TPD 2023 PEGASUS WORLD CUP REVIEW
Kentucky bred Bruce Lunsford, owner of Art Collector, will look forward to adding to his collection after his horse destroyed the competition and landed the $3m Pegasus World Cup on Saturday. I was lucky enough to be at Gulfstream where our Equibase E-GPS system has been tracking every horse with Tags and beams for just […]
TPD’s QIPCO Champions Day Top Performances
We look back at last weekend’s QIPCO Champions Day at Ascot and pick out some of our top performances from the meeting. Total Performance Data’s performance metrics intend on providing fans with an insight into a horse’s performance from a statistical perspective, while contextualising the race. We aim to use these metrics to allow for […]
The Front Runner: Data will save us from interference controversies of the future
Racing Post journalist Chris Cook covers the use of TPD data in Amo Racing’s appeal against the Norfolk Stakes Result in his latest newsletter. Read the full piece below: We’re always being told about the importance of being led by the data but it was still slightly surprising to see that piety being pressed into […]
From Redundancy to a Full Time In-Running Horse Racing Trader
By James, Bet Angel and TPD Zone User In 2018 I took voluntary redundancy, leaving the company I’d worked at for well over a decade. In a demanding industry, my role over the years allowed me to develop quick logical thinking with an eye for data crunching and analysis. With the luxury of redundancy money […]
Striding For An Edge
By Riccardo Riccio, bloodstock advisor & former TPD operator ‘Just tuck in behind the leaders, get the horse settled in the early part of the race and come with a late run.’ Such instructions from trainers to jockeys are commonly mentioned in horse racing, and these tactics may contribute to a winning run. However, might […]
TPD’s King George Diamond Weekend 2022 Top Performances
Ascot racegoers were treated to another exceptional weekend of racing for the QIPCO King George VI And Queen Elizabeth meeting, as the famous venue reemphasized its position as a leading racetrack in racehorse tracking and timing technology (courtesy of RaceTech, Longines, Gmax & TPD). Spectators were filled with speed, sectional and positional information during each […]
TPD’s Royal Ascot 2022 Top Performances
By Vincent Souillat, TPD Commercial Executive My first Royal Ascot week as a newly converted horse racing fan, needless to say that it did not disappoint! From the drama of the Crispy Cat and The Riddler incident to the nail-biting finish between Kyprios and Mojo Star in the Gold Cup, watching the best horses in […]
A day in the life of a TPD operator
By Ella Gillings Tuesday It’s 11.15 as I pull into Lingfield for a 1.15pm start. I’ve walked my dogs, checked some sheep and ridden a horse before getting here so I’m delighted the first thing I see is a voucher for a free lunch, left on my desk by Clerk of the course, George Hill. […]
The story behind TPD’s launch in Chile
By George Deedes, TPD Content Director February saw TPD go live at the King Abdulaziz racetrack in Saudi Arabia, timing the world’s richest horse race, the $20,000,000 Saudi Cup no less. A month later and we had added again to our international portfolio. In May 2021, CEO Will Duff Gordon signed TPD up to […]
The story behind TPD’s launch in Saudi Arabia
By George Deedes, TPD Content Director Total Performance Data’s association with Saudi Arabia began last summer when representatives from the Jockey Club of Saudi Arabia (JCSA) attended fixtures at Lingfield and Windsor in order to see the TPD system in action. Clearly impressed by what they saw, they placed order for TPD to operate at […]