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 […]
TPD Infographic Explainer
By Vincent Souillat, TPD Commercial Executive STRIDE DATA Why is Stride Data useful? A horse’s speed in getting from A to B is a product of its stride, which consists of stride length and stride frequency During each stride, the horse takes one breath. For each stride taken, metabolic energy is expended for both breathing […]
Delivering new revenue and engagement for racing
By Will Duff Gordon, TPD CEO TPD’s recent announcement that we have sent £100,000 to ARC’s media rights partner (ATR) and expect to share more than 5x that figure by this time next year is a watershed announcement for racing and the culmination of many years of needle threading. I left the Racehorse Owners Association […]