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Please note that several of the terminologies and symbols below will not be evident unless you have subscribed to the additional options they relate to.
ADE
Acceleration/Deceleration Effect based on measured advantage or disadvantage relating to the change in distance and weight to be carried when today's details are compared to qualifying run or last start.
All
Jockey Allowance
An allowance that reduces the weight the horse carries, which apprentice jockeys may claim to offset their relative lack of experience. The allowance is either 1.5kg, 2.0kg or 3.0kg and is relative to the apprentice's winning record. This allowance cannot be claimed in some races. In these cases the race detail includes NA.
API
Average Prizemoney Index, which is derived from career earnings, divided by number of career starts, divided by 1000. The API gives an indication of the horse's average earnings per start.
BP
BPen
Barrier Penalty
The Barrier Penalty is an arbitrary figure, expressed in kilos, which indicates the degree to which a horse is theoretically disadvantaged by having to start from a wider barrier.
Base
The Base Rating is derived from the Rating assigned to the Qualifying Run chosen by GTX. The bonuses and penalties are adjusted to and from this rating.
Bog Factor
Bonus or penalty expressed in kilograms or points given to each horse according to career statistics on combined Slow and Heavy track runs (range: -9.0kg to +6.0kg)
Break
42 to 55 days break from racing.
CV
CVal
Class Value
Race Class Value, an open ended field strength expressed in kilograms.
The general range is -30 (weakest class) to +12 (strongest class).
Cval Change
CValCh
Class Value Change, as compared to last start, derived from the change in the strength of the field. The Class Values range is an open-ended scale generally ranging from -30.0kg to +12.0kg.
Cond
Going
State of the track, ie. Heavy, Slow, Dead, Good or Fast.
Cons
Consistency
A bonus that is more or less a rating in its own right. This bonus is derived from the proximity to the winner from each horse's last 10 starts weighted by race prizemoney.
Dual Acceptors
Horses which have accepted for more than one race amongst the meetings that have been loaded, even though those meetings may be on more than one day. This could include horses that have accepted for two races at one meeting, or one race at each of two or more meetings.
Dummy
Dummy signifies that the jockey's name was not available when the jockey file was created.
FinPos
FP
Finishing Position
Generic
Related to the currently selected rating order, e.g. Generic Odds
Going
State of the track, ie. Heavy, Slow, Dead, Good or Fast
Hf
Horse's in running position at the half mile (800m)
In-runs
Horse's position in running
Jockey Allowance
All
An allowance that reduces the weight the horse carries, which apprentice jockeys may claim to offset their relative lack of experience. The allowance is either 1.5kg, 2.0kg or 3.0kg and is relative to the apprentice's winning record. This allowance cannot be claimed in some races. In these cases the race detail includes NA.
Jockey Penalty
JPen
JP
Each jockey's penalty is derived from a calculation done quarterly to determine the jockey's ability as opposed to his/her win rate. The formula considers only horses under 10/1 that finished within 10 lengths of the winner. Only the last 100 rides are considered and weighted by proximity to the winner in lengths.
Letup
28 to 41 days break from racing.
Limit Weight
The lowest weight, specified by rules, that a race club handicapper can allot to any horse in a given race. A horse can carry less than this weight when an apprentice's allowance is claimed. Not applicable in set weight or WFA races.
Margin
Marg
The distance, measured in lengths, between a particular horse and the winner of the race at the finish. The winning margin is the distance between the first and second horse. In the case of the winner the distance between it and the second horse is expressed as a negative value (e.g. -2.5 lengths)
ML
MLine
Morning Line Odds
An estimate of what a horse’s opening price will be, based on its prior performance and in relationship to the other horses in the race. Morning Line odds differ from ratings in that the market percentage for each race can vary dependent on field sizes and whether the meeting is a Metropolitan or Country meeting.
Mud Factor
Bonus or penalty expressed in kilograms or points given to each horse according to career statistics on combined Dead and Slow track runs (range: -9.0kg to +6.0kg)
Nett
Final rating derived by adding and subtracting bonuses and penalties to and from the Base rating.
Other
Oth
Depending on the rating it is applicable to, this bonus or penalty is the nett of one or more adjustments and is designed to improve the performance of that rating.
Qualifying Run
QR
The Rating Qualifying Run is the historical run selected by each rating process as the most suitable run on which to base today's rating. Its rating value represents the base rating for today's assessment. Each rating uses different logic to select the QR. No QR exists for the GTX Rating.
Spell
56 days or more break from racing.
(SWP)
Starts - Wins - Placings
30 - 3 - 4 means 30 starts for 3 wins and 4 placings (not including wins)
SD
Horse's in running position when field settled down
Tn
Horse's in running position at the home turn
Venue
The normal location at which a stable return indicates that a horse is trained
WFA
Weight for Age. A standard scale of weights that allocates weight according to a horse's age and sex, rather than its previous performances.
*
**
***
One, two or three asterisks (also referred to as 'stars') are occasionally assigned against a post race rating as an indicator of expected improvement. Each * indicates 1.5kg expected improvement and is factored in to the weight rating when the run it relates to is chosen as the Qualifying Run.
+
A Plus sign against an historical weight rating generally indicates that the horse may as well have stayed in its stable on that day. It is assigned by our handicapper and factored in to the 'other' bonus as a 6kg improvement if the rating from that run is used as the Qualifying Run.
c
Some Ratings have a ‘c’ flag next to them. The ‘c’ flag indicates that the rating assigned to that run was generated by the computer because it relates to overseas form or a rating which has been produced in advance of final results beign processed for that historical race.
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