1-- Live ground means someone actually watched the race and recorded where the horses were on the turns. For some of the smaller tracks we use a computer program to analyze the charts, and check the results manually against the chart comments. When we dry-ran the program against races where we had live ground the results were shockingly good.

2-- The figures are adjusted for the weight the horse carried the day it ran the figure, not for today's weight. You should adjust yourself for weight carried today (this horse gets 5 pounds from that horse, so he starts out with a one point head start, etc.).

3-- Previous figures are adjusted for ground loss. Italicized w's mean computer (non-live) ground.

4-- The point/distance relationship is a sliding scale. One point= 1/5th second at 6f, which is a little over a length. All things being equal, faster time = a faster figure.

If you have not already done so, you should check out the intro seminar that can be found on this site.



TGJB