Artax120

speed records mean nothing because of the vastly differing surfaces at each track. of more significance is the quality of competition that a horse consistently beats and the various types of surfaces on which a horse shows superior ability,

Also the Carter has been run at 10f, 9f, about 7/8ths, 6.5f over time

Old Bowie had a track record that only happened because the track was FROZEN.....Surface plays a huge part in this

Spruce up the track and any horse can run that fast. Look at all the sprint records held for years at courses like this Turf Paradise and old Longacres. The there is that outrageous 6 furlong mark at the hybrid Cushion Pro-Ride debacle at Santa Anita. Horses are helped dramatically by the surfaces they run on. If a horse like Forego can set track records over differing surfaces, we know it was him not the track....Did Artax ever do the same??? I would put a healthy Ta Wee and a few others in this ones face...Dr. Fager would eat him for lunch.