Programmes

Infohorse offers extensive features for race programme entry.  All aspects of a race programme can be stored in the database.   For example, age and sex of horses, race conditions, stakes, and critical times relating to the raceday and the race.

Figure 1:  Screen shot of a trainer entering horses for a raceday over Internet.

Entries

Entries can be entered via the Internet with trainers logging on from within a Web browser, from remote racetracks where managers logon using a Virtual Private Network, or at the central controlling body.  As all these users are working in real time against a central database the raceday manager is always aware of the current state of entries.  Once fields are released a Web page is automatically generated and available on the organisations Web site. Updates to fields, such as scratched horses, also automatically result in a new Web page being generated so that the public Web site always reflects the state of the database.

Results

Race results can be immediately entered into the Infohorse database after each race.  This process forces the generation of a Web results page.  Results therefore progressively appear on the Web site during the race meeting.  All statistical web pages are automatically regenerated one hour after the last result has been entered for each raceday.  These include breeding reports and horsemen’s statistics.

Financials

Financial maintenance and reporting programs within the system are flexible and extensive.  They can be integrated with accounting packages as required.

Financial modules can be integrated with the central controlling body or handled at the track.   Other modules relate specifically to the processes undertaken by the controlling body and their associated charges.