Aqu chart question

[samyn on the green]

15DEC race 3 Tothelefttotheleft shows "g" in his equipment line. What is "g"? Is that a special shoe or martingale or what?

[Norm]

Originally Posted by samyn on the green

15DEC race 3 Tothelefttotheleft shows "g" in his equipment line. What is "g"? Is that a special shoe or martingale or what?

Maybe a typo ? My DRF chart for that race lists the familiar "f" for front bandages. Since "f" is right next to "g" on the keyboard it could be just a slip of someboby's finger.

[Steve 'StatMan']

Could be goggles, or a variety of protective eyewear, usually included as part of a hood.

[Murph]

This is from the data field description file for the newer Brisnet, comma delimted
Comprehensive Charts Files

This is the field from the Start file, (file #2) data field #29

 29 Equipment codes		Char		7		 see codes below
			No Equipment	 H Outer Rims		 S Nasal Strip 
		 1 Running W's		I Inserts			 T Turndowns
		 2 Screens			J Aluminum Pad		U Spurs
		 3 Shields			K Flipping halter	 W Queen's Plates
		 A Aluminum Pads	 L Bar Shoes		 Y No shoes
		 B Blinkers		 M Blocks			 Z Tongue tie
		 C Mud Calks		 N No Whip
		 D Glued Shoes		O Blinkers Off
		 E Inner Rims		 P Pads
		 F Front bandages	 Q Nasal Strip off
		 G Goggles			R Bar Shoe

Are NYRA tracks the only ones that will publish complete equipment info?

I know the smaller ones don't publish shoe info. At HOO there are runners sometimes that run in screens but I have never seen this in the charts.

I wish there were standard reporting requirements on this type of info for all tracks that want an NTRA certification or something similar.

Murph

[samyn on the green]

Thanks for the info. It is goggles indeed.

[Tom]

Horse or rider?

[Murph]

Originally Posted by Tom

Horse or rider?

The data notes are equipment for the horse.