How to Read the Program

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.
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Julie and Sheryl
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Start Win Place Show Earnings
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Warp
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Warp
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30
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COURSE CONDITIONS
HORSE DESCRIPTION
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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
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10
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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)