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[RC] TB vs Arabian at a mile - MagnumsmomChris wrote:"My stallion is a retired Arab racer. He ran from 1986 to 1990. He won quite often and his best races were at the mile. His times were about 1:54 in the mile. I do believe current Tbs run the mile faster than that, but I'm not sure how TBs who raced in the same decade as Szybki stack up. chris" Magnum ran in 1983 and 1984 as a 2 and 3yo. His time for the mile was 1.46 and he was slow. He ran in one stakes race and finished 5th. He won 5 times at a mile, 1 1/16, and I think 1 1/4. I'd have to look it up. At 5 len/sec the arab would be 40 lengths back at the wire. I loved the Seabiscuit movie, but in their depiction of his win at Santa Anita (the last race in the movie) they used a white arabian. You can see him as they pass the horse on the far turn. I actually laughed out loud in the theater. Oops. It's one way to make sure the star TB wins. :) - Kathy Myers in Santa Fe, NM
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