Take note of the number of…

… Qaw’s (‘quickly aways’) each dog has in its form lines. Jot the number down on the empty space on each tiny graph; also look out for SAw’s (‘slowly aways’), that’s useful as well.

This is good information on the graphs and augments the previous paragraph on split times by not only having identified the dog that can break most quickly from the trap but also the dog who has the most Qaw’s in its form lines in the last six runs; which might not be the same dog. The dog with the fastest break may only have done it the once!

The bends:-

A dog’s position in 1st and 2nd place going around the bends is also another piece of data that is useful to note, although some dogs run very well in other positions going round bends and then come with a flourish!

The position on the bends can be found on the race cards under the dog’s name after the split time column. There will be numbers like this: 1221; or this: 5534; or this:
1111 (good numbers). Dogs that can fly around the bends are usually worth betting.

Write ‘B’ for bends on the bottom of each dog graph and put a comment or a tick e.g. Ex (excellent ) or X ( bad ; or no good!).

Next part …coming soon…

Come racing!!