Statistics

This is the same table as in the Owner and Jockey menus, but here it counts the horses of which you are the trainer.

Its full reading — the four views, the columns, and the few traps of the Earnings view — is described once and for all in Owner — Statistics. This page says only what a trainer draws from it.

What it tells you about your charges

The Age view is the most telling one for you. A young horse has all its room for progress ahead of it; an old horse has hardly any left. If your string is concentrated on the last age lines, your work is mechanically going to become less visible — that is the moment to look for new contracts rather than to question your programmes.

The Runs column measures something other than your work: the use made of it. A trainer can make a horse progress that nobody ever enters. Crossed with the Age view, it shows which owners race their horses and which leave them asleep. It is useful information when choosing whether or not to accept a new contract.

The Speciality view says whether you have specialised without having decided to, which is not necessarily a fault: a trainer known in one discipline gets recommended.

One limit to keep in mind

The table counts the horses you train today. It keeps no trace of finished contracts: a horse you took to the top and then gave back to its owner no longer appears in it. It is not a record, it is a state of affairs.

To measure your work itself, it is the progression columns of My trainings that you have to look at, horse by horse.