Fastest time ever over 1000m??

Al Nitak was better over 1200m... he had only 2 wins over 1000m, best time of 58.73

Thanx rubyclipper...

For interest's sake... Zatopek only ran one sub 56 sec 1000m... in a time of 55.31, and he carried 52.5kg

Where are finding the info, Ruby?

Just for info, not sure who was the fastest in the UK and SA?

Plus if we wanted to establish the "fastest horse of all time" would you take a sprinter a miler or the classic mile and a half?

What is the fastest mile run by a horse?

Mr. Light holds the record for the fastest (officially recorded) mile ever run by a horse. The horse was 6 years old and 118lbs. It was recorded at Gulfstream Park 1/03/2005. The time was 131.41 seconds. The race was run on turf.

Note: The previous record was held for more than 30 years (1968) by Dr. Fager on a dirt track and a time of 132.20.

Gosforth Park we even had a zatopek handicap at one stage.

Who was the fastest Race Horse?


Secretariat was regarded as the fastest race horse ever.

Hibernia is quite right

From mikedekockracing.com, April 2005

Seven-year-old sets world record for 1000m dash:

A seven-year-old gelding named Procreate last Saturday set a new world record when winning a 1000m race at Gulfstream Park in Miami, Florida, in 53,79 seconds. Procreate, going off at 16-1, led from gun to tape to win by 5,25 lengths.

He'd come off victories in a claiming race and a starter allowance and had proven speed, but nobody expected him to have the class to win the Yankee Affair Stakes. Procreate is owned by Thomas MCcLay and Harry Nye. (Thanks to ntra.com).