On Aug. 4 at Saratoga,there were 3 6f dirt sprints, a NYBred 40k maiden claimer, and open 50k and 20k claimers, all for colts. The 2nd,3rd, and 4th place maiden claimers went 1:11 3/5. The winner of the open 50, 2 races later, also went 1:11 3/5 and the runner-up in the finale went 1:11 2/5. (That runner-up is entered Thursday with a Beyer of 86. The 4th place maiden was entered Monday and has received a Beyer of 65!). How do you work this problem out? I\'ve never seen maiden claimers come close to the times of the winner of an open 50k claimer, and here 4 of them were within hundredths of seconds of one.
