By Chris Roots
The punter has never been better informed and now Racing NSW's latest product, Punter's Intel, will take race data to another level.
Launched on Friday, the app will allow punters to recreate nearly every race in NSW where the Swiss Timing local-positioning system is used.
Perfect timing: The new app will reveal how fast Winx accelerates.Credit: AAP
The timing system has been rolled out at metropolitan and provincial tracks as well the majority of main country tracks, 22 in total. It delivers exact sectional times for each horse and gives the distance a horse is from the leader during the run as well as its speed.
Through this app, that data will now be available to the punter.
"Punter's Intel is a game-changer and provides the ultimate tool to access vital information of a horse's performance and view dynamic 3D-simulated replays of the race, control camera angles, speed and playback options as well as select data to be viewed throughout the race itself," Racing NSW chief executive Peter V'landys said.
"The app was developed from consultation with a variety of punters. We, however, want to provide and tailor information to users and welcome feedback via the Punter's Intel Facebook page."
The timing system can position a horse within 33 centimetres of its actual position and tracks each horse during the race. It has failed only once in tracking a horse.
"Unfortunately that horse was Winx in the Warwick Stakes. She broke the transponder coming out of the gate. We got a couple of bits of information but it didn't work," Racing NSW chief operations officer Graeme Hinton said.
"It has been 18 months in development and we think it is the right time to go to market with this world-first product.
"It can give the punters a view of the race that you might not have even thought of before.
"You can actually see how fast a horse like Winx accelerates and how she holds that speed. You can see how quickly she picks up ground on the leader before winning.
"We want it to be available to all punters, so it is free, and think it will be a great tool to drive wagering."