“This new methodology will improve the quality and quantity of data we provide our participants and the increased accuracy will be of benefit to trainers, jockeys, owners and betting customers,” Jamie Stier, the BHA’s director of raceday operations and regulation, said on Wednesday. Ascot, for instance, will stage hurdle races advertised as: “about 2m (1m 7f 152yds)”.Īt the other end of the spectrum, the distance of the Crabbie’s Grand National will now be advertised as “4m about 2.5f (4m 2f 7fyds)”, a furlong less than this year’s description of “4m about 3.5f”, which was in itself a reduction of half a furlong from the traditionally recognised distance of four-and-a-half miles following a change to the position of the start for the race. ![]() In some cases, the precise distances will be less than the official minimum trip of two miles, but at courses where minor adjustments to the starting point are impossible, the BHA will sanction exceptions to the rule. Distances were formerly measured along the midpoint of the course using a surveyor’s wheel, and in many cases, the new, more accurate distances will be shorter than in the past.
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