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When Past Pictures Resurface
New Edition of CPMA Elimination Guidelines
The Canadian Pari-Mutuel Agency (CPMA) is pleased to advise the Canadian horseracing industry that a new edition of the CPMA Elimination Guidelines will be published in March 2019.
The new elimination guidelines will come into force on April 1, 2019.
To order booklet copies of the Elimination Guidelines 2019 or should you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact the CPMA by telephone at 1-800-268-8835, or by email at aafc. cpmawebacpm.aac@canada.ca.
Equibase, Keeneland Conduct Pilot Test to Collect Workout Data using GPS Technology
Equibase Company, in partnership with Keeneland and at the request of the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, conducted a test at the Lexington, Ky., track to collect workout data using global positioning satellite (GPS) technology.
Equibase currently has GPS systems at Woodbine Racetrack, Golden Gate Fields, Laurel Park, and Pimlico, and is the of cial timer at those tracks. Equibase’s GPS technology partner, Total Performance Data,
is based in the United Kingdom and has more than a dozen tracking systems deployed there.
The goal of the six-week test, held September through October 2018, was to identify issues and potential solutions for using GPS technology to track workouts. Results of the study revealed the technology performed well overall and demonstrated the power of being able to track multiple workouts simultaneously. However, further testing is needed with respect to the logistics of using this technology for workouts.
In addition to the increased ability to handle large numbers of horses on the track simultaneously, using GPS to collect workouts would make signi cantly more data available to the public and trainers, including times for any portion of the work, stride length, and times for the run-up and gallop-out segments of the work.
The bene ts of GPS for racing include timing and the ability to provide comprehensive data for each runner during the entire running of the race, which can be used to drive on-screen graphics as well as positions and margins for charts.
Trainer Gail Cox posted on Twitter with the tag “our past pictures always seem to resurface”.
Photo shows Gail Casselman (now Cox) in 1975 at the Junior International Competition aboard her horse Holy Mackerel. Gail was one member of the Canadian team who went on to win the competition.
Today Gail is a multiple graded stakes winning trainer who has been training Thoroughbred racehorses since 1993. Some of the top horses she has training are: Leading Role and Bright Knight who raced under her maiden name; multiple graded stakes winner Something Extra and graded stakes winner Simply Splendid.
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The redevelopment of the Curragh Racecourse in Co. Kildare, Ireland is nearing completion. Although there remains plenty still to do, construction remains on schedule with racing beginning April 13. Check out the behind the scenes footage
The word “Curragh means place of the running horse. The Irish turf club was founded in the coffee rooms in Kildare and it was soon established as the governing body for horse racing throughout Ireland.
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