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 Differentials
Start ColumnEnd ColumnDifferential
   
ELEOClass Differential
EPESWin Class Differential
ETEWWeight Differential
EXFAWin Weight Differential
FBFESum of Class + Weight Differentials
FFFISum of Win Class + Weight Differentials
The 1 Year Differentials
Start ColumnEnd ColumnDifferential
   
FVFYClass Differential
FZGCWin Class Differential
GDGGWeight Differential
GHGKWin Weight Differential
GLGOSum of Class + Weight Differentials
GPGSSum of Win Class + Weight Differentials

A fuller description of the above three tables is expanded here below.

Full Description
ColumnTitleExplanation
   
EL/FVClass Diff. RunsNumber of races run in same race type to work out the Class Differential average
EM/FWClass Diff. TotalSum of all Class ratings for races entered of same type
EN/FXClass Diff. AverageAverage of the above
EO/FYClass Diff. DifferenceDifference between today's race class and average race class ran
   
EP/FZClass Diff. Wins Runs The same as the Class Differential but only considering races won
EQ/GAClass Diff. Wins Total 
ER/GBClass Diff. Wins Average 
ES/GCClass Diff. Wins DifferenceThe class difference between today's race and the races this horse has won.
   
ET/GDWeight Diff. RunsNumber of races run in same race type to work out the Weight Differential average
EU/GEWeight Diff. TotalSum of all Weights carried for races entered of same type
EV/GFWeight Diff. AverageAverage of the above
EW/GGWeight Diff. DifferenceDifference between today's weight and average weight carried
   
EX/GHWeight Diff. Wins Runs The same as the Weight Differential but only considering races won
EY/GIWeight Diff. Wins Total 
EZ/GJWeight Diff. Wins Average 
FA/GKWeight Diff. Wins DifferenceThe Weight difference between today's race and the weight in the races won.
FB/GLClass+Weight Diff. RunsAs the previous eight columns, but looking at the Class & Weight combined.
FC/GMClass+Weight Diff. Total  
FD/GN Class+Weight Diff. Average 
FE/GOClass+Weight Diff. Difference 
   
FF/GPClass+Weight Diff. Wins Runs  
FG/GQClass+Weight Diff. Wins Total 
FH/GRClass+Weight Diff. Wins Average 
FI/GSClass+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 Rankings
ColumnExplanation
  
NU5 Year Class ranking
NV5 Year Weight ranking
NW5 Year Class ∓ Weight ranking
NX5 Year Winning Class ranking
NY5 Year Winning Weight ranking
NZ5 Year Winning Class ∓ Weight ranking
  
OA1 Year Class ranking
OB1 Year Weight ranking
OC1 Year Class ∓ Weight ranking
OD1 Year Winning Class ranking
OE1 Year Winning Weight ranking
OF1 Year Winning Class ∓ Weight ranking