their running style, and can spot the E horse, how fast is fast? Is this E horse below par, par, or above par? I would imagine that certain tracks might have a bias (a topic for another discussion) but 6f at Parx should be pretty close to Thistledown as far as par times go - no? I would imagine that it needs to be broken down by class as well.

Perhaps it doesn't matter as the job is to compare each horse against each other for this race.