Through numerous breeding studies, we can determine a horse’s preference for a particular going based on genetic traits past to it through various ancestries and blood lines.

Breeding not only influences a horse’s physical size and shape but also is a major factor on a horses distance, going preferences plus a whole host of other factors related to the conditions of the race.

With this in mind in the new release we have enhanced the software to include the ability to query Dam Sires. This new feature can be found in a number of areas in the new release

System Builder Changes

 A new has been added to the under a new tab we have added to the system builder called “Breeding”.

The Dam Sire is sire (father) of a dam (mother); equivalent to a maternal grandfather

In the previous release, the Sire and Dam search criteria were available under the “Horse” tab however in this release these fields have been consolidated under the “Breeding” tab and therefore new systems and angles are now open to you.

The Dam Sire field(s) function exactly the same as the Sire and Dam fields within the system builder and this feature is reflected in the following changes:

• Presentation Tab.
• List of country of breeding choices in Breeding Tab
• Added country in brackets to next to Damsire name on the following screens
  • Racecards, Race Results, Horse Form, Prior Form and Post Form.
• Damsire is now a field in the exporter.
• Added Damsire to system builder preferences tab.

Form Book Changes

With the new release, you can now have the choice of selecting the horses Damsire in the following areas:

• Horse Form Tab

• Prior Form Tab

• Post Form Tab.

• Race Card and Results Views. 

If the Damsire column is not shown in any of the tabs above you can select it by positioning your mouse over any of the column headings, right click your mouse to display the “show fields” window per the image below:

So what is enhanced actual going?

In the process of creating the Proform speed figures each morning from the previous days results we at the same time, create a going adjustment.

Basically this is a positive or negative figure, which is how much the going at each course was speeding up or slowing down the horses per mile.

If the going adjustment (GA for short) was 0 then the ground at that course on that day was neither speeding them up or slowing them down, which on grass would equate to an Enhanced Actual Going of GOOD ground and on the A/W would be STANDARD.

If the ground was very bad at a course then the GA would be a negative value and the bigger the negative the worse the ground and this is where our Enhanced Actual Going comes up trumps.

Currently the general list of Official Gong descriptions range from Heavy through to Firm, however at the boggy end of the scale there are many more variations that could be used and to this end using the GA values we have the following extra Enhanced Actual Going descriptions.

Soft
Very Soft
Heavy
Very Heavy
Extremely Heavy
Bottomless
Extremely Bottomless

We have added these into the form lines on the race guides when you hover over the official going, like this:-

So how can these GA's be used?

When the ground is very bad there are some horses who just can’t handle it and of course there are some that can, in fact, there are some horses that will only show any kind of form when the going is way beyond heavy!

You now have the tools to find the right horses in the worst ground.

In this release, we have added new tips for beginners which you can find under the help menu at the top of the software along with additional help items.

Throughout this release we have added red help question mark icons like this: 

When clicked, you will be directed to the help section you are currently viewing on our web site. If you hover over icon with your mouse, a tool tip will be displayed to provide more information.

There is a new ‘Training Modules’ menu at the top of the software which contains links to 8 training modules to help you learn all aspects of Proform.

We have also added links to our webinar videos menu which provide addition advice, tricks and tips and the there is a new ratings help menu which contains to links to additional information about the various ratings in Proform.

During you race research there may be occasions where you will may need a deeper  understanding of a race requiring enhanced statistical information and complex evaluation of the Proform data. 

In this series of videos we will show you how you can use the remarkable system builder feature to determine a trainers overall record in the Proform Professional Software

During you race research there may be occasions where you will may need a deeper  understanding of a race requiring enhanced statistical information and complex evaluation of the Proform data. 

In this series of videos we will show you how you can use the remarkable system builder feature to determine a trainers course record at a certain distance in the Proform Professional Software

During you race research there may be occasions where you will may need a deeper  understanding of a race requiring enhanced statistical information and complex evaluation of the Proform data. 

In this series of videos we will show you how you can use the remarkable system builder feature to determine a trainers course record in the Proform Professional Software.