Speed Figures - Advanced - The Grid

In the previous post I covered how to compare Speed Figures for specific horses. Now I could have selected every horse in the line graph, but I find that results in a cluttered screen. In this post I'm going to take it to the next level by using horsegrader to compare all the horses in the grid. In order to change views, I select the third option from the pull down menu on the Speed Figures Screen:

Let's look at the results together in the following image (just click on the image for a larger view):

When I first saw this screen, I thought 'Wow, this is a bunch of information!'. After a bit of understanding the legend, I learned how to make use of the screen. Each cell in the grid represents a race and the colors represent surface and days-past. Days-past is represented by the color of the line in each cell as follows:
Green - 45 days or less
Blue - 46 to 90 days
Yellow - 91 to 180 days
Red - 181 days or more
The legend for the surface is included in the speed figure text - I'll use a speed figure of 109:
109 - Black - Dirt
109 - Green - Turf
109 - Blue - Synthetic

By looking at the Speed Figures Grid image, I can quickly see that Johannesburg Smile's previous race had a 109 speed figure on dirt run 46 to 90 days ago and two races ago a 98 speed figure on turf also in 46 to 90 day range.

I now use this screen quite a lot to get a quick snapshot of the speed in the race and how current is each speed figure. At a glance I can see horses that have been raced a lot in the past 45 days, horses coming off a long layoff, horses with a speed figure anomaly, surface movement, etc.

I know that it'll take a bit of study to understand the Speed Figure Grid, but I believe that you'll agree that it is worth the effort.