What is a good Beyer speed rating?

On the Beyer scale, the top stakes horses in the United States and Canada earn numbers in the 100s, while extremely strong performances can rate in the 120s or higher. In Europe, Timeform has a similar rating scale that yields a number, but with a different value.

How are horse speed rating calculated?

To calculate an SI, the time the horse recorded is compared to the average speed for the distance of the race, and points are added or subtracted based on whether the time was faster or slower than the average.

What is the Beyer par?

Beyer Pars

Pars for Beyer Speed Figures represent the approximate average winning figure for a given class at a given track. These numbers reflect the relative strength of different racing circuits. At Belmont Park, maiden special weight races for older horses have a par of 87.

What is a Beyer number?

A handicapping tool, popularized by author Andrew Beyer, assigning a numerical value (speed figure) to each race run by a horse based on final time and track condition. This enables different horses running at different racetracks to be objectively compared.

What is speed rating and track variant?

Daily Racing Form’s Speed Rating and Track Variant provide an “old style” gauge of a horse’s speed in a race. The Speed Rating is a comparison of a horse’s final time with the best time at the distance at that track in the last three years. The best time is given a rating of 100.

What is a good speed figure in horse racing?

For example, since the class rating can be thought of as a par speed figure for a race, a horse that can run speed figures of 80 or better would have a great shot at winning any race with a class rating of 80. Look at a horse’s recent speed ratings or an average of past ratings to compare against today’s class rating.

What is Brisnet speed?

BRIS Speed Ratings have been designed to make easy comparisons of all races, regardless of distance. A speed rating of 85 in a sprint is theoretically equivalent to a speed rating of 85 in a route. However, a sprint speed rating of 85 does not mean that the same horse is capable of earning an 85 in a route race.

What is a track variant?

To take into account these “effects” a track variant is used to adjust the speed of the race either slower or faster. The variant Today’s Racing Digest uses is a measurement of the difference in time between an individual performance and our class/distance par times for each track.

What is par in horse racing?

Speed Rating Class Pars are the average winning rating achieved for each type of race and age group, so any horse that has not achieved the ‘par’ for the race in question can often be ignored.

What does run style mean in horse racing?

c) P (Presser) = A horse that exhibits this run style is one that runs in the middle-of-the-pack early before trying to run down the leader. A “P” horse may at times run close to the lead but rarely, if ever, challenges for the lead early.

What is Brisnet prime power?

Prime Power: A number that measures the quality of each horse’s most recent starts by combining dozens of handicapping. factors into one easy-to-use rating. Speed, class, pace, form, weight, and many more factors are combined by a sophisticated algorithm to form this rating.

How do you read a horse’s fractional time?

Fractional Times

5 – 3.5 means the horse was in 5th place 3.5 lengths behind the leader. The exception to this would be for the leader (see below). 1 – 3.5 means the horse is on the lead and is 3.5 lengths ahead of the second place horse.

How do you tell if a horse is a closer?

In my analysis, a closer is a horse that comes from between about five and seven lengths off the lead. A deep closer is anything more than that, like Breeders’ Cup Marathon and Brooklyn Handicap winner, Calidoscopio.

What does stalking mean in horse racing?

a candidate put forward by one group to divide the opposition or mask the candidacy of another person for whom the stalking-horse would then withdraw.

What does Late Pace mean in horse racing?

LP Ratings
LP Ratings (Late Pace) measure how fast a horse ran from the pre-stretch call (2nd point of call) to the finish.

How do you find front runners in horse racing?

How do you spot a winning horse?