Find Winners Using Advanced Horse Racing Form Statistics

Using horse racing statistics no-one else has access to, can provide you with a betting edge. This article shows you how to use the www.betturtle.comwww.betturtle.com Form Plus statistics to your advantage when studying horse racing form and picking winners.

A feature unique to BetTurtle is Form+, that allows you to use additional key statistics to aid winner finding.

This information can be used to check if your fancied horses are;

Suited by today's race conditions
Has proven form to win the race against today's competition
Has over-performed or under-performed in recent races (could highlight good value or poor value runners)
Unreliable or reliable horses

For each horse, you are interested in analysing, click the race card Form Button and then select the Form+ Tab.

The date column shows the date of the horses last run with the number of days since last run included. If the number of days is in a green colour, that denotes a break of 60 days or more. Click the date to view additional details regarding the races, such as subsequent number of winners from the race.

The key column can be used to quickly view the horse performance record with the yellow stars showing good performances, the red thumbs down poor performances and green thumbs up okay performances. The grey cup shows if the race was at a top class course and the yellow key if the race has had a high strike rate of subsequent winners, suggesting it was a strong race.

The course column (crse) lists the race courses were the race was held. Click the course name for information on the course characteristics. In brackets is the race direction the horse ran over; L - Left, R - Right, 8 - Figure of eight. Using this information can help you identify any patterns in performance suggesting a preference for course types or running directions that can be compared to today's course.

The position column (pos) is the race position of the horse with the lengths the horse beat the second horse by or was behind the winner. Positions in green make it easier to see the races the horses won.

The draw column (dr) shows if the horse was well or badly drawn (green is good, red is bad). This gives clues as to whether the horse had favourable or poor conditions in a past race that can be used to your advantage in today's race.

The style column can be used to see the way a horse settles in the early stages of a race. In the example below the horse has been running in midfield or in the rear in most races. The colours denote statistical evidence if the horse was favoured by the running style (green) or hindered (red) in this particular race.

The distance (dis), going, class (cls), grade (grd), prize money (prz) and type columns provide details on the conditions the horse has run in the past, that can be compared to today's race. Green text denotes conditions matching today's conditions. These details can be compared to the performance scores in the key column, to gain a view of the conditions a horse is likely to run well and poorly under.

The future (futr) column is set to Yes if a horse was entered in other future races at the time of running. This could suggest the horse had multiple races to choose from or had a future race target planned.

The handicap maximum (hmx), minimum (hmn) and median (hmd) can be used as a guide to the quality of the race. Of the three, the median score is the most useful, as it provides the mid-point of the handicap ratings of the horses in the race. As you can see in the example below, the horse appears competitive with median scores from mid-90s and lower, but when running in higher quality races (higher median) appears to struggle.

The official handicap rank (hrk), form rank (frk), speed rank and odds rank are the ranking against these variables for the horse. The lower the number the better the horse was expected to do in the race. Comparing this to the performance ranking (key column) can highlight unexpectedly poor or good performances in a race.

Like the ranking scores, the horse shoe and pick ratings can guide whether a horse was expected to perform well or poorly.

The noted (ntd) column shows whether a horse was a notebook runner in the race.

The since win column (swin) provides a running total of the number of runs since a horse won (resets after a win). This can show the sequences/patterns of a horses performance and highlights horses that are regular winners and potentially non-triers.