Proform customers who subscribe to Timeform’s sectional timing service are able to import the Excel files created by Timeform into Proform. The benefits are: -

1. Combined with Proform Speed Rating Class Pars to find truly run races you can spot outstanding performances on the clock at a glance.
2. When Class Pars and Sectionals are used in conjunction with our Power Ratings you can find standout betting opportunities!

Once the files are uploaded to the Proform database using our importer it loads the finishing speed % data into User Rating 4 field and also if you wish to import the upgrade figure, this information is imported into User Rating 3.

Prior to this release our technicians had to manually update each subscriber’s data base to enable the fields to be displayed in the Proform Racecard.  This release makes these changes automatically.

Where can I see the data in Proform

Once imported you can see the finishing speed % in the user rating 4 field when looking at a result in the dataview, like so:

If you can’t see user rating 4 in the same position as above then right click on the heading line of the grid and click on show fields. From the dialog box which appears scroll down and find user rating 4 and move it using the arrows to position required.

How do I see the figures in horse form and prior form?

In the new version of Proform, once the Timeform figures are imported, customers can view User rating 4 (finishing speed %) in the horse form and prior form screens.

You can also now use the system builder to query last time out user ratings 3 and 4 and our speed figure LTO. This will allow to deeply query finishing speed %, upgrade figures and our speed ratings.

In each race, a horse’s last time out speed rating is displayed in the Proform Race Guide with an associated graphic and in this video we show you how to make sense of this information. 

When viewing form in our form book software you can see dynamic speed ratings on the race card.

Because these speed ratings are static, they are ranked within each race, which in turn means they can be analysed with the system builder.

Here is a screen image of the static speed ratings followed by an explanation of each field

General Rules for all the Static Speed Ratings

Speed ratings of zero ignored
All of the static speed ratings ignore 0 ratings.
This means in races in which horses did not finish (full, pulled up etc.) or were so far back that they did not warrant a speed rating will be ignored for the purposes of calculating the static speed ratings.

Race Types
All of the static speed ratings only look at races that are the same race type as the race you are looking at.

By same race type we mean, if the race you are viewing is a Chase then the static speed rating is the speed rating the horse has achieved in a Chase.

There are 5 race types that the static speed ratings utilise Flat Turf, Flat AW, Jumps Chase, Jumps Hurdle and Jumps NHF.

Median Speed Ratings
The median rating is the middle most rating of the horses ratings after they are sorted lowest to highest, if there are an even number of ratings after sorting then the median becomes the average of the middle two ratings, if there is only one rating then the median is that rating.


stHA C

This is the highest speed rating the horse has achieved in it's career runs to date in races that match the general rules for all static speed ratings as mentioned above.


stHA L1y
This is the highest speed rating the horse has achieved in the last 1 year in races that match the general rules for all static speed ratings as mentioned above.


stMR C

This is the median speed rating the horse has achieved in it's career to date in races that match the general rules for all static speed ratings as mentioned above.


stMR L1y
This is the median speed rating the horse has achieved in the last 1 year in races that match the general rules for all static speed ratings as mentioned above.


stMR L3r
This is the median speed rating the horse has achieved in the last 3 runs in races that match the general rules for all static speed ratings as mentioned above.


stLTO
This is the speed rating the horse has achieved last time out in races that match the general rules for all static speed ratings as mentioned above.


stLTO 2
This is the speed rating the horse has achieved 2^nd last time out in races that match the general rules for all static speed ratings as mentioned above.


stLTO 3
This is the speed rating the horse has achieved 3^rd last time out in races that match the general rules for all static speed ratings as mentioned above.


stLTO 4
This is the speed rating the horse has achieved 4^th last time out in races that match the general rules for all static speed ratings as mentioned above.



Exporting Static Speed Ratings
The static speed ratings are now in the exporter tool along with their ranks and can be found under the runner data list.



Speed Rating Column Renamed
The speed rating column in the Race Results, Horse Form, Prior Form and Post Form screens have been renamed from Rating to Spd Rat, see Race Results screen-shot below

There is a new tab in the system builder called Sectionals*, which in turn contains five more tabs, here is a screenshot

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We will run through the Last Time Out Ranks tab in more detail.
 

LTO Ranks

The last time out ranks tab allows you to query the last time out rank of any piece of sectional data for many fields.

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What are all the fields?

We have created an excel document explaining all the data fields you can see in Proform, plus how far back the historical sectional data goes and the data tolerances we used to block obvious data errors coming into our database, you can download this on the following link:-

DOWNLOAD the SECTIONAL DATA GLOSSARY

Entering Data

When you click into any field it will expand so you can enter a query for that field, like this

You can press tab to move to the next field or press ESC to exit the field so that the size retruns to a small white box.

What is the tick box for?

The red tick box above the last time out ranks, see here

lets you restrict queries in the database to only races where sectional data exists, this will speed up the query a little.

*requires a subscription to TPD for the raw data.  If you wish to subscribe then drop us an email at proformracing@gmail.com

There is a new tab in the system builder called Sectionals*, which in turn contains five more tabs, here is a screenshot

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We will run through the Last Time Out Values tab in more detail.
 

LTO Values

The last time out values tab allows you to query the last time out values of any piece of sectional data for many fields.

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What are all the fields?

We have created an excel document explaining all the data fields you can see in Proform, plus how far back the historical sectional data goes and the data tolerances we used to block obvious data errors coming into our database, you can download this on the following link:-

DOWNLOAD the SECTIONAL DATA GLOSSARY

Entering Data

When you click into any field it will expand so you can enter a query for that field, like this

You can press tab to move to the next field or press ESC to exit the field so that the size retruns to a small white box.

What is the tick box for?

The red tick box above the last time out values, see here

lets you restrict queries in the database to only races where sectional data exists, this will speed up the query a little.

*requires a subscription to TPD for the raw data.  If you wish to subscribe then drop us an email at proformracing@gmail.com

We have added all the sectional fields for ranks, values, LTO ranks and LTO values to the Preferences Tab in the System Builder.

You can add these fields so they can be seen when drilling down into queires you have run.

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Given there are a lot of fields we have added a tick search to the top of the screen which allows you to enter any characters and click the Tick Search button to tick anything that matches what you entered.

So if you wanted all data for the final furlong you can enter _Finish and press the button for them all to be tick.  Any you do not want can then be unticked manually by scrolling up and down etc

We have created an excel document explaining all the data fields you can see in Proform, plus how far back the historical sectional data goes and the data tolerances we used to block obvious data errors coming into our database, you can download this on the following link:-

DOWNLOAD the SECTIONAL DATA GLOSSARY