The Curragh

[guskennedy]

Was the race won by Eagle Mountain on Sunday run over the same mile course as the following handicap? You’d think so but the times of the two races differed wildly and the ATR camera angles weren’t the same for each race. There was also some dolling-off visible during the later of the two races.

Also, can anyone explain how the official time for the race won by Evening Time was given to two decimal places whereas all the other times were given to one decimal place which is normally a sure sign of a hand time?

Can anyone help?

[Prufrock]

Seconded.

Haven’t seen any of that racing, and was rather suspicious of the time (119) I got for Eagle Mountain, though he had posted a 112 already.

[Gareth Flynn]

I didn’t see the racing yesterday, but the Beresford is one of the rare races that is usuall run over the round mile (as opposed to the dogleg straight one).

As for the times, for some reason the Racing Post always give Irish times only to the nearest tenth of a second. I’m guessing that this is what they’re supplied with, but the interesting thing is that on http://www.irish-racing.com, the results sheets have final times for all runners, down to hundredths. Check out:

http://www.irish-racing.com/v4result084200610081535.htm

(the time is after the owner’s name)<br>

(Edited by Gareth Flynn at 5:44 pm on Oct. 9, 2006)

[guskennedy]

Thanks for that, Gareth.

[Monkey]

The Beresford Stakes was run on the round course, which is rather different to the Guineas mile course. The Racing Post apparently uses the same standard time for both, which is a nonsense. I don’t know which course they used for the handicap.

The times are always announced at the track to two decimal places but the people responsible for sending the results to the press (Irish Racourse Services?) seem to think it helpful to lop off the second digit. They don’t round, they simply ignore the second decimal.

For example, a time of 59.99 seconds is given in the results as 59.9 seconds. Be warned.

[davidjohnson]

To whomever it was that asked why organisations like Timeform don’t publish timefigures for Ireland and France, I think last weeks Arc and this thread explain exactly why.

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