Linda Toscano became the first female trainer to win the sport’s most coveted prize when Market Share captured the $1.5 million, 87th edition of the Hambletonian at the Meadowlands on a Saturday afternoon in August.
The race is trotted over a distance of one mile. In this year’s race the horses trotted the opening half mile in 54 3/5 seconds. The horses raced on, completing 3/4 of a mile in 1 minute, 22 3/5 seconds.
1. How long did it take the horses to trot the 3rd quarter of a mile?
Market Share crossed the finish line with a time of 1:52 1/5.
2. How long did it take the horses to race the final 1/4 of a mile?
His time for the mile of 1:52 1/5 was a fifth faster than Market Share went in his elimination victory.
3. What was Market Share’s time in his elimination victory?
Undefeated as a two-year-old in 2011, Market Share won for the fifth time in 11 starts in 2012 and pushed his career bank account to $972,505.
4. What percentage of his 2012 races did Market Share win?
The Hambletonian Stakes is a major American harness race, named in honor of Hambletonian 10, a foundation sire of the Standardbred horse breed, also known as the “Father of the American Trotter.” The Hambletonian is held annually for three-year-old trotting Standardbreds. It is the first event in the United States Trotting Triple Crown races.
1. How long did it take the horses to trot the 3rd quarter of a mile?
Answer: 1 minute, 22 3/5 seconds – 54 3/5 seconds = 28 seconds.
2. How long did it take the horses to race the final 1/4 of a mile?
Answer: 1 minute 52 1/5 seconds – 1 minute 22 3/5 seconds = 29 3/5 seconds
3. What was Market Share’s time in his elimination victory?
Answer: 1 minute 52 1/5 seconds + 1/5 second = 1 minute 52 2/5 seconds
4. What percentage of his 2012 races did Market Share win?
Answer: 5/11 x 100% = 45%
Photos:
Broad Bahn – 2011 Hambletonian; by Mike L Photo’s; CC BY 2.0
Trouble Winner nro. 13 by smerikal; CC BY-SA 2.0