I know it was a Greyhound and it was only over 2 furlongs but i think its cool as 
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0 - 40 faster acceleration that a Ferarri!!!
[SIZE=14pt]Greyhound streaks ahead of racehorse [/SIZE]
Dog clinches debate on fastest racing animal
Vivek Chaudhary, chief sports correspondent
Thursday June 3, 2004
The Guardian
In the end it was the nimble, canine legs of Simply Fabulous outpacing the sturdy, equine legs of Tiny Tim which helped settle one of the most heated debates within the racing fraternity.
Racehorse or greyhound, which is the fastest? For anyone looking for a sporting upset then Kempton Park racetrack was the place to be yesterday evening as the greyhound Simply Fabulous upset the odds and breezed past the winning post in 23.29 seconds, leaving the racehorse Tiny Tim behind by seven lengths.
It was not only bookmakers' odds that were stacked against Simply Fabulous, who started the race at 6-5 while his competitor was 13-8 on to win.
The greyhound stood at 76cm (30in), and weighed in at 30kg (66lb), with an inside leg measurement of 50cm. His equine competitor weighed in at 412kg (908lb), stood 1.5 metres, and had an inside leg measurement of a metre.
And while Tiny Tim had managed to be placed in the top three in eight of the last 10 races he had competed in, Simply Fabulous was reported to have not raced competitively since November 2002.
It was billed as a David versus Goliath contest - over two furlongs - designed to establish whether racing horses were quicker than racing dogs, a favourite topic of discussion among punters.
Simply Fabulous did not let his canine brethren down.
His owner, David Hood, who also works for the bookmakers William Hill, the organisers of yesterday's event, claimed that the success of Simply Fabulous may have been down to his favourite meal. "I fed him bangers and mash in the morning - he loves them. I'm a bit shocked because I wasn't expecting Simply Fabulous to win. But greyhounds are terrific athletes, they can accelerate from 0 to 40mph in one second. There's no other animal that can compete with them, and this shows that over a certain distance they can beat the best racehorses."
!!!0 - 40 faster acceleration that a Ferarri!!!
[SIZE=14pt]Greyhound streaks ahead of racehorse [/SIZE]
Dog clinches debate on fastest racing animal
Vivek Chaudhary, chief sports correspondent
Thursday June 3, 2004
The Guardian
In the end it was the nimble, canine legs of Simply Fabulous outpacing the sturdy, equine legs of Tiny Tim which helped settle one of the most heated debates within the racing fraternity.
Racehorse or greyhound, which is the fastest? For anyone looking for a sporting upset then Kempton Park racetrack was the place to be yesterday evening as the greyhound Simply Fabulous upset the odds and breezed past the winning post in 23.29 seconds, leaving the racehorse Tiny Tim behind by seven lengths.
It was not only bookmakers' odds that were stacked against Simply Fabulous, who started the race at 6-5 while his competitor was 13-8 on to win.
The greyhound stood at 76cm (30in), and weighed in at 30kg (66lb), with an inside leg measurement of 50cm. His equine competitor weighed in at 412kg (908lb), stood 1.5 metres, and had an inside leg measurement of a metre.
And while Tiny Tim had managed to be placed in the top three in eight of the last 10 races he had competed in, Simply Fabulous was reported to have not raced competitively since November 2002.
It was billed as a David versus Goliath contest - over two furlongs - designed to establish whether racing horses were quicker than racing dogs, a favourite topic of discussion among punters.
Simply Fabulous did not let his canine brethren down.
His owner, David Hood, who also works for the bookmakers William Hill, the organisers of yesterday's event, claimed that the success of Simply Fabulous may have been down to his favourite meal. "I fed him bangers and mash in the morning - he loves them. I'm a bit shocked because I wasn't expecting Simply Fabulous to win. But greyhounds are terrific athletes, they can accelerate from 0 to 40mph in one second. There's no other animal that can compete with them, and this shows that over a certain distance they can beat the best racehorses."
