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The GoingStick Autumn 2008

The GoingStick Autumn 2008. What’s the ground like? The going is one of the most important variables that will be taken into account when assessing a race. A GoingStick reading offers a consistent and objective numerical snapshot of a racecourse’s ground conditions.

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The GoingStick Autumn 2008

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  1. The GoingStick Autumn 2008

  2. What’s the ground like? • The going is one of the most important variables that will be taken into account when assessing a race. • A GoingStick reading offers a consistent and objective numerical snapshot of a racecourse’s ground conditions. • As of 1st January 2009, producing a GoingStick reading will be a requirement of the Rules of Racing.

  3. So what is the GoingStick? • Gives an objective numerical reading that will reflect the overall state of the going at any given racecourse. • Extensively and successfully trialled – over 130,000 official readings in the last 12 months alone. • Can be interpreted to account for a wide variety of conditions.

  4. How does it work? • Measures and records both penetration and shear. • Statistics it generates form a credible bank of data for each individual racecourse. • The more the GoingStick is used, the more the databank grows – and the more the databank grows, the more useful the information becomes.

  5. Data available at: www.turftrax.co.uk/going_stick_archive.html

  6. How is the number that I see in the paper arrived at? • Averages approximately 9 readings per furlong to achieve an overall ‘reading’. • Automatically discards ‘strange’ or anomalous readings. • Readings can range between around 3.5 and 12.5, but varying soil types will dictate that some racecourses are unable to produce readings at the extremes of this scale. • Common sense approach encouraged for readings taken in areas of ‘worn’, ‘spiked’ or ’aerated’ ground, as well as on ground that is part way through a watering cycle. • Readings should always be viewed in the context of historic readings at that racecourse, rather than against what similar numbers might represent at other racecourses.

  7. How will it be useful to me? • Helps Owners and Trainers with both entry and running plans. • Racecourses have increased information to distribute to industry and media contacts in the run up to a fixture. • Can help ground staff teams in identifying areas of track that may require remedial work. • Gives punters an objective statistic on one of the most important variables they are likely to consider when assessing a race. • Increasingly valuable statistic for media and bookmakers to offer their customers.

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