Training analytics · Australian racing
Know your horse's normal.
Notice the day it isn't.
CarrotTracker turns the GPS and heart-rate data your stable already collects into a plain-English read on every session, measured against each horse's own history and against its handicap group.
Works with the timing gear you already have · Whole stable, not just the good ones
What we actually do
Every session you collect becomes a profile for that horse. Each day you get a read on how its numbers compare against itself, and against its handicap group.
No lag. No jargon. Easy to read and quick to check. And it costs a lot less than you'd think.
The product
A morning read, not a data dump
This is an unedited report from our demo stable, written by the same engine that runs on live data. Every number is compared against that horse's own average. Where nothing moved, it says nothing.
- Written for a trainer, not an analyst
- Flags only when a reading sits outside the horse's own range
- Every figure traceable back to the raw session
Southerly Buster covered 1,270m at the gallop including 31 seconds above 60km/h.
Top speed was in line with the horse's usual level (63.0 km/h, average 63.3 km/h). The best 200m split was 11.5s, full effort territory.
Recovery ran slower than baseline. Heart rate 2–5 minutes after work averaged 132 bpm against a usual 110 bpm.
Maximum stride length was below the horse's average (7.21 m vs 7.56 m).
Decision-support only. Not a substitute for eyes-on assessment or veterinary advice, and not a predictor of race results.
| Gallop | 1000m | 800m | 600m | 400m | 200m |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21/07 | 17.1 | 14.0 | 13.3 | 11.5 | 11.2 |
| 18/07 | - | 14.5 | 13.7 | 13.0 | 12.9 |
| 26/05 | - | 14.3 | 13.5 | 11.5 | 11.1 |
| Its usual | 17.2 | 15.1 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 11.8 |
Seconds per 200m. Higher on the chart is faster.
Sectional times
The times you already get, finally worth something
Your timing system records every 200m of every gallop and then shows you a single row of numbers with nothing behind it. A trainer at one of the country's leading stables put it to us plainly: beyond giving the time, it was useless to him.
The times were never the problem. What was missing was the shape of the run and something to compare it against.
- Every gallop drawn the way the horse ran it, top of the run through to the line
- The last two, three or five pieces laid over each other
- That horse's own usual range shaded behind, so you can see what is normal for it
- The sectional times spelled out underneath, because that is what you came for
Whether a horse quickened to the line or dropped away is the first thing you want to know, and it takes one look.
What it does
Built for the stable, not the lab
Every session, read for you
Your GPS and heart-rate data lands overnight and comes back as a short report in plain English. Speed, workload, recovery and stride. What happened, and how it sat against that horse's own history.
- No spreadsheets
- No sports scientist
- Ready before you get to the track
Against itself, and its grade
CarrotTracker learns what normal looks like for each individual horse and tells you when a reading sits outside it. The same session is then put next to the averages for horses in that rating group, so you know what the numbers mean.
- Per-horse baselines
- Handicap-group context
- Sharpens with every gallop
Quiet until it matters
Most days a horse reads normal, and CarrotTracker says so in one line. Flags are held back for readings that genuinely sit outside the horse's range, so when something is raised it is worth your attention.
- Calibrated thresholds
- Welfare flags surfaced first
- You can mark a bad read
Where we stand
An instrument, not a coach.
CarrotTracker will never tell you to ease a horse up, step it up, or hold it where it is. It reports what the numbers did and stops. Training is your craft. This is a better gauge on the dashboard, not a hand on the wheel.
Calibrated against 2,501 sessions
We tested every metric we report for whether it actually carries information session to session. The ones that turned out to be noise were quietened down, not dressed up.
Beta tested in working stables
Three leading trainers ran CarrotTracker on their own horses for months before we opened it up. Every part of it has been through a real stable's morning, not just a spreadsheet.
Welfare-first thresholds
Flags sit on genuine outliers against a horse's own baseline. A quiet app on a normal day is the point. False alarms are what make trainers stop reading.
How it works
Set up once. Then it just arrives.
- 1
Connect once
We link to the timing system you already use. Nothing changes about how your riders work or how the gear goes on.
- 2
It runs itself
Sessions import automatically every afternoon, get matched to the right horse, and are checked for bad reads before anything is shown to you.
- 3
You read the stable
Open it on your phone. The horses that moved off their normal are at the top. Everything else says 'as expected' and stays out of your way.
Now open
Out of beta. Taking stables now.
Three leading trainers ran CarrotTracker on their own horses for months while we built it. It has been through a real stable's morning, on real gear, on horses that were actually racing. We are opening it to a first group of stables now.
Early stables get set up personally, and hold their pricing.
Straight answers
Does it tell me how to train my horse?
No, and it never will. CarrotTracker reports what the numbers did against that horse's own history and stops there. The training call is yours. We built it as an instrument, not a coach, because the evidence does not support anything stronger.
Do I have to change my gear?
No. It reads the data your existing system already collects, so it sits on top of what you have rather than replacing it.
What about the whole stable, not just the good ones?
Every horse you work is included, not just the good ones, and the stable list ranks itself so the ones worth a look sit at the top. Pricing is per stable rather than per head, and it costs less than most people guess. Ask and we'll tell you straight.
What happens when a reading is rubbish?
Gear slips, horses get fired up, riders take a different route. You can mark a session as not a clean read, or record a permanent trait for a horse, and CarrotTracker stops counting it against them.
See it on your own horses.
The quickest way to judge this is to look at a stable you know. Send through a season of your own sessions and we'll show you what it reads.
Or email kyle@carrottracker.com. Already set up? Log in to your stable.