Race Par Sources

[Burls]

Does anyone know a good source for race pars that can be applied to the Beyer numbers on the DRF, or some other commonly used speed figures?
I'm not too impressed with the Beyer Pars that the DRF has.
There's more and more race categories at tracks that the DRF Beyer Pars don't even cover.
Also, there's no distinction between state-bred and open allowance races.

[JeremyJet]

http://www.horsestreet.com/

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[Burls]

Thanks, this is just the sort of thing I was looking for.

[Tom]

If you want Beyer pars for specific tracks and all classes, the Winner's Books section of Sim Daily is great. Lists every race, every class, every Beyer. Some assembly required, but not too bad.

[raybo]

Here is a free chart that you might find helpful when figuring track to track differences.

http://www.americanturf.com/equalization/index.cfm

[podonne]

Here is a free chart that you might find helpful when figuring track to track differences.

http://www.americanturf.com/equalization/index.cfm

Does anyone know what the "Class" number on this chart is? It's only 1,4,7 and 10 and it says specificly in the introduction page (above) not to use it to compare tracks for equalization purposes.

Also, do these "equalizations" in fifth's of a second reflect a characteristic of the track surface itself or the class of horses running on it?

[raybo]

Does anyone know what the "Class" number on this chart is? It's only 1,4,7 and 10 and it says specificly in the introduction page (above) not to use it to compare tracks for equalization purposes.

Also, do these "equalizations" in fifth's of a second reflect a characteristic of the track surface itself or the class of horses running on it?

The "Class" numbers in the left column represent the class of the track, class of horses running there. The other 3 columns are ratings that represent the times run at those tracks. So, you can see, that just because a track has better horses running on it doesn't mean that they run faster times than a lower class track in the same race class. Equalize the final running times on shippers using the 3 columns to the right, not by using the class column to the left. If you have access to good daily track variants you can incorporate those into the equalization process.

[podonne]

The "Class" numbers in the left column represent the class of the track, class of horses running there. The other 3 columns are ratings that represent the times run at those tracks. So, you can see, that just because a track has better horses running on it doesn't mean that they run faster times than a lower class track in the same race class. Equalize the final running times on shippers using the 3 columns to the right, not by using the class column to the left. If you have access to good daily track variants you can incorporate those into the equalization process.

Great thanks. Any particular reason there are only 1,4,7 and 10 as class levels?

[raybo]

Great thanks. Any particular reason there are only 1,4,7 and 10 as class levels?

I am assuming that at the time of publishing the chart there were only 4 differentials between all tracks in the US. There might be very slight differences but probably not enough to warrant a different class number.