SPEEDRATINGS
photographs on Speedratings are provided by Neil Murray
Speedratings is Australia’s best alternative formguide for thoroughbred racing in Melbourne and Sydney. Full of unique information that gives subscription clients a winning edge. Not only do you receive a comprehensive easy-to-read assessment of the speedfigures of the competing horses, but in addition clients receive a weekly newsletter that highlights the best speed races that follow from the past weekend.
Access to information - as opposed to confusing and differing opinions - makes The Speedguide an essential addition for any serious punter.
First published in 1998, Speedratings is the longest running, and most successful speedrating service operating in Australia.
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2011 Spring Carnival:
Melbourne Cup winner Dunaden @ $9.10 (best speed - best recent speed - speed best**) another G1 win for Speedratings
Another Cup/feature race winner: Tanby $4.00 (best speed - best recent speed - speed best**) wins the Bendigo Cup
Speedratings has produced some exceptional results for clients already this Spring, especially in feature events. Some of the winners of Group One events include:
Another G1 winner for Speedratings. Pinker Pinker wins Cox Plate @ $26.00 (see results page)
Lion Tamer - winner of the G1 Underwood Stakes @ $16.00 - top rated speed selection.
King Mufhasa - winner of the G1 Toorak Handicap @ $10.00 (backed in from $13.00) - top rated speed selection
Helmet - winner of the G1 Caulfield Guineas @ $2.20 (backed in from $2.70) - top rated speed selection.
Check Results page and Highlights page for complete results.
Another huge performance by Speedratings (19/02/2011) on a feature race program. Check 2011 Results & Highlights for more details. There were 7 recommended (**) speed horses at Flemington with winners at $13.50 and $4.60. A huge return at level stake.
5/06/2010: Picalero - top rated speed selection @ $32.70.
Sensational performance that will be unmatched by any racing service in Australia. Beginning with the fact that the Flemington quadrella of $6875.10 Unitab ($4497.10 Supertab - $4576.60 NSW Tab) was won by the top 2 speed horses in each leg. Huge dividends for a maximum outlay (top 2 horses in each leg) of $16.00. Picalero @ $32.70 was top rated - having best recent speed. Doubtful Jack @ $3.50 had best recent speed (won by 4.3 lengths) and was the nominated best bet for this meeting. Leica Larrikan @ $8.50 had speed 2nd best - with speed best Kallogg 2nd & the exacta $53.00. Elusive Touch won @ $2.50 - but $3.20 was obtainable Saturday morning. And Red Buttons @ $5.00 was top rated (speed best). Where other than Speedratings will you consistently find winners like Picalero? ($32.70) - winners that are identified on the basis of speed facts and not on guesses.
21/11/2009: Sensational performance by Speedratings. Our one (and only) best bet for the day Custodian won easily @ $4.20 ($5.00 MaxiDiv) and was supported from over $7.00 on TAB's with 5 minutes of betting remaining. But to top it off our top selection in the feature race the Eclipse Stakes Bashful Girl (speed best - 2nd best recent speed) won @ $18.80 ($19.90 MaxiDiv). Other winners were: Umanugget (2nd best speed) @ $3.50; Tariks (best speed -speed best ) @ $4.60; North East Smile (2nd best speed) @ $3.00 & Sheedy (speed 2nd best) @ $3.40. Where else can you consistently find top rated winners such as Bashful Girl and Custodian? Tempo of all races is taken into account when the Speedguide is being complied. Why waste money on speed maps when this is incorporated into the Speedguide anyway? Without the use of speedratings you are only fooling yourself if you think you have sufficient information to make an informed decision on horse racing.
16/09/2009: Huge performance by Speedratings from a selected 4 race Speedguide for Sandown Hillside today. Winners were: Devil May Care @ $42.70 (Best speed & 2nd best recent speed - best recent speed Whiston ran 2nd and the exacta paid $188.90). Also Definitely Ready @ $1.60 (2nd best recent speed). Comments from the Speedguide: Devil May Care (2nd best recent speed) flies & has competed against Eagle Falls & Secret Flyer at her past 2 starts. She should take a lot of catching here.
7/03/2009: Huge performance by Speedratings. Winners rated in top 2 speed selections were: Niconero @ $14.40 (best recent speed); Scenic Blast @ $12.50 (best recent speed); Heart Of Dreams @ $3.80 (best speed profile); Rostova @ $2.20 (2nd best recent speed); Gallica @ $3.20 (2nd best recent speed); Delyara placed @ $8.20 (2nd best recent speed). The Group 1 feature races of Newmarket Handicap; Cadbury Guineas & Australian Cup, were won by the horses with best speed performances. Without the use of speedfigures you are merely guessing.
The Speed Factor
Since 1998 Speedratings has provided a quality alternative form guide for the Australian horseracing fan.
Over this time many influential racing identities have used this information as a tool for their punting and also as a means to plot and plan a campaign for their horses.
The speed data supplied to clients clearly identifies the fastest speed performances (for each race) during the past 24 months and importantly the fastest recent speed performances (from the past 4 runs).
Speedratings identifies the fastest and fittest horses engaged at each race meeting.
The speedguide is the alternative and essential form guide for the racing enthusiast. While other punters ponder over the usual racing summaries and selections, the users of the Speedguide have access to unique information that provides the insight so lacking in traditional formguides. On one level the speed profiles can be used similar to Timeform Ratings determining the class of the horse. On a secondary level the recent speed performances indicate both fitness and how individual horses are progressing against their benchmark best speedfigures. Better knowing this than the usual confusing comments regarding a horse running a good third at Bendigo or fifth at Flemington.
With all the known variables in horse racing, comparisons are extremely difficult to make. The only constant can be the speedfigures measuring the fastest and the fittest horses.
In addition clients have access to the weekly emails that identify the best speed events of the previous week from metropolitan & provincial Melbourne, Sydney & Adelaide. This update allows clients to use this unique information on Interstate and Victorian provincial events.
History of Speedratings
In the mid-eighties to early nineties I was employed as a pedigree expert by the premier thoroughbred sales and auction house in Victoria (Dalgety Bloodstock-since taken over by William Inglis & Son).
Much of my research involved preparation of pedigrees that involved International bloodlines. While studying the breeding and racing scene in the USA I became interested in the traditional US practice of speedratings.
These concepts could not translate easily to Australian conditions and over the next many years I began adapting, reworking and rethinking the concept with regards to Australian racing.
Ultimately this study led to Speedratings (www.speedratings.com.au) which is a construct of pure speed analysis and speed class analysis. In effect it incorporates two fundamentals: speed and class.
Speedratings has published and proven very successful since 1998. It has always been the intention that Speedratings (through the speedguide) would become the viable alternative form guide for Australian punters.