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Metrics Glossary

Learn about the RaceiQ metrics and their purposes below

Timings Data

The time (in minutes, seconds and milliseconds) that a horse took to complete the race.

The time (in seconds) that a horse took to complete a section of the race.

The sectional times for the leader of the field through each race section.

  • Runner positions
  • The leader at the end of each section
  • The cumulative sectionals for both the race and each runner
  • The fastest sectional of each runner, and which horse was fastest through each section
  • Implied average speed through each section

The time (in seconds) the horse took to run the final sectionals of the race. For example in Britain and Ireland, this is categorised as:

  • Flat races
  • -Final 2 furlongs for: Advertised race distance is less than or equal to 1m 110 yards
  • -Final 3 furlongs for: Advertised race distance is greater than 1m 110 yards
  • Chase/Hurdles races - final 4 furlongs (0.5 miles) of the race

The average sectional time in the final sectionals (see above) as a percentage of the average sectional time over the full race. For example: a race with an FSP of 102% means the average sectional time of the final furlongs was 2% quicker than the rest of the race.

The fastest speed (in mph or kph) that a horse reached in the race.

The section of the race in which a horse reached its top speed.

The number of seconds a runner took to reach a speed of 20 miles per hour, or 30 kilometers per hour at the start of the race.

Time Analysis

The finishing time we expect the winner of a race to achieve based on a series of race factors (racecourse, race distance, race class and going description).

A score out of 10 which indicates how a race has performed in comparison with ‘Par’ by assessing the winning time against the distribution of expected winning times for the race.

  • A score of 9 would indicate a race run significantly faster than Par, while a score of 1 would indicate a race run significantly slower than Par.

These compare a horse’s sectionals against the ‘optimum’ sectional times. 

  • These are the Par Sectional fractions for the race for that specific course and distance.
  • They are based on the sectionals that winning horses have achieved in races achieving the best Time Index scores. (Based on advice from experts we work with, the best race times will be achieved by horses running in the most efficient way).

The optimum sectional times for a horse, calculated on the Par Time for the race. These are used to compare live In Race sectionals against.

Using the Par Sectionals we can provide an FSP that reflects a track’s nuances and what FSP an ‘evenly run race’ would achieve.

  • For example: at Beverly, they run downhill early and uphill to finish, so you wouldn’t expect them to finish as fast as at Newmarket where they run into a dip in the second last furlong.

Jumping Metrics

The lengths gained by the horse at each obstacle in a race. A negative value indicates the horse lost lengths at the obstacle.

  • Measured against the median lengths gained (middle value) of the horses in the race.

The cumulative sum of a horses’ lengths gained jumping values at each obstacle.

A metric that quantifies a horse’s jumping ability (as a score out of 10) at each obstacle, in a race, and throughout its career. It compares the efficiency, speed and fluency of a horse’s jumps against all those recorded in the RaceiQ database

The speed (in mph or kph) the horse was running at when it entered the Jumping Envelope.

The speed (in mph or kph) the horse was running at when it left the Jumping Envelope.

A section of the race which includes a steeplechase fence or hurdle. This section is defined as 30 metres before to 30 metres after a horse has landed from jumping over an obstacle.

The difference in a horse’s speed (in mph or kph) from entering the Jumping Envelope to landing after jumping the obstacle.

The time (in seconds) difference between the horse entering and exiting the Jumping Envelope.

The number of jumps which the horse completed during the race.

Stride Data

Both race and sector level; the average length (in metres) of the horse’s stride throughout the race. This is measured as the full cycle of a stride, e.g. the moment a horse’s back legs hit the ground, to the next time they hit the ground.

Both race and sector level; the average number of strides the horse made per second throughout the race.

The maximum and minimum stride frequency and length values recorded by a horse in a race.

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