By popular request, the Meadowlands Racetrack is now tracking sulky statistics for its players
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Several weeks ago, the Meadowlands began colour coding sulkies and tracking the information on its live television broadcast. Statistics have been compiled for the past month and will now appear in the live racing program as well.
“The statistics of a certain sulky’s performance is not only good for handicapping in the present, but for the future as well,” said oddsmaker Darin Zoccali, “especially if a driver decides to make a switch to sulky that is out-performing the others.”
Zoccali has also compiled statistics on sulky changes and the performance of horses changing from one bike to the other.
Here are the sulky statistics for the past month at the Meadowlands:
Sulky Statistics (Since Thursday February 9, 2012) - 136 Races
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Sulky |
Starts |
Win |
Place |
Show |
Win % |
ITM % |
Avg Per Race |
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UFO |
657 |
96 |
86 |
72 |
14.6 |
38.6 |
4.8 |
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Spyder |
208 |
17 |
19 |
23 |
8.2 |
28.3 |
1.5 |
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Advantedge |
229 |
16 |
25 |
25 |
6.9 |
28.8 |
1.7 |
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Brodeur |
152 |
8 |
9 |
15 |
5.2 |
21.1 |
1.1 |
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Tel Star |
20 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
10 |
0.1 |
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Other |
10 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
10 |
0.1 |
Sulky Preferences - (Drivers with at least 40 starts or 5 wins)
Abbatiello, Eric Advantedge
Bier, Daryl UFO
Buter, Tyler UFO
Campbell, John Advantedge
Dube, Dan Brodeur
Gingras, Yannick UFO
Kakaley, Matt Advantedge
Meittinis, Jim UFO
Miller, Andy UFO
Miller, David Spyder
Page, Chris Spyder
Pierce, Ron Advantedge/UFO
Sears, Brian UFO
Simpson, Brandon UFO
Tetrick, Tim UFO
Sulky Changes Statistics
UFO
Previous Bike Starts Win Place Show Win % ITM %
Advantedge 54 8 5 6 14.8 35.1
Spyder 21 3 0 3 14.2 28.5
Brodeur 19 3 2 0 15.8 26.3
Telstar 9 4 0 3 44.4 77.7
Other 0 0 0 0 0 0
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SPYDER
Previous Bike Starts Win Place Show Win % ITM %
UFO 29 2 3 2 6.9 24.1
Advantedge 14 3 0 2 21.4 35.7
Brodeur 1 0 0 0 0 0
Telstar 7 1 0 1 14.3 28.6
Other 0 0 0 0 0 0
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TELSTAR
Previous Bike Starts Win Place Show Win % ITM %
UFO 1 0 0 0 0 0
Advantedge 0 0 0 0 0 0
Spyder 1 0 0 0 0 0
Brodeur 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other 0 0 0 0 0 0
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ADVANTEDGE
Previous Bike Starts Win Place Show Win % ITM %
UFO 33 2 5 4 6.1 33.3
Spyder 13 0 2 0 0 15.4
Brodeur 4 1 0 0 25 25
Telstar 2 0 0 0 0 0
Other 0 0 0 0 0 0
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BRODEUR
Previous Bike Starts Win Place Show Win % ITM %
UFO 32 0 2 4 0 18.8
Advantedge 3 0 0 0 0 0
Spyder 4 0 0 0 0 0
Telstar 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other 0 0 0 0 0 0
This is a good idea for
This is a good idea for simulcast. A long time ago, a new sulky came out at Greenwood. This new sulky had a single bar or shaft going right over the whole back of the horse.Words fail me as to the name of it. A lot of trainers used it but it was winning so many races that it was cancelled out and no longer used.A safety issue was in the mix as well.
This was about 40 years ago and I know that one trainer was selling them but can't remember who.
If a top driver (Brennan??) goes to a top sulky from a lower one, that's a hint that he may win the race.Or a top trainer could use the top sulky plus the rail position to gain 10-20 lengths on the field.
It is to be hoped that Canada will have these new ones ready for use. It is true that certain horses like certain sulkies better than others.
In reply to This is a good idea for by flipper
The sulky you are speaking
The sulky you are speaking of was called "Joe King Single Shaft Sulky" from the 70's. The sulkies that the article refers to at the Meadowlands are also being used at the Ontario tracks as well.
Long Overdue!!
Long Overdue!!
I've had more success with
I've had more success with a good horse pulling a "bad" sulky than I have with a bad horse pulling a "good" sulky other than a Joe King single shaft sulky or the Cheetah sulky.