The Kentucky Derby is 3 days away and the horses are into their final workouts. Let’s compare how current favourites Orb, Revolutionary, Verrazano and Goldencents did this week compared with their competition.
The timed workouts ranged from 4 to 6 furlongs. 1 furlong = 200m or 1/8 of a mile.
1. How far is 4 furlongs in both miles and metres?
Orb worked four furlongs in :47.89 seconds finishing four lengths ahead of a workmate.
Revolutionary’s time for the same distance was 48.11 seconds.
2. How much faster was Orb’s time than Revolutionary’s?
Overanalyze, not currently one of the favourites, worked the same distance in 46.90.
3. How much faster was his time than Orb’s?
Goldencents, another of the favourites worked 6 furlongs in 1:16.20. Final Sky worked 6 furlongs in 1:13.49.
4. How many seconds faster was Final Sky’s time than Goldencents?
Verrazano worked 5 furlongs in 59.95 seconds. Normandy Invasion ran the same distance in 58.89 seconds.
5. How much faster was Normandy Invasion’s time for 5 furlongs?
As you can see after comparing these times, it is going to be hard to pick the winner!
1. How far is 4 furlongs in both miles and metres?
Answer: 4 x 200m = 800m; 4 x 1/8 mile = 1/2 mile
2. How much faster was Orb’s time than Revolutionary’s?
Answer: 48.11 – 47.89 = .22. Orb’s time was .22 seconds faster than Revolutionary’s.
3. How much faster was his time than Orb’s?
Answer: 47.89 – 46.90 = .99. Overanalyze’s time was .99 seconds faster than Orb’s.
4. How many seconds faster was Final Sky’s time than Goldencents?
Answer: 1:16.20 – 1:13.49 = 2.71. Final Sky’s time was 2.71 seconds faster than Goldencents’s.
5. How much faster was Normandy Invasion’s time for 5 furlongs?
Answer: 59.95 – 58.89 = 1.06. Normandy Invasion’s time was 1.06 seconds faster than Verrazano’s.
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Breezing by Patti Tubbs
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