The 133rd running of the Kentucky Derby is this Saturday and if you’re a beginner horse player like me, then you’ll want to be prepared with your picks. The Daily Racing Form has a great Flash-based tutorial to help people figure out how to read Past Performance(PP) data. The problem beginners have with PP data is that it needs to present so much information in a limited space that the numbers and text, at first glance, seem to be simply thrown together. This tutorial reveals the method to the madness.
Later: Equibase and NTRA are providing free Past Performance data sheets (scroll down for the banner, under ‘Race Entries’) for the Kentucky Derby.