The horse, jockey and trainer filters are explained in detail below this screenshot.

Horse Name

Use the horse name filter to restrict your system to specific named horses. Wildcards are allowed.

Examples of valid horse name filters are:-
Kauto Star
Kauto*
*Star*

Note

• When entering a horses name with an apostrophe in it's name then enter a double apostrophe like this '' for instance to find Sarah's Art you would enter Sarah''s Art

Age

Use the horse age filter to restrict the age of horses, at the time of running.

Examples of valid horse age filters are:-
2
>= 2
>= 3 and < 5

Odds (SP)

Use the horse odds filter to restrict the system to horses whose starting price falls within the specified range.

Examples of valid horse odds filters are:-
3/1
>= 4/1
>= 7/2 and < 8/1

The Odds can not be used in a saved system that you wish to find qualifiers for.  This is because the Odds (SP) is not known until after the races are run.

Note

• When entering odds of 100/30 do not enter 10/3 enter 100/30

Finishing Pos

Use the horse finishing position filter to restrict the system to horses finished 1st, 2nd 3rd etc

Examples of valid horse finishing position filters are:-
1                        this would return horses who finished 1st
>50                    would return non finishers
>= 4 and <= 8     this would return horses who finished 4th to 8th
< 9                     this would return horses who finished better than 9th

Draw

Use the horse draw filter to restrict the system to horses who were drawn within the given stalls.

Examples of valid horse draw filters are:-
between 1 and 7
>= 4 and <= 8
< 9 

DSLR (Days Since Last Run)

Use the DSLR filter to restrict the system to horses whose DSLR are within the given days.
The DSLR variable is for all codes of racing so it is the actual number of days since the horse last had a run.
DEBUT = only return horses who are having their first run

Examples of valid DSLR filters are:-
between 1 and 7
>= 4 and <= 8
< 9 

Note

• Once you restrict the DSLR to anything then the DEBUT horses will not be included

Jockey Name

Use the jockey name filter to restrict your system to specific jockeys. Wildcards are allowed.

Examples of valid jockey name filters are:-
A P McCoy
A P*
*McCoy*

Note

• When entering a jockeys name with an apostrophe in it's name then enter a double apostrophe like this '' for instance to find Dane O'Neill you would enter Dane O''Neill

Trainer Name

Use the trainer name filter to restrict your system to specific trainers. Wildcards are allowed.

Examples of valid trainer name filters are:-
N J Henderson
N J*
*Henderson*

Note

• When entering a trainers  name with an apostrophe in it's name then enter a double apostrophe like this '' for instance to find Jonjo O'Neill you would enter Jonjo O''Neill

 

Sire Name

Use the horse sire name filter to restrict your system to specific named sires. Wildcards are allowed.

Examples of valid sire name filters are:
Saddler''s Wells
Sadd*
S*

Dam Name

Use the horse dam name filter to restrict your system to specific named dams. Wildcards are allowed.

Examples of valid dam name filters are:
Robellino
Rob*
R*

Weight Rank

Use the Weight Rank filter to analyse top weights etc

Examples of valid Weight Rank filters are:
1 = This would be the top weight or joint top weight
between 1 and 7
>= 4 and <= 8
< 9 '

SP Rank

Use the SP Rank filter to analyse favourites or 2nd favourites or 3rd favourites etc.

Examples of valid SP Rank filters are:
1 = This would be the fav or joint fav
3 = This would be the 3rd fav or joint 3rd fav
between 1 and 7
>= 4 and <= 8
< 9

Tissue Odds

Use the horse tissue odds filter to restrict the system to horses whose tissue odds falls within the specified range.

Examples of valid tissue odds filters are:
3/1
>= 4/1
>= 7/2 and < 8/1

Note 

• When entering odds of 100/30 do not enter 10/3 enter 100/30

Hrs Penalty

'Use the horse penalty filter to restrict your system to horses that carried penalties to varying degrees.

Examples of valid penalty filters are:
0 = NO Penalty
6
>= 8
>= 6 and < 12

Headgear

Use the headgear filter to restrict the system to horses who wore the specified headgear.

Examples of valid headgear filters are:
NOHG = Returns horses with no headgear
b = blinkers
es = eye shield
h = Hood
t = Tongue Tie
v = Visor
p = cheek pieces

Also a 1 signifies the first time for the headgear so es1 is first time eye shields.

Mixed headgears also exist i.e. espt would be eye shields, cheek pieces and a tongue tie. You can use wildcards to search for combinations of headgear and also if you wanted to find a horse with blinkers then to be sure use the search *b* to find all horses that wore blinkers

Jockey Claim

Use the jockey claim filter to restrict your system to jockeys who had a claim.

Examples of valid jockey claim filters are:
0 = NO Jockey Claim
6
>= 8
>= 6 and < 12

Horse Sex

Use the horse sex filter to restrict your system to males or females.
Tick c for Colt and the male sex types will be automatically selected.
Tick f for Filly and the female sex types will be automatically selected. 
If all horse sexes are ticked, then all races will pass the horse sex filter.

You can quickly select or de-select all horse sexes by right clicking on the list of horse sexes and making your choice from the resulting pop-up menu.You can NOT select individual sex types because in proform we store the sex against the horse name not it''s career, so when horse sex types change we do not register the change, hence horse sex types can not be chose, just Male or Female can be chosen.

Here are the horse sex full descriptions:- 

m = Mare
f = Filly
c = Colt
r = Rig
g = Gelding
h = Entire

Horse Colour

Use the horse colour filter to restrict your system to different horse colours or a combination of any.

By unticking one or more horse colours, you can ignore runners that are not that colour. if all horse colours are ticked, then all races will pass the horse colour filter. You can quickly select or de-select all horse colours by right clicking on the list of horse colours and making your choice from the resulting pop-up menu.

Here are the horse colour full descriptions:- 
gr = Grey
br = Brown
ro = Roan
bl = Black
ch = Chestnut
b = Bay
b/br = Bay/Brown
gr/ro = Grey/Roan
br/gr = Brown/Grey
gr/b = Grey/Bay
sk = Coloured

Pace Abbrev

Use the horse pace abbreviation filter to restrict your system to horses who led, were prominent, held up or a combination of any.

By unticking one or more pace abbreviations, you can ignore runners that ran in that style. If all pace abbreviations are ticked, then all races will pass the pace abbreviations filter. ou can quickly select or de-select all pace abbreviations by right clicking on the list of pace abbreviations and making your choice from the resulting pop-up menu.

Here are the pace abbreviation full descriptions:- 
L = Led
P = Prominent
H = Held Up

Note

• The pace abbreviation is after the event so can only be used for research not for building a system

Favourite or not

With the favourite or not filter you can choose to look at just favourites or include 2nd favourites etc, here is how it works:-

If you want to only analyse favourites then tick the FAV box. If you wanted favourites and 2nd favourites then tick both the FAV and 2ndFAV boxes. If you wanted to analyse races and ignore the favourite then tick the FAV box but also tick the NOT box above it.

The NOT box reverses your choice so for instance if you want to leave out favourites and 2nd favourites then you tick both the FAV and 2ndFAV box but also tick the NOT box.

The many combinations you can choose gives you the freedom to analyse favourites in the way you want.

The Favourite or Not can not be used in a saved system that you wish to find qualifiers for.  This is because the fav, 2nd fav etc is not known until after the races are run.

Horse Country 

Use the horse country filter to restrict your system to horses from one, two or more countries.

By unticking one or more horse countries, you can ignore runners that were bred in that country. If all horse countries are ticked, then all races will pass the horse country filter. You can quickly select or de-select all horse countries by right clicking on the list of horse countries and making your choice from the resulting pop-up menu.

When you have defined and run you system in the Proform System Builder, the results are displayed in the results tab and in this video we explain how to interpret the following fields:

• Actual verses Expected (A/Es)

The Horse Sex Abbrev field has been added to the Exporter which reflects the correct sex of the horse on the date of the race exported.

 

We have also added export fields for Owner, Damsire, Dam and Damsire Country of Breeding, Sire Country of Breeding.

 

And finally we have added the following list of fields to the exporter, which are actual LTO variables regardless of race type.

In this software release we have added presentations for LTO User Rating Ranks and Values for all 4 user ratings.

This feature should help when researching your imported ratings and specifically sectional finishing speeds and upgrades in user ratings 4 and 3 if you are using them.

We have also added a LTO speed rating value presentation.  This is unrelated to the static speed figures; you can could query these in the previous version of code.

This feature allows you to query the actual speed figure produced last time out regardless of code of racing.

Proform Release Notes for V1.91 build.10

 

New Features Summary

1. Corrected PRB calculations.
2. Added user Rating 1 Rank to today’s runners quick view.
3. Added WAX, PRB and PRB^2 to system builder.
4. fPRB^2 added to race card and results screen. Works with form and quick filters
5. PRB^2 added to horse form screen. Works with form and quick filters.
6. PRB and PRB^2 added to prior form screen. Works with form and quick filters.
7. PRB and PRB^2 added to in running screen. Works with form and quick filters.
8. PRB and PRB^2 added to today’s runners screen. Works with form and quick filters.
9. Added PRB to pattern matcher and trainer trends screens and re-sized them all to fit better.
10. Added four research buttons to horse 2 tab for research past Cheltenham Festival Runners and winners. NOTE: They do not save with a system at present so are just for research.
11. Colour coded WAX, PRB and PRB^2 on all screens as follows: -

WAX
GREEN: Better than +2
RED: Worse than -2
AMBER otherwise

PRB
GREEN: Better than 55%
RED: Worse than 45%
AMBER otherwise

PRB^2
GREEN: Better than 40%
RED: Worse than 30%
AMBER otherwise

 

Field Explanations

PRB - This is the average PRB of all starts, calculated for each race, so that the performance each race is weighted the same.

This new metric is more powerful than traditional strike rates. This is because strike rate uses wins which is very black and white i.e. a win counts as 1 but a loser regardless of finishing position, even if second counts as 0.

PRB^2 – This is the average of the percentage of rivals beaten squared.

PRB^2 is in effect PRB weighted so that each successive placing going down the field from the winner is less important. PRB^2 predicts future winners for any racing statistic better than PRB.

WAX – Wins above Expectations which is calculated like this, actual winners minus expected winners.

 

Proform Release Notes for V1.91 build.7

Video of new Features

New Features Summary

After the new features is a glossary of the fields added and more details on the other features.

1. Power Ratings downloads change to a different server internally, the old one will be switched off in a week or so.
2. UR1 odds on welcome screen is now decimal.
3. UR1 odds on racecard and results now decimal.
4. Added PRB to horse form tab, PRB is percentage of rivals beaten.
5. Added fPRB to racecard and results screen, this is mean of all percentage rivals beaten in the races it as run and can be filtered by global and simple filters.
6. Added powr to horse form tab which is Power Ratings Rank (UR1).
7. Auto update welcome screen tick box added to non-runner removal tool.
8. Fixed non-runner removal issue for horse names with quotes in.
9. Moved applying filter to top bar so does not get stuck in middle of screen. Now in yellow along the top when filter is applied in form book.
10. Added quick hide button to notifications window – This is to quickly turn it off and saves a couple of clicks.
11. New index for power ratings auto update lookup so it's quicker and looks back 35 days now.
12. Added 50% lower, 70% lower, 50% higher, 12 ticks higher, filtered runs, filtered wins, sp rank vs fin pos metric and total of same to racecard and results screens.
13. Added 50% lower SR to pattern matcher
14. Added 50% lower SR to trainer trends
15. Colour coded all trading data
16. UR4 added to welcome screen
17. Tissue Decimal added to welcome screen
18. Fixed draw IV on in running tab
19. Added jockey and trainer, powr rank, qual, actual going, odds decimal, headgear to in running tab
20. Added in running highs and lows  and sp rank vs fin pos to horse tab
21. Fixed BSP bug on horse tab
22. Added foaldate to racecards and results

 

Glossary of New Fields

New fields on horse form tab

We have added the in running lows and highs and percentages from the in running tab to the form tab too for continuity.

PRB - This is the percentage of rivals beaten (PRB) that this horse has beat in each run. Colour Coded, see chart.

PosVsSPRank – This set 1 if the finishing position was better than the horse’s SP (Industry) rank and -1 if it wasn’t.  This can be used as an indicator of a horse running better than the odds expect.  However PRB is introduced also and this is likely a better indicator of good form.

SP_Rank – This is the rank of the industry SP the horse went off at.

PowR – This is the rank of the power Rating (UR1)

 

New fields on in running tab

We added a few fields to the in running tab, which are jockey and trainer, powr rank, qual, actual going, odds decimal and headgear.

 

 

New fields on race cards and results screen

Filters

All these fields work with form book filtering, for instance if you filter a race to only show AW form then all the values for the fields below reflect this.

This makes the trading figures truly powerful because you can filter to conditions more like today using the quick filters and the more advanced filters.

The quick filters look like this above the race card

The advance filters are behind this button on the right

 

Field Explanations

fPRB – This is the mean of the percentage of rivals beaten (PRB) that this horse has beaten in all runs currently filtered. Colour Coded, see chart.

50% Low SR – This is the strike rate of the amount of times the horse has traded 50% or lower in running than it’s Betfair SP (BSP). Great for spotting B2L’s, Dobb’s and Trobb’s. Colour Coded, see chart.

70% Low SR - This is the strike rate of the amount of times the horse has traded 70% or lower in running than it’s Betfair SP (BSP). Great for spotting B2L’s, Dobb’s and Trobb’s. Colour Coded, see chart.

FRuns – This is the number of runs the horse has had using the current filters.  This field allows you to see how many runs the traded percentages are using.

FWins - This is the number of wins the horse has had using the current filters. This field allows you to see how many wins the traded percentages are using.

50% High SR - This is the strike rate of the amount of times the horse has traded 50% or higher in running when it won a race or races than it’s Betfair SP (BSP).  This is something that is useful to know when trading a horse as a Lay 2 back (L2B). Colour Coded, see chart.

12 Tick Higher SR - This is the strike rate of the amount of times the horse has moved up 12 ticks or higher in running when it won a race or races than it’s Betfair SP (BSP).  This is something that is useful to know when trading a horse as a Lay 2 back (L2B). Colour Coded, see chart.

PvSTotL3 – This is the total from last 3 runs of the PosVsSPRank from the horse form tab.

PvSTot - This is the total of all of the PosVsSPRank’s from the horse form tab.

Foaled Date – Added to race card and results screen.

 

 

Colour Coding Rules

You can see four different colours on the image.

Red is >0% and <=25%

Amber is >25% and <=50%

Light Green is >50% and <=75%

Dark green and bold text is >75%

 

 

Pattern Matcher and Trainer Trends New Fields

We have added trading percentages to the both the pattern matcher and trainer trends, which make both tools very powerful allowing you to determine the best trading angles for horses and trainers.

50%SR - This is the strike rate of the amount of times the horse has traded 50% or lower in running than it’s Betfair SP (BSP) for this pattern or trend.  Colour Coded, see chart.

 

 

Welcome Screen New Fields

Added UR4 and Tissue Odds in decimal and power ratings odds (UR1 Odds) are also now decimal.

 

 

Power Ratings Downloads

We have moved to a new server for downloads, so we can secure the main site after Google changed some rules a few months back.

For you it is seamless this update takes care of it but you NEED to do the update because once we secure the site (soon) the old version will not download power ratings automatically.

 

 

Auto Non-Runner Removal Tool

Auto update welcome screen tick box added to non-runner removal tool

This is generally for those linking welcome screen selections to BF Bot Manager so that non runners trigger new bets and selections on the welcome screen are updated and then the BF Bot auto updates them.

When ticked in conjunction with auto non-runner removal it will update the welcome screen.

NOTE: if you have a lot of systems every time a non-runner is found you will get a lag or wait cursor while the welcome screen updates.

 

Quick Hide on Notifications Screen

This was for me really as I always click not on top and notifications off when I open Proform and got sick of three clicks