If it suited your purposes, you could also apply the ‘Metro’ Area rule to the second last start, and the third, and perhaps even the Formline Rating Qualifying Run if you felt so inclined. However each would be a separate rule.
If it suited your purposes, you could also apply the ‘Metro’ Area rule to the second last start, and the third, and perhaps even the Formline Rating Qualifying Run if you felt so inclined. However each would be a separate rule.
Please note that depending on the Data Options you have subscribed to, you may not have access to all of the ratings above, and all of the parameters listed below may not appear on your Form tab
Following are brief descriptions of the Form parameters.
| Age Restriction |
Races limited to horses of a specific age or age range, for example 2YO or 2&3YO or 3YO+ (where + means ‘or older’) |
| Area |
Metropolitan and/or Provincial and/or Country races |
| Barrier |
Specific barrier or range of barriers. You could specify that a horse needed to have started from Barriers 1-5 in its previous race.
Or if you’re really weird, you could insist that a horse must have started from Barrier 7 in its sixth last race |
| Barrier Change |
Restrict selections to horses that have changed by specified barrier range from a previous start.
If you entered MIN -5 to MAX -2 related to last start, the system would deliver horses that had moved inwards by 2-5 barriers.
A horse that started from Gate 12 last start, and today starts from Gate 7, has moved -5 barriers.
A horse that started from Gate 1 last start and today starts from Gate 5, has moved +4 spots (although we don’t enter + signs, remember) |
| Class |
Restrict selections to horses that raced at your nominated class/es of race at the prior nominated run. For example ‘Maiden’, ‘Class 1’ ‘Hurdle’ ‘Open’ |
| Class Value |
Calculated field strength measurement which ranges approximately between a low of –32 and a high of +12. A strong Melbourne Cup could be a +12 CVal. Related to the Formline rating |
| Class Value Change |
A specified change in the Class Value between the nominated prior run and today’s race.
A couple of examples, relating to last race:
A horse that last raced in a -3.5 Class Value race and today is racing in a -2.0, has a Class Value Change of +1.5.
A horse that last raced in a -17.5 Class Value race and today is racing in a -18.0, has a Class Value Change of -0.5 |
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| Country |
Restrict selections to horses that had the nominated prior run in another country |
| Days Ago |
Number of days since the nominated prior run |
| Distance |
A race distance or distance range in the nominated prior run |
| Distance Change |
A change in distance between the nominated prior run and the race being analysed.
MIN -200 and MAX 0 would isolate horses that are racing at the same distance or dropping in distance by up to 200m.
MIN -100 and MAX 200 would isolate horses dropping in distance up to 100m or increasing distance by up to 200m |
| Distance Change % |
A change in distance, expressed as a percentage of prior run distance, between nominated prior run and race being analysed.
MIN -20 and MAX 0 would isolate horses that are
racing at the same distance or
dropping in distance by up to 20%.
MIN -10 and MAX 10 would isolate horses dropping or increasing in distance by up to 10% |
| Favourite |
Include or exclude selections that started favourite at the nominated prior run |
| FinPos |
Include or exclude selections by their finishing positions at the nominated prior run. For example if you wanted to include only horses that had finished first, second or third you would enter MIN 1, MAX 3 |
| Formline |
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| Going |
Specify Going (also called Track Condition) at the nominated prior run |
| Group |
Restrict selections to horses that raced in races with specified Group (black type) status at nominated prior run |
| Half - FinPos |
Positions in running made up between say 800m (half mile) and FP.
If a horse was in sixth position at the half and finished ninth, it had ‘made up’ -3 positions.
If a horse was third at the Half and finished first, it had made up 2 positions (the + is never entered). |
| Inrun Half |
Position in running at say 800m (the old ‘half-mile’) |
| Inrun Settled |
Position in running where horses have settled into position after the start |
| Inrun Turn |
Position in running at the turn onto final straight |
| Jockey |
Select Jockey or Jockeys from a list |
| Limit Weight |
Relates to the official race limit weight (lowest weight assigned under race rules for handicap races) |
| Margin |
Restrict selections to horses that won or lost by a specified number of lengths at nominated prior run.
Min -99.0 and MAX 2.0 would allow all horses that won or finished within 2.0 lengths of the winner in the nominated prior run |
| Prizemoney (k$) |
Restrict selections by race prizemoney at the nominated nominated prior run |
| Prizemoney Change (k$) |
Restrict selections by change in prizemoney between nominated prior run and the race being analysed.
$50,000 last run and $60,000 this run is a change of 10.
$60,000 last run and $50,000 this run is a change of -10
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Runs Ago |
Can only be used with the QR buttons (TL, FL, TF, W), where you can specify a range of Runs Ago in which you want the Qualifying Run to fall |
| Same Jockey |
Restrict selections to horses with same jockey today as jockey who rode at nominated prior run |
| Same Track |
Restrict selections to horses racing at same track today as nominated prior run |
| Sex Restriction |
Nominated prior run limited to horses of a specific sex |
| SP |
Restrict selections to horses by range of official SP (starting price) in the nominated prior run |
| SP Lengthen |
Where the horse's price opened at a certain price, for example $3, and lengthened, to say $4 |
| SP Mid |
Restrict selections to horses by range of mid point SP (official
fluctuation recorded approx 15 minutes before start of race)
in the nominated prior run |
| SP Opening |
Restrict selections to horses by range of opening SP (official fluctuation recorded approx 25 minutes before start of race) in the nominated prior run |
| SP Shorten |
Where the horse's price opened at a certain price, for example $4, and shortened, to say $3 |
| Star - Plus |
Relates to the Formline rating’s * and + post-race indicators |
| Starters |
Number of starters in the nominated prior run |
| State |
Restrict selections to horses according to which state of Australia they raced in at nominated prior run |
| Stewards Flag |
Restrict selections to horses that have a stewards report flag (simply indicates that a steward’s report exists) |
| Stld - FinPos |
(Settled - Finish Position) – positions in running made up between when horses settled into positions after the start, and the finish.
If a horse settled in tenth position and finished the race in third position, it made up 7 positions. If a horse settled in second position and finished tenth, it ‘made up’ -8 positions.
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| Track |
Restrict selections to horses that raced at specified track or tracks at the nominated prior run |
| Trakform |
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| Trakline |
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| Turn - FinPos |
Positions in running made up between the turn onto the final straight and the Finish.
If a horse was in fifth position at the Turn and finished ninth, it had ‘made up’ -4 positions.
If a horse was sixth at the Turn and finished first, it had made up 5 positions (the + is never entered into the Min/Max fields) |
| Weekday |
Restrict selections to horses whose nominated prior run occurred on specified weekday/s |
| Weight (Crd) |
Relates to the weight actually carried by the horse in the nominated prior run , that is the Handicap weight plus or minus the Jockey Allowance |
| Weight (Hcp) |
Relates to the horse's Handicap Weight in the nominated prior run |
| Weight Change (Crd) |
Restrict selections by change in weight carried between nominated prior run and the race being analysed. Weight Carried is the Handicap Weight plus or minus the Jockey Allowance |
| Weight Change (Hcp) |
Restrict selections by change in Handicap Weight between nominated prior run and the race being analysed |
| Weight Restriction |
Relates to weight type of nominated prior run, for example Handicap, Set Weight, Weight for Age |
| Winform |
The Winform rating value, or range of values in the nominated prior run |
| WOL (Carried) |
Refers to the Weight over limit a horse carried in the nominated prior run. Note that this relates to the weight actually carried by the horse, which is the Handicap Weight plus or minus the Jockey Allowance, if any.
If the nominated race Weight Limit was 53.0 kg and the horse carried 56.0 kg, then its WOL (Crd) was 3.0 |
| WOL (Hcp) |
Refers to the Weight over limit of a horse’s Handicap weight in the nominated prior run. Note that this relates to the Handicap weight allotted to the horse, and ignores the Jockey Allowance, if any.
If the nominated race Weight Limit was 53.0 kg and the horse’s Handicap weight was 55.5 kg, then its WOL (Hcp) was 2.5 |
| WOL Change (Crd) |
The change in the the Weight over limit (Carried) between the nominated prior run and the race being analysed. Note that this relates to the weights actually carried by the horse, which is the Handicap Weight plus or minus the Jockey Allowance, if any.
If the Weight Limit in the nominated race was 53.0 kg and the horse carried 56.0 kg, then its WOL (Crd) was 3.0.
If the Weight Limit of the race being analysed is 54.0 kg and the horse carries 58.0 kg, then the WOL (crd) is 4.0. Therefore, the change in the WOL (Crd) between the nominated prior run and the race being analysed is 1.0 |
| WOL Change (Hcp) |
The change in the the Weight over limit (Handicap) between the nominated prior run and the race being analysed. Note that this relates to the Handicap weights allotted to the horse, and ignores the Jockey Allowance, if any.
If the Weight Limit in the nominated prior run was 53.0 kg and the horse’s handicap weight 55.0 kg, then its WOL (Hcp) was 2.0.
If the Weight Limit of the race being analysed is 54.0 kg and the horse carries 58.0 kg, then the WOL (Hcp) is 4.0. Therefore, the change in the WOL (Hcp) between the nominated prior run and the race being analysed is 2.0 |
| WPR |
The WPR Rating value, or range of values in the nominated prior run |
