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UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA SYMPOSIUM ON RACING, December 3, 2007 For immediate release: Equibase Company and The Jockey Club Technology Services complete in-depth evaluation of Autochart’s APS2 technology. Autochart LLC from New Hyde Park, New York, has been operating its APS technology since its introduction in 2003 at Freehold Raceway in Freehold, New Jersey, and most recently introduced the latest version of their technology, the APS2 at Harrington Raceway in Harrington, Delaware. During the last week of the Harrington Raceway meet, Equibase and The Jockey Club Technology Services, carried out an onsite evaluation of the APS2 system and operations at Harrington, followed by a rigorous evaluation of the systems’ data output for accuracy and consistency. The following are some excerpts of Equibase’s evaluation: ....More
TECH ON TRACK By Tommy Hallissey
February 26, 2006 -- New Yorkers laid down about a $1 billion at their local off-track betting office last year. While many, no doubt, picked a horse based on a catchy name, a favorite jockey or a friend's advice, most serious bets were made after carefully perusing horses' previous performances times broken down in the Daily Racing Form in exact quarter-mile increments. Those times have been recorded the same way for more than 100 years -- with binoculars and a stopwatch. That time-tested way is mostly accurate, but not always. Chuck Scaravilli, a chart-caller for 30 years, used to dread severe fog or rain, which could render his trusty binocs useless. "If I can't distinguish between two different silks, that's a problem," he told The Post. Fernando Vincenzini feels Chuck's pain...... More
AUTOCHART POSITIONING SYSTEM UNVEILED AT FREEHOLD RACEWAY Instant Full Field Running Order’ The First of Many Innovations Showcased.
(August 17, 2005) The recently opened harness racing meet at New Jersey’s Freehold Raceway features the worldwide pari-mutuel debut of the Autochart Positioning System (APS), based on a new technology that instantly identifies the speed and relative position of every horse in a race. ....More
NEW AUTOCHART POSITIONING SYSTEM DEBUTS
Instant Charting, Timing and Video Display Ready for Track Installations, National Expansion (May 5, 2005 – New Hyde Park, NY) Autochart, LLC announced today that its revolutionary Autochart Racing System, which instantly calculates the relative positions, movement and speed of horses as they compete in a race, is now in full demonstration mode at Freehold Raceway in New Jersey and ready for installation at thoroughbred, harness and other racing facilities worldwide...More
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