Inside / Outside runners

The most important point to remember when analysing greyhounds is whether they prefer to run on the inside or the outside.

Some tracks provide handicappers with a chart that outlines the basic running style of each dog. From this you can gather the dog’s track position preference in the pack.

If this information is not freely available, it must be ascertained by analysing box position, finish, and race comments – all of which can be found on the dogs’ cards.

The simplest method of calculating whether a dog is an inside or outside front-runner is to evaluate the race comments, box position and finish:

Inside running style indicators

The dog in this example consistently performed better from the inside. No problems were encountered when starting from the inside. When starting outside, the dog bumped other dogs on the way through to the inside.

Outside running style indicators

This sheet is an example of an obvious outside front-runner.

No preference running style indicators

As this animal is not affected by box position it is considered to have no box preference. These animals are classified as neither.

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