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Meeting 1 CHANTILLY 05 APRIL 2007 GOOD (3.1)

RACE 1 (2 3 4 5 6 7) numbers link to other races

14:00
7 runners

PRIX PARADE RESTAURANT Claiming Handicap (Div 1) +25 3yo €7500
2000m Flat Turf Grande Piste Right Handed Class B

No.	Draw	Silks	Form - Owner	Aid	Horse - Pedigree	Jockey - Trainer	Weight	Odds	OR	SF
101	(2)		142h2s301(07)2 C Smithers	○	CHERRI FORESAFE^{13 (11k)} 3 b g Mujahid - Compradore	Chris Soumillion Andre Fabre	66.0	1.98	41.0	45.0
102	(3)		2(07)233312 Owner	CP	ARCH OF TITUS¹⁷^(15k) 3 ch c Titus Livius - Cap And Gown	Jamie Spencer Bertrand Duruel	65.5	6.5	40.5	43.0
103	(7)		1493038 Owner		CONVIVIAL SPIRIT^{13 (11k)} 3 b g Lake Coniston - Ruby Princess	Lester Piggot Mme Christane Head	64.5	4.5	39.5	39.5
104	(10)		02311(07)105 Owner	V	TOBAGO REEF^{31 (11k)} 3 b g Tobougg- Missy	Pat Eddery Pascal Bary	64.0	17.0	39.0	39.0
NR	(16)		23356(07)23 Owner		~~NANS JOY~~^{3 (11k)} 3 b f In The Wings - True Joy	Graham Gibbs AN Other	64.0	6.0	39.0	34.0
106	(5)		0331(07)4324 Owner		HOLLYWOOD GEORGE^{36 (11k)} 3 b c Royal Applause - Aunt Tate	Keiran Fallon AN Other	64.0	7.0	39.0	35.0
107	(8)		437132(07)07 Owner		RETALIAT^12 (11k) 3 g f Wizard King - Retaliator	Stephane Pasquier AN Other	63.0	26.0	38.0	38.0

VERDICT: The step up to this trip produced further improvement in CONVIVIAL SPIRIT at Lingfield last time and he can confirm his superiority over the runner-up Nans Joy.
Nans Joy is what a late "non-runner" (withdrawal) will look like (ie.struck-though and red)

each horse links to form.htm (past results)

Admin (done) - After race: Finishing Position and other data is entered for ALL horses to make a result page (results.htm)

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Jumps Example (no draw, "hurdle" discipline in place of flat, but otherwise same as above)

14:00
7 runners

PRIX PARADE RESTAURANT Claiming Handicap (Div 1) +25 3yo €7500
2000m Hurdle Turf Grande Piste Right Handed Class B

No.	Silks	Form - Owner	Aid	Horse - Pedigree	Jockey - Trainer	Weight	Odds	OR	SF
101		2h4h2hPs301(07)Fs Owner	○	CHERRI FORESAFE^{13 (11k)} 3 b g Mujahid - Compradore	Chris Soumillion Andre Fabre	66.0	8.5	41.0	42.0

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Trot Example (no draw, no ref (+25), no OR, no weight, no SF, but Recul column (normally 25 or 50). Jockey - Trainer is the same.

14:00
7 runners

PRIX PARADE RESTAURANT Claiming Handicap (Div 1) 3yo €7500
2000m Chariot Turf Grande Piste Right Handed Class B

No.	Silks	Form - Owner	Aid	Horse - Pedigree	Jockey - Trainer	Recul	Odds
101		7cDc1c0mDm(07)2c0c0c Owner		NANS JOY^{13 (11K)} 3 b g Mujahid - Compradore	Chris Soumillion Andre Fabre	25	8.5

Racing has three codes: Flat, Jumps and Trot. Flat and Jumps are known as GALLOP racing. Jumps has three further "disciplines", Hurdle, Steeplechase and Cross (Country).Trot has two disciplines, Chariot and Mounted.

Trot and Gallop data is kept separate (ie. different tables) within our database.

Racecards have meeting number (1), track (Chantilly), date, going (good 3.1), race number, race time (14:00), number of runners (7), name of race (Parade Restaurant), type of race (Claiming Handicap), age group (3yo), prize money, race distance (2000m), class (B), surface (Turf), track type (GPRH). Gallop handicap races also have a reference (ref), that's the +25.
The Jump example is a Hurdle race and the Trot example is Chariot race.
Classes can be Class A > Class G

The form column is the finishing positions in the last eight races, latest race on right, form from previous year's efforts comes before brackets eg (07), denoting 2007. In the french version, the form figures are reversed (ie. latest run on left).
Tenth or worse is denoted by a "0". We can also have D (Disqualified) P (Pulled-Up), F (Fell), R (Refused to start).

Racing takes place on different surfaces - here we have Turf. Jumps is always on Turf.
Steeplechase, Hurdle and Cross are denoted by an s, h and c respectively.
Chariot and Mounted races are denoted by c and m
The bold face numbers are used for all non-turf races (applies to flat and trot only, as jumps is always turf)
Note: as already stated, form and data for gallop and trot are treated as if in separate databases

Aid: ●= blinkers, ○= first time blinkers, cp = Australian blinkers / cheek pieces, v = visor, t = tongue tied, = all 4 shoes removed.
Odds = forecast Odds
OR = official rating.
SF = speed figure (calculated from my own "standard times" and proprietary formula)
The 13 after Cherri Foresafe is the number of days since it's last run (worked out from the DB) and the 11k is the claiming price (claiming races only).

3 b g Mujahid - Compradore : horse age (3) colour (b), sex (g) and pedigree (sire - dam or mother - father)

GOOD 3.1 is the "going" or ground conditions.

In this example, when admin enters 3.1 for the going a value is pulled from the DB thus: GOOD 3.1.
All-Weather going (flat only) can be Fast, Standard, Slow (vite v, normale n, lent l, in French).
Going for trot races is normally good or holding. (bon / collant).

French translations:

In form/ Musique : D > D, P > A (arrete), F > T (tombe), R > R
(Steeplechase, Hurdle and Cross) s, h, c > same in french
(Chariot and Mounted), c and m > a and m (Attele / Monte)

NR (Non Runner) > NP (Non Partant)
Draw > Corde
Silks > Casaque
Form - Owner > Musique - Propriétaire
Aid > Aide
Horse - Pedigree > Cheval - Origines
Jockey - Trainer > Jockey - Entraineur
Weight > Poids
Odds > Cotes
OR > Val (Valeur)