Pennsylvania Derby - Live Ground?

[mkram]

I noticed that the turn information is in italics.  Was that day done with live ground?  Thanks.

[TGAB]

Yes, we have a glitch which unfortunately results in live ground being shown incorrectly in italics on occasion. We\'ve tried to create a program to alert us when this occurs, but human intervention can upset this program check inadvertently which is what appeared to have happened here.

[analizethis]

What is \"live ground\"?

[TGAB]

Live ground means we have an observer who watches all races at the given track and gathers information for us including:
1. run-up distance--distance between gate and when electronic timer is triggered;
2. hand time--hand time of race from gate to wire;
3. path info--where horses ran on turns;
4. wind direction and velocity;
5. other weather effects--i.e., rain races 1-4, etc.
6. rail placement--distance temporary turf rails are out from inner rail;
7. trip notes--anything before or during race which may have affected performance;
8. track maintenance or lack thereof.

That\'s basically it. But other situations can arise. A track person conveys this information to us for every race at the track he or she is responsible for.

[analizethis]

Thanks.