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I'm wary enough about standard times these days let alone from 40 years ago, but at least here we can make a like-for-like comparison between the final times of these two races, which gives us a ceiling figure for Brigadier Gerard.

BG ran the race 3.35 seconds quicker than Yaroslav. These days, that would be called 20 lengths, or 53 lbs based on the poundage used earlier. Timeform's WFA scale in 1971 suggested 2yos were 26lbs immature compared to 3yos over a mile at this time of year (although these days its less - around 19lbs). Taking the figure used back then, adding the 3lb extra that Yaroslav carried and subtracting it from the 53lbs difference in performance makes BG 24lbs faster.

Yaroslav finished 1971 with a Timeform rating of 117. If he ran a timefigure equal to that on the day, it would put Brigadier Gerard on a maximum of... 141.

That maximum would be higher if you used their modern WFA scale, but the other races on the day might pull the figure down anyway. Still, good to know that we're in the right ballpark.

<blockquote data-quote="Harbinger" data-source="post: 2399666" data-attributes="member: 65089">I&#039;m wary enough about standard times these days let alone from 40 years ago, but at least here we can make a like-for-like comparison between the final times of these two races, which gives us a ceiling figure for Brigadier Gerard.BG ran the race 3.35 seconds quicker than Yaroslav. These days, that would be called 20 lengths, or 53 lbs based on the poundage used earlier. Timeform&#039;s WFA scale in 1971 suggested 2yos were 26lbs immature compared to 3yos over a mile at this time of year (although these days its less - around 19lbs). Taking the figure used back then, adding the 3lb extra that Yaroslav carried and subtracting it from the 53lbs difference in performance makes BG 24lbs faster.Yaroslav finished 1971 with a Timeform rating of 117. If he ran a timefigure equal to that on the day, it would put Brigadier Gerard on a maximum of... 141.That maximum would be higher if you used their modern WFA scale, but the other races on the day might pull the figure down anyway. Still, good to know that we&#039;re in the right ballpark.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Harbinger, post: 2399666, member: 65089"] I'm wary enough about standard times [i]these days[/i] let alone from 40 years ago, but at least here we can make a like-for-like comparison between the final times of these two races, which gives us a ceiling figure for Brigadier Gerard. BG ran the race 3.35 seconds quicker than Yaroslav. These days, that would be called 20 lengths, or 53 lbs based on the poundage used earlier. Timeform's WFA scale in 1971 suggested 2yos were 26lbs immature compared to 3yos over a mile at this time of year (although these days its less - around 19lbs). Taking the figure used back then, adding the 3lb extra that Yaroslav carried and subtracting it from the 53lbs difference in performance makes BG 24lbs faster. Yaroslav finished 1971 with a Timeform rating of 117. If he ran a timefigure equal to that on the day, it would put Brigadier Gerard on a maximum of... 141. That maximum would be higher if you used their modern WFA scale, but the other races on the day might pull the figure down anyway. Still, good to know that we're in the right ballpark. [/QUOTE]

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