RAGOZIN SYMBOL SHEET - The Sheets

1 RAGOZIN SYMBOL SHEET June 09 The LOWER the number, the better the race. One year of races per most recent race is at the top of the rightmost : Generally, the symbols before the figure are more important thansymbols after the PolyTrack= turf^= good yielding turf:= soft turf wet fast^ good, slow. wet, sloppy, muddy: very bad wet very slow ploughed up after freezing.: heavy track/ frozen trackr rains snowF 1st lasixg heavy gusting windG very heavy gusting wind~ approximateX~ fig. stretch callP~ adjusted for slow pacecircle = missing numberXX = Did Not Finish+ is a quarter-point- minus quarter-point" is a half-pointAFTER& claimed w/initials initials in caps = hot trainers off poorly <2 lengthsS off poorly 2-4 lengthsD dwelt >4 lengthsP pace too slow (unadjusted)Z bledJ lost jockeym mud caulksb buried race (better than looked)Q switched off turfw won race< bar shoe on> bar shoe off( shoes on)

2 Shoes offR ran off before race$ bet for no obvious reasonG unruly at the gateB bore in/bore outK lame/broke downk soret small troubleT big troublen no lasix usedL back on Lasix] blinkers off[ blinkers onV 4 or more horse-widths wide on final turnv horse-widths wide on final turnY rail trip on final turnE Fell during raceu wore bend shoesf fell back sharply after startHERE ARE EXAMPLES OF THE TYPE-STYLES USED AND THE DISTANCES THEY REPRESENT:less than 5 furlongs11 22 33 445 - 22 33 44 Trainer initials:611 22 33 443 capital letters = 3 - 711 22 33 442 caps and 1 small = 2 - 1mile 40yards11 22 33 44+ last letter of the last 70yards - 1 1/811 22 33 44To avoid duplications, some1 3/16 - 1 1/411 22 33 44trainers don t use these 1 1/411 22 33 44To the FAR RIGHT is information about the class of race and where and whenit was run.

3 The first two characters indicate the class. MS - Maiden race, AW -Allowance/Handicap/Stakes, aw - Starter there s a number, that was the approximate claiming price of the example 10AP29 means a $10,000 claiming race at Arlington on the 29thof the month. For missing races, a summary is provided. "Rui 5X 2/0/1" meansfive races at Ruidoso Downs. The horse won twice & finished third there s a dollar amount, that s the purse money earned for those races.