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The best way to predict the winner of a race is to use previous
form as your guide. Form cards available at all courses,
and they are also published (although often in abbreviated
form) in the sports pages of daily newspapers. The form
for each runner is usually presented as a string of alpha-numeric
information, as follows:
1 123 Nottadonkey
21 CD J Crawford 8 11-12 M Monroe
Reading left to right, you will see the following:
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Horse number. In this case, the horse is number one on
the card.
- Recent
form, stated as a finishing position. The result of the
most recent race appears on the right, so this horse came
third in its last race, second in the race before that,
and 1st in the race before that.
- Name
of horse. Ours is called Nottadonkey.
- Days
since last run. In this example the horse last ran a race
21 days ago.
- Course
win. If a horse has previously won over the same course,
this will be indicated by the letter C.
- Distance
win. If a horse has previously won over the same distance,
this will be indicated by the letter D.
- Name
of trainer. Our example is trained by one J Crawford.
- Age
of horse. Nottadonkey is 8 years old.
- Weight.
Our horse will carry 11 stone 12 pounds.
- Name
of jockey. Nottadonkey will be ridden by M Monroe.
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