Due to different distance races the lead times are not overly helpful in establishing how quick each horse actually is in a race.
We analyse races using sectional data and have often thought how good it would be to have a consistent lead distance to compare horses. We provide the individual sectionals for most of Australia and we have thought about approaching all States with the idea of putting pegs 150m past each starting distance and providing each horses lead times for the first 150m of each race. We think this would be a true reflection of gate speed, at least for the front row horses. It can also be done for standing starts, noting some horses will run a longer distance.

Before we approach the industry we thought we would canvass the idea here to see if it would be of interest. What do you think?
We also plan on expanding to do individual sectionals for trial runs as some of our customers have expressed interest in this information.