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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
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