What a difference a year makes!
Compare the chart above, with the sectional times chart from last year’s Winter Derby, in the post below. In 2016, Grendisar won a steady race, where almost all horses managed optimal efficiency. This year shows an unusual pattern to the race pace, a very slow start of the race, followed by a burst of speed.
Click here for TPD’s Winter Derby 2017 sectional times on At The Races.
While favourite, Mutakayyef, didn’t run and last year’s winner, Grendisar, didn’t manage to make it into the winners enclosure this year, you should have a look at the Sectional Tools tab on At The Races, which shows the horse efficiencies (or lack thereof) in 2017.