Instant Black Type Info an Empowering Tool

Whether it's racing or a sales catalogue, black type powers the industry. Although the Black Type Premiership (BTP) is a benchmark of Group and Listed performance across multiple sectors of the thoroughbred racing and breeding industry, an unintended consequence is the sheer depth of information it now provides readers. Like a rabbit hole, once you start trawling, more and more information pops up that connects the dots that lie behind stakes race success. Whether it’s something as simple as quickly seeing all Flemington stakes races – just type Flemington in the SEARCH bar here, and then toggle by headings; or seeing what distance parameter a sire’s progeny have performed at across black-type races (click here for I Am Invincible and toggle the distance tab). Aside from runaway leading trainer Chris Waller, from 89 seasonal black-type performances which trainers has James McDonald partnered with most to lead the Black Type Jockey Premiership, and over what distances has he earned most of his points? With around 5 weeks left, who are the best performers as 2YOs, 3YOs, 4YOs+ or just in WFA races? Which sales vendors’ graduates have fared best during the season? Or, what about all graduates sold or passed-in at an Inglis sale to have earned 2020-21 black-type points? An amazing 935 individual horses have either won or placed at Group or Listed level in Australia this season. Go to Runners and toggle Runners or type in a name to access every one of them and all their individual black-type performances where you can open each race for the Top 3 result.