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The Daily Racing Form (DRF) (referred to as the Racing Form or "Form" and sometimes "telegraph" or "telly") is a tabloid newspaper founded in 1894 in Chicago, Illinois, by Frank Brunell. The paper publishes the past performances of racehorses as a statistical service for bettors covering horse racing in North America. [1]
First published in book form in 1975, the Daily Racing Form began incorporating Beyer Speed Figures in a horse's past performances in 1992 and the system now assigns a Beyer number for each horse race.
Steeplechase racing at Deauville. Past Performances appear on horse racing programs such as the DRF (Daily Racing Form), Equibase, and Brisnet.Information on jockeys, trainers, date of races, finishes in races, speed figures, odds and more of the last 10 races are provided to give handicappers a sense of history and information to bet with.
Champions, The Lives and Times and Past Performances of the 20th Century's Greatest Thoroughbreds, by The Daily Racing Form This page was last edited on 31 August ...
His performance in the Belmont Stakes was ranked #33 in Horse Racing's Top 100 Moments, a book published by The Blood-Horse in 2006 of racing in the 20th century. [ 3 ] Two races were named in his honor: the Count Fleet Stakes at Belmont and then Aqueduct (last run in 2012) and the Count Fleet Sprint Handicap at Oaklawn Park.
At the end of 1968, Dr. Fager swept the Horse of the Year awards, topping the polls organised by the Thoroughbred Racing Association, [50] the Daily Racing Form [51] and the Turf and Sport Digest. [52] He was also named outstanding sprinter, champion handicap horse and co-champion turf horse. [53]
"Champions, The Lives, Times, and Past Performances of America's Greatest Thoroughbreds, Champions from 1893-2004" Revised Edition (2005), by the Editors and Writers from the Daily Racing Form DRF Press ISBN 1-932910-02-6
In 1936 both the Turf & Sports Digest magazine and Daily Racing Form (DRF) began naming an annual champion. Starting in 1950, the Thoroughbred Racing Associations (TRA) began naming its own champion. The following list provides the name of the horses chosen by both of these organizations.