Sorry if I seem a little dense but I’ve been wondering for a while.
On the race records of most of the horses it says something like-
Starts: 16(15), or firsts: 2(1) what does the number in parentheses mean?
thanks!
the number in the parenthesis is how many stakes races they have run. The 2 (1) is how many they won.
A slightly more detailed answer…
16(15) indicates that the horse has raced in 16 races, 15 of which are stakes races. So a 2(1) for 1sts would tell you the horse has won twice, including one stakes.
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