AUSTRALIAN
RACETRACK PAR TIMES - STILL VALID IN 2010 - $19.95
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.
To
view a demo page of this book, click
here.
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 metrerun
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 2010!
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.
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choose to use Paypal? No worries. We do accept direct deposits
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or also money orders to RaceRate, Post Office Box 259 Launceston.
Tasmania. 7250.
