extract race lenght

[ADDA]

Thank you for the great responses.
The links and data will really help a lot.
Would any1 know where we could get similar race times for greyhound racing?
Mikey, the data you have provided is that data you got for a single race of that distance or an average over a period? was it obtained through recording the times, a formula or using a statistical data source? Could you please explain what the information after the race length is? for example i see many distances have many race types e,g
1m3f claim stks 144
1m3f class stks 150
1m3f grp3 137
1m3f hcap 142
1m3f listed 145
1m3f mdn 155
1m3f mdn hcap 141
is there a link or explanation that can explain what the different race types are? how can i link this information to the race tracks provided by alrodopial.

Once again thanks for all the help

[Ian]

ADDA , this is a useful source of race times for greyhound tracks.

http://bellevueowners.proboards.com/ind ... rd=records

[mikey]

Adda,

Can't remember the source of this data but i believe it was stated as standard time( i'm assuming some kind of average). I have recordered lots of races and they normally seem to be within a few seconds of the actual time (good enough to use as a trigger of say a % of the race).

[gvigliani]

Sorry that was standard race times in seconds not race lengh.

Visual Basic for Race lenght


Private Sub cercadistanza()
Dim Dist_M, Dist_f, x As Integer, metri As Double, attesa As Double, Temp As Integer
For x = 1 To 4
Dist_M = InStr(1, Gara_name, x & "m")
If Dist_M <> 0 Then
Dist_M = x
metri = x * 1609.34
Exit For
End If
Next x
For x = 1 To 8
Dist_f = InStr(1, Gara_name, x & "f")
If Dist_f <> 0 Then
Dist_f = x
metri = metri + (x * 201.17)
Exit For
End If
Next x
If metri = 0 Then
Temp = InStr(1, Gara_name, "0m")
If Temp > 0 Then
metri = CDbl(Mid$(Gara_name, Temp - 3, 4))
End If
End If
lbl_distanza.Caption = metri
End Sub

[ADDA]

Thanks to everyone for their input.

Could someone explain or send us a link with an explanation as to what the following words/abbreviations appended to the race length stand for:

band
claim
class
cond
grp1
grp2
grp3
hcap
listed
mdn
stks
hcap
nov
nursery
sell
chs
hrd

How important are these words/abbreviations to determining the race time.

Thank you

[Ian]

They define the class of the race and will have a big effect on race times.

Banded runners are the lowest class whilst grp1 (Group 1) are the very highest class eg. Derby, 2000gns.

[orange]

This may help http://www.flatstats.co.uk/horse_race_information.html