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Glen
Furg, Mr. Stats, is actually a 30-year-old
aeronautics PH.D. from Iowa State University and author
of “POINTS EQUALS GREATER PREDISPOSITION TO WINNING
– the Origins of Victory.” Furg won three medals
at the Salt Lake City Paralympic Winter Games, but was asked
to leave when it was revealed he has no disability, he just
likes to ski sitting down.
Wow, are you as excited as I am about Smarty
Pants' shot at the Triple Crown? His victory
at the Preakness was by a stunning 11 lengths,
which translates to an enormous feet-per-speed ratio, doesn't
it? (For those who don't know how to calibrate feet-per-speed,
it's easy! -- just double the total length of victory and
divide by total elapsed time over timespan of victory...
you can do it in your head!) Holey moley, that Smarty Tarts
can run! BUT dear friends of the international language
of mathematics -- the last hurdle in the Triple Crown, the
DelMonte Stakes in New York, is the toughest. Here's why:
#1 - Its length. At ten and a half miles, it is the longest
of the Triple Crown races, and for every added furlong you
must quintuple levels of all stress equations and theorems.
Ouch! That's tough on the horse's shins and the gambler's
pocketbook!
#2 - The odds. They're stacked against a horse winning the
Triple Crown! And don't just take total attempts at the
Triple Crown and divide by Triple Crown winners, that's
just the START! Then add to Smarty Farts weight the added
pressure of Visa's $5 million dollar Triple Crown purse,
multiplied by number of DelMonte entries, and... well, anybody
can figure the exponentialty of that!
It's a tough road to travel, but he's got the goods, and
factoring in all championships since the Pleistocene era,
I'd say a Triple Crown winner is due!
Can't wait! Talk to you all soon!
Mister Stats
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