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Indexed Entries and Past Performances Listed According to Post Position ♦ Fair Mud Runner. X Good Mud Runner. ® Superior Mud Runner. Explanation of Daily Racing Form Indexed Entries and Past Performances Condition ot track in indexed entries is last or good unless shown by the following abbreviations, si, slow; . sloppy, m. muddy, hy. heavy X Good mud runner * Fair mud runner S Superior mud runner. "1" aMer final odds denotes field, "c" after final odds denotes entry. "•" denotes favorite in race 5 three pounds apprentice allowance, five pounds apprentice allowance, t six pounds apprentice allowance; t seven pounds appientKc allowance. .. 10 pounds apprentice allowance rollowmq horse s name. M indicates maiden, on flat, and MJ indicates maiden steeplechaser Class of race is denoted by the following abbreviations Mdn. maidens; AlwM, maiden allowance, Alw. allowance. AlwA. qr.ided allowance. AlwS. allowance stake. HcpO. evermght handicap, HcpA, graded handicap. HcpS, handicap slake. Wf.i. weight for age. WfaS. weight tor age stake. ScwS. scale weight stake; SpWS. special weight stake. Comb, combination race. SplW. special weight. Mtch. match race Some of these abbreviations are used also to denote steepiuhase and hurdle races In such cases as S in a single bracket, [S, is used for steeplechases, and H in a single bracket. 1H. indicates hurdle events A "STARTER" race is ,-n overnight event without a claiming clause, restricted to horses who have previously started tor the designated claiming price or less, as stated in the condition of the "STARTER" race Effective January 1. 195b. this type ol race is shown in the past performances with the claiming price designated in the SIARTLR" race preceded bv the letter A" or "H" to indicate allowance or handicap If no pine is stipulated in conditions, designation appears "A " or "H — ". tti in races are indicated by price after |ockey s name Claiming price for today is given after trainers name "c" before claiming price indicates horse was claimed Imported horses shown after breeder s name Post position is shown after jockeys name Where horse bieaks from outside the gate his original post position will be shown in a circle thus: « Optional claiming races are indicated by a superior "o~ immediately preceding or following the claiming price. A superior letter "o" preceding the claiming price indicates that the horse was not entered to be claimed A supenor letter V following the claiming price indicates that the horse was entered to be claimed. Note. The latter is being used only for optional claiming races run on or after April 12, 1954. Combuiatioi. i.ues aie the same as optional claiming races last line in past performances gives horses latest workouts "Feb 26 Hia 3 8 ft :35*»hg" informs the reader that the hoise worked on Feb 26 at Hialeah Park The distance of the trial was three furlongs The time was 35*s seconds handily from the gate, the track fast "If means handily, "b" breezing; "d" driving, "e" easily. ■g* worked from gate. "u eased up Note: The abbreviations Urt, wc or tc preceding the distance ot the tnal indicate the course over which the work was recorded, trt meaning training track, wc Widener Course, and tc meaning turf course The abbreviations used in workouts are the same as those used in past performances Fiqure given after claiming price is speed rating. Effective with the racing of Feb 10. 195-1. the symbols iscd in past performances for steeplechase and turf course rates are "hd" for hard, "fin" for firm and "sf" for soft. Best tune made on North American tracks of each horse since Jan. 1, 1954. at the distance entered is shown in the indexed entries No record is given horses beaten more than 15 lengths.
