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Detail Explanation of Report Terms
Here is a more detail explanation of what the figures in the reports mean, so they may be used more effectively. Grouped for a better explanation.

Quick Reference:
CLS= Recent Class Sty= Running Style Q= Desire to lead SP1= Speed rating 1 back
SP2= Speed rating 2 back SP3= Speed rating 3 back Dirt= Dirt Breeding Turf= Turf Breeding
Wet= Mud Breeding Dist= Distant Breeding ?= Small Sample (Breeding) *= Very Small Sample (Breeding)
DB= Days Back To Last FM= Form Rating Pars= Pace & Speed Pars   
           
Last 3 surface fields >>> LS = Last Surface LS2 = Surface 2 back LS3 = Surface 3 back
+/- Within 1 Furlong +x/-x Furlongs (Rounded)  d/D = Dirt    A = All Weather   t/T = Turf    X = Off the turf 
           
Angle (Ang) Play Field P= Pace Specialist T= Trainer Angles F= Beaten Favorite
B= Breeding Angles R= Race Prep D= Distant Prep f= Form Angles
o= Bullet work in past 7 days s= shipper (contenders) b= blinkers on (contenders) L1= Lasix 1st time (no first timers)
t= track specialist ID= Insufficient Data HC= Hot Connections @= Positive Distant Switch
           
Program (P) Number Field $= KeyPony E= Editor's Place Bet L= Longshot
^= Power Advantage *= Pace or Track Bias Advantage      
           
EP= Early Pace Rating TSP= Turn Speed Rating LP= Late Pace Rating SPD= Speed capability
PT= Points T= Trainer Win% J= Jockey Win% C- in Trainer or Jockey field = change
HLS= Horse's Lifetime Starts HDS = Horse's Distant Starts HDI = Horse's Distant In The Money HAS = Horse's All Weather Starts
HAI = Horse's All Weather In The Money HTS = Horse's Turf Starts HTI = Horse's Turf In The Money HWS = Horse's Wet Starts
HWI = Horse's Wet In The Money         
           
Comment Fields Include >> (Finish Position / Total entrants) Last Track if a shipper Comment = Last Race Comment
Com2 = Race Comment 2 Back Com3 = Race Comment 3 Back       
  Race  5 FG  11/30/07   Dist= D 6.0     Clm 25000n2l   2 year olds Fillies Only               Purse:   20000 

  Ex Tri Sup P3                   Pace Shape = Avg/Possibly Fast   Likely winning Styles: E or E/P            

  PACE: 5-8-4-1   SPEED: 5-4-2-8   CLASS: 7-1-5-6      POWER: 5(100)-1(96)-8(96)-4(89)                       

                                                                     Pars -->    92  93  80   87  81
 P    Ang    Horse_Age                     ML  DB SP1 LS  SP2 LS2 SP3 LS3 Sty Q  EP TSP  LP PACE SPD CLS FM  PT
 5*   s      QUEEN ROLEX          ( 2F)   3.5 148  84 D-    0       0     E/P 6  88  88  88   86  85  81  2 105
 4           RUBATO               ( 2F)   4.5  32  67 D-    0 D    93 D-2 E   4  87  78  76   78  75  78  3 100
 6*          DELAMO               ( 2F)   6.0  35  50 T+2  75 D-    0     S   2  82  71  65   74  62  81  4  98
 1    s      SUERTE               ( 2F)   3.0  21  79 D-   53 D    70 D   E   5  88  86  74   78  68  82  7  96
 8           ONE MORE FAPIANO     ( 2F)   5.0  23  74 D-   78 D+   68 D+  E/P 5  86  88  73   81  68  75  4  96
 2           BLACK SURGE          ( 2F)   8.0  28  69 D-   74 D-   55 D-  E   5  89  79  69   76  73  76  5  79
 7           MY GIRL BESS         ( 2F)   8.0  49  45 D+   70 X-   70 X-  E   6  92  81  57   74  64  85 -3  76
 3           LITTLEBITAMISCHIEF   ( 2F)  10.0  64  66 D+   51 D     0     P   1  80  76  68   74  49  72  0  52

 P    Jockey            J Trainer          T HLS HDS HDI HAS HAI HTS HTI HWS HWI SIRE            Dirt Wet  Dist
 5*   C-THERIOT H J I  14 AUTREY CODY     25   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1 BROKEN VOW      105  105  105 
 4    C-SAEZ GABRIEL   16 BOTTY JOHN T    11   4   1   0   0   0   0   0   1   1 PUT IT BACK     109  109  115 
 6*   C-BRIDGMOHAN S   14 ASMUSSEN STEVE  21   2   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   1 DELAWARE TOWNSH 104  103  104 
 1    C-MECHE L J      14 FLINT BERNARD   16   8   4   1   2   1   0   0   0   0 SEA OF SECRETS  99   97   97  
 8    C-JACINTO J      18 MOUTON PATRICK  20   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 SEFAPIANO       98   98   98  
 2    C-MECHE D J      12 RICHARDS CORAL  10   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   1 STORM DAY       97   94   105 
 7    C-PATIN J W JR   15 DUHON JOSEPH O  11   4   0   0   0   0   1   1   2   1 MORE THAN READY 106  104  106 
 3    C-HEBERT T J     16 DUCOING STURGE  15   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   1   1 LITTLEBITLIVELY 95   90   95  

 P    SP1 Comment                        SP2 Com2                           SP3 Com3
 5*    84 (1 /11)LS - Broke in air;bobbl   0  ---------------------------     0  ---------------------------  
 4     67 (2 / 6)3-wide;turn               0 (7 / 8)Lacked rally             93 (1 / 7)Drew off               
 6*    50 (7 / 8)Svd grd;frwd;gave way    75 (1 / 7)Driftd in start;5w 1/4    0  ---------------------------  
 1     79 (3 / 6)CD - Track;4w;empty lat  53 (6 / 8)Swerved bumped start     70 (3 / 6)4 wide; turn           
 8     74 (1 /10)Pressed; best late       78 (2 /10)Briefly clear;2nd best   68 (2 / 9)Bid; led; caught late  
 2     69 (3 / 6)Speed; no late kick      74 (1 /10)Steady urging            55 (6 /11)Outrun                 
 7     45 (8 / 8)Gave way early turn      70 (7 / 7)Retreated inside         70 (1 / 7)Edged away drive       
 3     66 (1 /11)Steady advance; best     51 (7 /11)Steadied start;improvd    0  ---------------------------
Race, horse, age/sex and mutual are self-explanatory information.
Dist Include distant and surface for today's race. D or d for dirt, T or t for turf and A for all weather surface.

Pace Shapes and winning styles indicate the most probable pace scenario for this race.

Ranking section points out the top three contenders in Pace, Speed, Class and Power ratings. (Power ratings from Ranking Reports are included)

Breeding Figures: (Dirt-Wet-Grass-Distance)
Before looking at the breeding figures, glance at horse's life time stats. If a horse has had three or more outing on the surface or distance, Performance become a more important factor.

Breeding figures are very important in spotting longshots who have not been to the distant or the surface and have a 5 or more point advantage over most of the contenders in the field.
Scenarios: when races are switched to dirt due to the weather or first timers.

DB (Layoff):
Indicate the number of days away since last race.(Days Back to last race)

Last three Speed ratings - distant and surface:
Past Speeds are self-explanatory. The past surface/distance information is indicated as follows:
D(d for inner dirt) or T(t for inner turf) => dirt or turf track. X for off the turf.(Off track)
A single + or - indicate within a furlong longer or shorter.
+ or - followed by a numeric figure indicate the number of furlongs difference. (Rounded due to space limitations)
Examples:
T     => turf, same as today's distance.
D-   => dirt, within a furlong shorter than today's distance.
T+3 => turf, three furlong longer than today's distance.

By looking at speed figures you can take a note of horses that has shown an improvement (SP3 to SP1), then look at the class of these horses compared to the rest of the field to see if there is possibility of another improvement, and if so, is that enough to make the horse a contender. (If the last race is a recent outing. (DB less than 4 weeks - preferably less than 3 weeks)

Running Styles and Pace: (Sty,Q,EP,TSP,LP,PACE)
Horses are divided into four running styles. E,EP,P and S.
Early (E) - Like or need to lead for a top performance.
Early-Presser (EP) - Is comfortable on or within 3 length of the lead.
Presser (P) - Is comfortable within 3 to 7 length of the lead.
Sustain (S) - Is comfortable running in the back of the field early in the race.
Quirin Speed (Q) - Desire to lead/Natural Early Speed (0-8)

Pace Figures:
These figures are calculated from past performance lines with more emphasis on most recent outings and the distance.
EP - Early Pace (Gate - 2F in sprints / Gate - 4F in routes)
TSP - Turn Speed (2F/4F to top of the lane - sprints/routes)
LP - Late Pace (stretch run)
Pace - A total pace figure calculated from Early, Mid and Late pace figures for comparison purposes.
Individual and total Pace Pars are included above each pace column.

The pace and running styles are very useful in visualizing the running of the race and the presence of a track bias which may favor one horse and not the other when watching a race. These figures usually draw a clear picture of how a race will run and who will be the KEY in the wagering.

SPD - Speed Capability:
This figure indicate the horse's capability if the pace, footing and trip factors are favorable.

The horses that have the top or within the top ratings and a running style (Sty,Q) that is different from the rest of the field are great win candidates and often offer nice payoffs.

CLS - Class Ratings:
Class Ratings are a measure of horses' past level of competition. This figure compare the horses' past competitors to today's competition. Most recent races are emphasized in calculating the ratings.

FM (Form):
The form figure is the accumulation of points for the pace moves, workout pattern and other factors that have shown to indicate if a top performance can be expected of the runner or not. These figures will usually help in spotting out of form favorites that may be beaten by overlooked longshots that have been on the way to top form.

PT (Points):
There are over 100 factors that will earn a horse from -5 to +10 points each.
The total points figures are like adding things up into one total score, but as we have looked at different variations of other factors you can see it will be hard to represent a horses performance with one single number, and should only look at this total as a guideline for adjustments and selections.
I said adjustments because pace factors are not included in the total points. And, only when there is enough margin between the two horses' total points that you can overlook or down play the pace effects.

What is a good spread for selecting one horse over others depend on the race quality. As a rule of thumb I need at least a 5 point spread to consider a horse a solid win contender at a top track or an allowance race, and 10+ point spread for a horse running at a lower class track or race.

ANG (Angle Plays):
T- Trainer Angles
P- Pace Specialists
D- Distant Prep
R- Prep Race
F- Beaten Favorite
B- Breeding Angles
f- Form Angles
o- Bullet work in past seven days
s- shipper (Track)
t- track specialist (horses for courses)
b- blinkers on
L1- Lasix first time
HC- Hot Connections New!


Top Selections (P# field):
$- KeyPony
E- Editor's Place Bet (Editor believes that horse can't do worst than 2nd or place payoff may be close to win payoff with lower risk)
L- Longshot
^- Power Advantage
*- Pace or Track Bias Advantage
* points to two horses that will (should) benefit from race pace and track bias.
These selections have arrived in part from pace shapes, so take a 2nd look at the horses when there are key scratches in the race (ie: pacesetter is scratched) or when there is off track which may effect some horses' running style. Each race with a highly predictable pace shape will have two horses that qualify, and that is to cover the track biases. These horses normally do not finish together depending on size of the field, but one has a good chance of winning the race.

The rest do not need detail explanation and will be covered briefly.

Jockey (C Indicates a change from last out)
J: Jockey win % (will reflect Jockey/Trainer combo's Win% if HOT) Updated! (see HC above)
Trainer (C Indicates a change from last out)
T: Trainer win % (will reflect Jockey/Trainer combo's Win% if HOT) Updated! (see HC above)
HLS: Horse's Lifetime Starts
HDS: Horse's Distant Starts
HDI: Horse's Distant In the money
HAS: Horse's All weather Starts
HAI: Horse's All weather In the money
HTS: Horse's Turf Starts
HTI: Horse's Turf In the money
HWS: Horse's Wet Starts
HWI: Horse's Wet In the money
Comments: (Finish/Total Entrants in last) - Last track (If Shipper) - comment for Last race
Com2: (Finish/Total Entrants in 2 Back) - comment for 2 Back Updated!
Com3: (Finish/Total Entrants in 3 Back) - comment for 3 Back Updated!

Quick Reference:
CLS= Recent Class Sty= Running Style Q= Desire to lead SP1= Speed rating 1 back
SP2= Speed rating 2 back SP3= Speed rating 3 back Dirt= Dirt Breeding Turf= Turf Breeding
Wet= Mud Breeding Dist= Distant Breeding ?= Small Sample (Breeding) *= Very Small Sample (Breeding)
DB= Days Back To Last FM= Form Rating Pars= Pace & Speed Pars   
           
Last 3 surface fields >>> LS = Last Surface LS2 = Surface 2 back LS3 = Surface 3 back
+/- Within 1 Furlong +x/-x Furlongs (Rounded)  d/D = Dirt    A = All Weather   t/T = Turf    X = Off the turf 
           
Angle (Ang) Play Field P= Pace Specialist T= Trainer Angles F= Beaten Favorite
B= Breeding Angles R= Race Prep D= Distant Prep f= Form Angles
o= Bullet work in past 7 days s= shipper (contenders) b= blinkers on (contenders) L1= Lasix 1st time (no first timers)
t= track specialist ID= Insufficient Data HC= Hot Connections @= Positive Distant Switch
           
Program (P) Number Field $= KeyPony E= Editor's Place Bet L= Longshot
^= Power Advantage *= Pace or Track Bias Advantage      
           
EP= Early Pace Rating TSP= Turn Speed Rating LP= Late Pace Rating SPD= Speed capability
PT= Points T= Trainer Win% J= Jockey Win% C- in Trainer or Jockey field = change
HLS= Horse's Lifetime Starts HDS = Horse's Distant Starts HDI = Horse's Distant In The Money HAS = Horse's All Weather Starts
HAI = Horse's All Weather In The Money HTS = Horse's Turf Starts HTI = Horse's Turf In The Money HWS = Horse's Wet Starts
HWI = Horse's Wet In The Money         
           
Comment Fields Include >> (Finish Position / Total entrants) Last Track if a shipper Comment = Last Race Comment
Com2 = Race Comment 2 Back Com3 = Race Comment 3 Back