Monday, May 7, 2012

How to read the Key Factors screen - Class Ability

I really like the horsegrader Key Factors screen since there is a tremendous amount of information. I really like that at a glance I can establish good (Green), bad (Red) or neutral for a given horse and a specific attribute. Today I'm going to give you some insight into how 'Class Ability' is determined. Let's start by looking at Race 9 at Aqueduct on March 14th in the following condensed screen shot:

Here are the definitions:


Good (Green) -- Within the last year the horse has run a race at the class level of the race today and finished In The Money (ITM), or within two lengths of the winner for a Sprint race or within three lengths of the winner for a Route race. You can see that Sweet Hot Toddy, Jolienne and Hillsboro Bay meet this criteria in the above screen.

Neutral (White) -- Within the last year the horse has run a race at the class level of the race today and finished in the top 2/3 of the field, or within five lengths of the winner for a Sprint race or within seven lengths of the winner for a Route race. You can see that Soccittomebaby meets this criteria in the above screen.

Bad (Red) -- Within the last year the horse has run a race at the class level of the race today and finished in the bottom 1/3 of the field, or more than five lengths of the winner for a Sprint race or more than seven lengths of the winner for a Route race. You can see that Lagniappe meets this criteria in the above screen.

Not Enough Information (circle with the line) - The horse has not run a race at the class level of the race today in the past year. Clean Jean meets this criteria

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