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PAST PERFORMANCE EXPLANATION
Past Performance for display purposes only. Daily Racing Form exclusive feature highlighted in Reverse Type
Betting Number, Horse, Color, Sex, Reported Gelded Date, Age, Birth Month; First-Time Gelding Indicates Lifetime record in all races Lifetime record on dirt fast track
Country of origin (if foreign), Where sold at auction, year, price; Medication, Weight blinker Record for current year Lifetime record on wet tracks
Morning Line odds, Owner, Silks, Sire (sire’s sire), Dam (dam’s sire); to be carried today; change from Record for previous year Lifetime record on synthetic tracks
Jockey with record at meet, record year to date Breeder, State or Country of foaling; “L” in reverse type last start Record at today’s track Lifetime record in turf races
TimeformUS Early/Late Ratings Trainer with record at meet, record year to date indicates first-time Lasix Record at today’s distance and surface
Today's claiming price Stud Fee Best Beyer Figure Categories Tomlinson Ratings
Date, Blinkers
Race number, ON
Track,
Track condition, G L 119
Distance, Surface
TimeformUS Pace: Early 111 Late 65
Layoff line:single line Pace Symbol Fractional times for horse in lead, Beyer Speed Figure Jockey, Medication, Odds to $1, (* indicates favorite, First three finishers,
indicates 45 days or Final time of winner, Age, Sex, Restrictions, Apprentice Weight, e indicates coupled entry, f indicates Margins, Comment
more(double line Class of race, Purse, Post Position/Field size, Fractional calls allowance
indicates year or more) with margins, Finish with margin follows Equipment field) Speed rating, Track variant
Claiming high/low range jockey’s name
Workouts: date, First call margins in routes Key race indicator Italics indicate horse finished first in his
track, distance, next start. Bold indicates prior meeting(s)
track condition,
final time,
comment,
ranking
Trainer Form At the track Overall record
Note: Past performance was altered for illustrative purposes.
Record of “claimed from” trainer Jockey/Trainer combinations
NEW PACE SYMBOLS SYMBOLS ABBREVIATIONS FOR TYPES OF RACES
• Quickly identify race flows that favored C - Favored CLOSERS Inner dirt track Alw 15000N1X Non-winners of one race (or more, depending on the
a specific running style number after N) other than maiden, claiming or starter.
- Extremely Favored CLOSERS Disqualified (symbol located next to
odds and in company line) Used for non-winners of up to 5 races “other than”
• Easily find horses that may be S - Favored SPEEDS
better/worse than their PPs indicate Dead-Heat (symbol located in Alw 15000N1Y Non-winners of one race (or more, depending on the
- Extremely Favored SPEEDS company line if horses are among number after N) in, or since, a specified time period.
first three finishers)
TRAINER FORM Alw 15000N2L Non-winners of two (or more, depending on the number
Dead-Heat (symbol used next to after N) races lifetime
Comprehensive Trainer Form Statistics: There are 36 trainer statistics that DRF is finish position)
Alw 15000N$Y Non-winners of a specific amount of money in a specified
tracking, covering every trainer’s record over this year and last year in a variety of Race for 3-year-olds and up time period
situations. Up to 6 of these categories will show up under the bottom PP, depending Race for state-breds only Alw 15000N1m Non-winners of one (or more, depending on the number
after N) races at a mile or over in a specified time period
on the number of applicable statistics. Restricted race for horses
who meet certain conditions Alw 15000N$mY Non-winners of a specific amount of money OR races at a
Each trainer stat will list: Category (12 0.17 $1.83) mile or over in, or since, a specified time period
Race for fillies, or fillies and mares
• the number of Starts for Total Number Winning Return on Alw 15000N1S Non-winners of one (or more) stakes lifetime
the trainer in this category, Main turf course Alw 15000N1T Non-winners of one (or more) turf races
of Starts percentage a $2 bet Alw 15000NmT Non-winners of one or more turf races at a mile or more
• the Win Percentage for Inner turf course Alw 150000NC Allowance race with no conditions
the trainer in this category Alw 15000c Allowance race with multiple conditions or restrictions
Race taken off turf Alw 15000S Starter allowance (number indicates minimum claiming
• and the $2.00 Return On Investment
for the trainer in this category. About distance price horse must have started for to be eligible)
BEYER SPEED FIGURES Start at infield chute CLM (10-9) Claiming race (entered to be claimed for $10,000)
Every performance by every horse in BEYER SCALE All weather track Clm 10-9000N2L Non-winners of two races (or more, depending on the
North America is assigned a Beyer 115 + The best horses in the country number after n) lifetime
Speed Figure that reflects the time of 100 + - Good allowance horse or low-grade G First-time Gelding
the race and the inherent speed of Clm 10-9000N2X Non-winners of two races (or more, depending on the
the track over which it was run, per- stakes horse Recent Keeneland sales graduate number after n) other than those described in the
mitting easy comparisons of efforts at 90 + - A typical $25,000 claiming race conditions of a race.
different distances and tracks. In this 80 + - A typical $10,000 claiming race EQUIPMENT & MEDICATION
system, 2 1/2 points are roughly equal 57 +- Bottom level $2,500 claimers at Clm 10-9000N1Y Non-winners of one race (or more) in, or since, a specified
to one length in sprints and 2 points b Blinkers time period.
to one length in routes. smaller tracks f Front bandages
B Butazolidin Clm10-9000N1mY Non-winners of one race (or more) at a mile or over in, or
since, a specified time period
TRACK CONDITIONS
Clm10-9000N$Y Non-winners of a specific amount of money in, or since, a
TIMEFORM RATINGS DIRT TRACKS TURF & specified time period
STEEPLECHASE
Though the numerical comparison between 140+ – An outstanding horse fst Fast Clm10-9000N$mY Non-winners of a specific amount of money OR races at a
Timeform Ratings and Beyer Speed Figures 130–135 – Above average Grade 1 wf Wet-Fast hd Hard mile or over in, or since, a specified time period
is not exactly connected, the most often used gd Good fm Firm
rule of thumb is Timeform Rating minus 13 = 125–129 Stakes winner sly Sloppy gd Good Clm10-9000B Claiming race with multiple conditions or restrictions
Beyer Figure, which does seem to produce a 115–124 – Typical Grade 1 winner my Muddy yl Yielding Clm Stk 10000 Claiming stakes (number indicates claiming price)
strong correlation between the two 110–115 – Typical Grade 2 winner sl Slow sf Soft OC 40k/n2x-N Optional claiming race with allowance condition
– Typical Grade 3 winner hy Heavy hy Heavy
fr Frozen Entered NOT to be claimed
Hcp 10000S Starter handicap race. Number indicates minimum claiming
price horse must have started for to be eligible
OTHER CONDITIONS
TOMLINSON RATINGS WORKOUT LINE Md Sp Wt 8k Maiden Special Weight race (for non-winners), purse value
Daily Racing Form past performances contain a special set of ratings called Tomlinson z Best of day/distance Moc 40000 Maiden Optional Claiming race
Ratings. These ratings appear in the career box above each horse’s past performance. B Breezing
These three separate ratings (from 0 to 480) are based on a horse's breeding, and its D Driving Md 32000 (32-30) Maiden Claiming race (entered to be claimed for $32,000)
likely aptitude for wet tracks, the turf, and compatibility with today's scheduled race dis- (d) Worked around dogs
tance. Distance ratings reflect all performances, regardless of whether races are run on E Easily Handicap 40k Overnight handicap race (purse of $40,000)
dirt, turf or synthetic surfaces. g Worked from gate
A wet rating of 320+ is a horse that merits further consideration on a muddy or sloppy H Handily Ky Derby-G1 Graded Stakes race, with name of race (North American
track. The distance ratings, with a rating of 320 considered average, might prove espe- tr.t Training track races are graded in order of status, with G1 being the best)
cially useful when handicapping horses who may be better suited for sprints, middle TR Training race
distances or route races. 3/25 Workout ranking PrincetonH 40k Ungraded, but named Stakes race (H indicates handicap)
Tomlinson Ratings are especially useful in maiden races, 2-year-old races, races (W) Wood Chips Purse value is $40,000
switched to a main track listed as “sloppy” or “muddy,” horses trying mud, slop, or turf for
the first or second time, or horses stretching out in distance. All weather track