Further Testing of In-Race Tracking System at Turffontein
24 August 2022
Races 1, 3 and 6 at Turffontein tomorrow (25 August) will be used for further testing of the
state-of-the-art Traxmeet system.
Tomorrow’s tests amount to a second round of intensive testing under race conditions of the
in-race speed tracking system imported from Finland as part of 4Racing’s drive to modernise
the South African horseracing viewing experience.
“The ultimate aim is to provide richer race data for form studiers while enhancing the
4RacingTV live broadcast experience,” says head of 4RacingTV, Stephen Watson.
4RacingTV has already carried out initial tests of the GPS-based Traxmeet system at
Turffontein in the presence of the National Horseracing Authority (NHA) and most recently at
the end of July.
The system provides race data such as sectional timing, live speed, horse position during
races and fastest acceleration. The data will be utilised during local racing’s live
broadcasts, as well as being made available to racing industry stakeholders online.
Trainers including Joe Soma, Paul Peter and Robyn Klaasen and jockeys Gavin Lerena and
Jeffrey Syster have been part of the initial testing and indicated in their view that there was
no hindrance to the jockey or horse.
“The system is already firmly established in Scandinavia and has performed admirably thus
far under local conditions. We believe technology of this kind is a huge positive development
for SA racing and we look forward to working with all industry stakeholders to take
horseracing to the next level,” said Watson.
The aim is to soon include sectional timing, speed and position data in 4RacingTV live
broadcast feeds as well as making this data available for download online post-race.
4Racing executives will be on hand at Turffontein tomorrow to brief interested parties on the
Taxmeet system.
For any queries with regards to the tracking system, please contact Adam Brooke:
adam@4racing.tv.
Can u perhaps find out which track in sweden (or whereever) currently uses this tracking system and what website we can use to go check it out. Would love to see,more or less what we can expect from it. I've searched the internet and came up with nada...so hoping they can help perhaps?
The Swedish site has the replays but the tracking is not shown. There is Swedish racing today. Galloptv will broadcast the races and you will be able to see the tracking system.
Below is the link to the company's site and they have a promotional video under horseracing. Note its a Finnish company.
This is all good - but am puzzling to understand how in-play tracking is going to really help punters when the pictures from local racecourses are 7 seconds behind live.
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