With more of us racing at or near by our home track. Waiting for races to 'come up', will be more commonplace than looking for a place to spot your horse on the otherside of the country.
To make a weekly roster for the horses you wish to run that week, is essential. Not only for finding races to enter and logging them on a sheet of paper, but also after they have been accepted to a race, you can keep track of the conditions that your horse ran in that week. Also; the jockey instructions that you gave and the energy level you had your horse exert that day. As well as the jockey that rode him and his/her record going into that race. Multiple horses can be put on a single sheet.
Take a sheet of typing paper; divide the sheet horizontally into as many spaces that you need. One for every horse you're going to race that week. You may need a different sheet of paper for every stable that you own.
Draw a name line inside the space, for the horses' name. On the same line, to the left, put the horses' ID#. Underneath the line, and below the horses' ID#, write the gender and age of the horse. Then to the right, above the line, write the horses' name. To the right of the name, write the physical condition of the horse. (RTG= Ready to go, Sharp, Groggy, if you dare to run a horse when it's groggy). Below the name; write the type of race conditions that you are looking for to enter this horse in.
From here, you are ready to write down the particular race information, of the races available, that fit what you are deciding for your horse. This ensures that you are entering your horse to a race wisely.
Be sure to write down:
The track location, the race ID#, conditions of the race, gender and age for the horses permitted in this race, the surface and distance of the race.
For example:
After your horse has been accepted into a race, write down the post position #, the odds your horse is going off at (Morning Line), the jockey and jockey record. Add this information to the race information you already have.
Then, write down the jockey instructions and energy level that you have decided for your horse.
Keep this roster sheet in a separate file, and accumulate them week after week. The benefits of this sheet will be very helpful to you when reflecting on how your horse performed that day.
