Par Times for Australian horse race tracks

(Put together a few years ago now but still valid in 2012)

$29.50

Speed ratings are the most popular form of rating races in the U.S.A. but have always been a “second fiddle” approach in Australia because of some intrinsic difficulties in establishing reliable speed ratings figures.

Anyone who has “had a go” at speed ratings will tell you that one of the major hurdles to overcome is to establish par times for distances at Australian race tracks. Up until now, the way most people have approached this problem has been to use the track record times for individual distances at each major track.

Now the problem with this approach has been that these track “records” are not easily sourced and the circumstances in which they have been set may not be generally available for any other horses to emulate. It may be, for example, that on the day the 1200 metre record for Caulfield was set the runners may have had a 40 kilometre an hour tail wind for the entire length of the straight. Did it? I don’t know and unless you were there and had an amazing memory, you probably don’t know either.

There are some amazingly fast track record times in Brisbane, for example, set by horses that most would regard as “dead set freaks” and “ordinary” horses do not go anywhere near equaling these times in normal day to day racing. It therefore follows that any horse that races consistently in events at these distances on these tracks will have a significantly poorer speed rating than those that, by chance, race at other tracks and other distances.

And this has been the major problem with establishing reliable par times for distances and tracks in Australia against which performances can be measured.

Australian Racetrack Par Times 2007 is a “breakthrough product” that supplies to you a par time for EVERY distance (up to 2400m) at (just about) EVERY track in Australia for EVERY track condition.

This 40 page book has evolved from over ten years research into Australian racing. Basically, we have examined many tens of thousands of races from the last ten years, established the ten best times for every distance, every track, every condition, averaged the result and come up with a “par time” that would equate to a good performance for every distance, every track, every track condition.

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It means that if you are trying to be different from the “herd” and use speed ratings effectively, it is just as possible to establish what a good performance over 1200 metres on a dead track at Ballarat is as compared to a 1000 metre run at Wagga on a good track with little room for error.

Australian Racetrack Par Times 2007 will give you a reliable par time for almost every track, every distance (up to 2400m), every track condition from one end of the country to the other.

If we were to undertake the whole exercise again, there would only be minute differences in 2011!

Here is the full list of the 150 tracks covered by this immense study:

Albany, Albury, Alice Springs, Ararat, Armidale, Ascot, Atherton, Bairnsdale, Balaklava, Ballarat, Ballina, Balranald, Bathurst, Beaudesert, Bell, Belmont, Benalla, Bendigo, Bordertown, Broken Hill, Bunbury, Cairns, Canterbury, Carnarvon, Casino, Casterton, Caulfield, Ceduna, Cessnock, Clare, Coffs Harbour, Colac, Coleraine, Cootamundra, Cowra, Cranbourne, Dalby, Darwin, Deniliquin, Devonport, Donald, Doomben, Dubbo, Eagle Farm, Echuca, Edenhope, Esk, Esperance, Flemington, Forbes, Gatton, Gawler, Geelong, Geraldton, Gilgandra, Gladstone, Glen Innes, Gold Coast, Goondiwindi, Gordonvale, Gosford, Goulburn, Grafton, Gundagai, Gunnedah, Gympie, Hamilton, Hanging Rock, Hawkesbury, Hay, Hobart, HOME Hill, Horsham, Ingham, Innisfail, Inverell, Ipswich, Kalgoorlie, Kembla Grange, Kempsey, Kensington, Kilcoy, Kilmore, Kyneton, Launceston, Leeton, Lismore, Longford, Mackay, Mildura, Moe, Moonee Valley, Moree, Mornington, Morphetville, Mortlake, Moruya, Mount Gambier, Mudgee, Murray Bridge, Murtoa, Murwillimbah, Muswellbrook, Naracoorte, Newcastle, Northam, Nowra, Oakbank, Orange, Pakenham, Parkes, Penola, Port Augusta, Port Lincoln, Port Macquarie, Queanbeyan, Quirindi, Randwick, Rockhampton, Rosehill, Sale, Sandown – Hillside, Sandown – Lakeside, Sapphire Coast, Scone, Seymour, St Arnaud, Stawell, Stony Creek, Strathalbyn, Sunshine Coast, Swan Hill, Tamworth, Taree, Tatura, Terang, Townsville, Traralgon, Victoria Park, Wagga, Walcha, Wangaratta, Warrnambool, Warwick Farm, Wauchope, Wellington, Werribee, Wodonga, Wyong and York.For first time speed raters, a basic method for doing speed ratings is incorporated in the introduction to this invaluable research book.

Once we have received your order and confirmation of payment, you will be e-mailed a .pdf copy of Australian Racetrack Par Times 2007 which will be sent to your e-mail address.

$29.50

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