Speed

Speed and distance are the main pieces of information that must be analysed in order to calculate a dog’s average speed score.

In order to understand a dog’s speed potential for the following race, the distance of previous races on the same day must be taken into account. This is done by comparing three of an animal’s final times, against the three most representative races of each of the other dogs. The average speed that this gives you will indicate which dogs have the speed advantage.

To choose the most representative races, you should try to choose the most recent races at the same distance and at the same grade.

After selecting a series of races that you can rely on for making calculations, you should underline them. When you have underlined three finish times, add them up and divide by three to ascertain an average speed.

Once the average speed has been calculated, you should subtract from this the track record (the fastest time that any dog has run at this distance on this track).

The final calculation is to multiply the difference by 10 in order to make it a whole number.

You should now have the dog’s average speed and this should be written in it’s FINAL TIMES column of the scorecard.

During the pre-analysis of races, these average speeds should be used to rank the speed of each dog. The most important thing to consider is how the average times of your chosen dog relate to the average times of the animals it is racing against.

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