How to Read the Program Who did he beat? Who had the mount? How fast did they go? What’s his breeding? For the answers look to the past performances pages of this track program. It all might look intimidating at first, but this page will show you how to use the wealth of data supplied for each horse. The past performance lines used in this How to Read are not actually associated with Julie and Sheryl. The information in this How to Read page is provided as an example of all the components that can be found within a race program in an effort to educate and inform the betting public. All past performances are provided by Equibase Company - the Thoroughbred Industry’s Official Database for Racing Information. B C G A Julie and Sheryl E D P.P. 6 F 5 2 J K M N O P L Start Win Place Show Earnings Q R S T 7 8 3 4 6 20 H I 9 13 14 15 16 17 10 11 12 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 60 1 U Warp V Warp 27 30 29 28 COURSE CONDITIONS HORSE DESCRIPTION A B C D E F G H I J K Horse’s name Program number for wagering purposes (1a, 2b reflect coupled entries) Saddle Cloth Color Post position number in starting gate Jockey and meet-to-date stats with In-The-Money percentage Owner silks as worn by Jockey Race Day Medication ((L)/Lasix, (L1)/First time Lasix, (LX)/coming off Lasix Claiming Price Horse’s color, gender, age and bloodlines Owner Breeder and area foaled L M N O P Q R S T U V Trainer and meet-to-date stats with In-The-Money percentage Current year race record Previous year race record Lifetime race record Lifetime race record at this track Turf lifetime race record Lifetime stats at this distance Lifetime race record over today’s scheduled racing surface at this racetrack All Weather Lifetime race record Horse Claimed (-c) Denotes claimed from owner, price, trainer PAST PERFORMANCE DATA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Date of past performance Racetrack abbreviation and race number (Foreign) Course condition (see side bar) Course symbol (see side bar) Temporary rail position (feet) from permanent turf rail Distance of race (*/ “about” distance) Run-up distance (feet) from starting gate to where timing of the race began Fractional time of race (in 100ths of a second) Final time of race (in 100ths of a second) Age group of race ( =filly, or fillies and mares) Race restrictions ( =Restricted; =State Bred) Type of race & race code(Stakes names are abbreviated) (see side bar)/gross purse in U.S. dollars; Stakes race grade (1,2,3) Equibase® Pace Figure Equibase® Speed Figure Post position 16 Start position, or first running position 17 Middle running position and margin 18 Finish position and margin: ahead of 2nd finisher if winner; behind winner if ran second, etc. 19 Jockey’s name 20 Weight carried by horse including jockey and equipment 21 Medication administered race day (B-Bute/L-Lasix) 22 Equipment carried by horse (see side bar) 23 Equivalent Odds (*-betting favorite) (e-part of entry) 24 First three finishing horses, weight they carried and their margins (Italics=won their next race; Bold=also entered in today’s race) 25 Comments regarding race events for this horse 26 Size of field (Number of horses in race) 27 Layoff line (short/30 days; long/6 months) 28 Morning workouts (b/breezing, h/handily, g/gate, (d)/dogs up) 29 50/69 = 50th fastest work of 69 works 30 Timeform Rating Examples of Race Types • MCL 7500 (maiden claiming $7,500) • CLM 10/9000N2L (non-winners of two races lifetime) • ALW 34000N1X (allowance, purse 34,000 non-winners of a race other than maiden, claiming or starter) • ALW 34000N$Y (allowance, purse 34,000 non-winners of specified money in the year) • AOC 34000(tag)nw2/x (allowance, purse 34,000 non-winners of two races other than maiden, claiming or starter. The horse ran for the claiming price.) Program products provided by Dirt hy-heavy ft - fast wf-wet fast sl-slow gd - good sy-sloppy my-muddy fz - frozen Turf fm - firm hd - hard sf - soft gd - good yl - yeilding COURSES - main turf - inner turf - inner dirt - downhill turf - Timber course - steeplechase - hurdle tr - training track - equitrack - Off Turf - Hunt MOST COMMON RACE TYPE CODES Mdn/Msw - Maiden special weight (non-winner) Mcl-Maiden claiming (non-winner) Clm-Claiming (c=claimed) Ocl/Aoc - Allowance optional claiming Alw-Allowance Inv - Invitational Hcp-Handicap Dby - Derby Sta/Str-Starter allowance Trl - Trials Shp-Starter handicap Fut - Futurity Stk-Stake Cst - Claiming Stakes Moc - Maiden Optional Claiming Mst - Maiden stakes EQUIPMENT a-aluminum pads b-blinkers c-mud calks f-front bandages r-bar shoe s-nasal strip y-no shoes z-tongue tie j-aluminum pad k-flipping halters l-bar shoes n-no whip MEDICATION L - Lasix L1 - First time Lasix LX - Off Lasix B - Bute C - First time Bute A - Adjunct Bleeder WORKOUT LINE - Bullet Work B - Breezing D - Driving (d)- Dogs up E - Easily g - Gate work - foreign - 3 and up -Bullet Work - Unofficial Race - Auction H - Handily Tr.T - Training Track TR - Training Race (W) - Wood Chips 50/69 - Workout Ranking (was 50th best out of 69 works) SYMBOLS - Restricted - State Bred - Fillies,F&M - Equibase® Speed Figure - Lasix About *- distance + - Chute start T - Timeform Rating TROUBLE SYMBOLS - dead heat DNF - did not finish p3 - placed (third) dq-p3 - disqualified and placed (third)