The Differentials
The Relevant Columns
For those wishing to use the CSV to find the Differentials, a quick reference to the relevant columns is given here.
It is best to consider this section as a group of blocks; each block being concerned with one Differential.
Each of these blocks have four elements and they always come in the following order.
Historical Runs,
Historical Total,
Historical Average,
Today's Differential
The last of these four figures is usually the one that we're only interested in but the first two tells us how the Average, the third figure, was derived. The Differential figure is simply today's Class (or Weight) with the Average subtracted from it.
Each block of Differentials can be viewed as follows
The 5 Year DifferentialsStart Column | End Column | Differential |
EL | EO | Class Differential |
EP | ES | Win Class Differential |
ET | EW | Weight Differential |
EX | FA | Win Weight Differential |
FB | FE | Sum of Class + Weight Differentials |
FF | FI | Sum of Win Class + Weight Differentials |
Start Column | End Column | Differential |
FV | FY | Class Differential |
FZ | GC | Win Class Differential |
GD | GG | Weight Differential |
GH | GK | Win Weight Differential |
GL | GO | Sum of Class + Weight Differentials |
GP | GS | Sum of Win Class + Weight Differentials |
A fuller description of the above three tables is expanded here below.
Full DescriptionColumn | Title | Explanation |
EL/FV | Class Diff. Runs | Number of races run in same race type to work out the Class Differential average |
EM/FW | Class Diff. Total | Sum of all Class ratings for races entered of same type |
EN/FX | Class Diff. Average | Average of the above |
EO/FY | Class Diff. Difference | Difference between today's race class and average race class ran |
EP/FZ | Class Diff. Wins Runs | The same as the Class Differential but only considering races won |
EQ/GA | Class Diff. Wins Total | |
ER/GB | Class Diff. Wins Average | |
ES/GC | Class Diff. Wins Difference | The class difference between today's race and the races this horse has won. |
ET/GD | Weight Diff. Runs | Number of races run in same race type to work out the Weight Differential average |
EU/GE | Weight Diff. Total | Sum of all Weights carried for races entered of same type |
EV/GF | Weight Diff. Average | Average of the above |
EW/GG | Weight Diff. Difference | Difference between today's weight and average weight carried |
EX/GH | Weight Diff. Wins Runs | The same as the Weight Differential but only considering races won |
EY/GI | Weight Diff. Wins Total | |
EZ/GJ | Weight Diff. Wins Average | |
FA/GK | Weight Diff. Wins Difference | The Weight difference between today's race and the weight in the races won. |
FB/GL | Class+Weight Diff. Runs | As the previous eight columns, but looking at the Class & Weight combined. |
FC/GM | Class+Weight Diff. Total | |
FD/GN | Class+Weight Diff. Average | |
FE/GO | Class+Weight Diff. Difference | |
FF/GP | Class+Weight Diff. Wins Runs | |
FG/GQ | Class+Weight Diff. Wins Total | |
FH/GR | Class+Weight Diff. Wins Average | |
FI/GS | Class+Weight Diff. Wins Difference |
The CSV has since been expanded since the above was written to include rankings of the various differentials within a race.
These fields are as follows.
Differential RankingsColumn | Explanation |
NU | 5 Year Class ranking |
NV | 5 Year Weight ranking |
NW | 5 Year Class ∓ Weight ranking |
NX | 5 Year Winning Class ranking |
NY | 5 Year Winning Weight ranking |
NZ | 5 Year Winning Class ∓ Weight ranking |
OA | 1 Year Class ranking |
OB | 1 Year Weight ranking |
OC | 1 Year Class ∓ Weight ranking |
OD | 1 Year Winning Class ranking |
OE | 1 Year Winning Weight ranking |
OF | 1 Year Winning Class ∓ Weight ranking |