In horse racing what does slow,fast,dead and so on mean next to track?

Question

i have noticed in horse racing it says the name of the

race the distance and the place the race is and then it says

track fast or track slow or track dead or something like that

what does that mean and if it is diffrent in harness racing and gallops could u tell me both

Answer 1

That is the surface of the track..... usually fast is a bit hard

slow means a bit deep or wet muddy etc

dead means thats is has no bounce or very bad surface

Hope that helps

Answer 2

its the track rating......

Category......

  Scale.....

  Description.......



FAST

  1

  A dry hard track



GOOD

  2

  A firm track



GOOD

  3

  Ideal track with some give



DEAD

  4

  Track with give, better side of Dead



DEAD

  5

  Significant amount of give, worse side of Dead



SLOW

  6

  A mildly rain affected track, better side of Slow



SLOW

  7

  Rain affected, worse side of Slow



HEAVY

  8

  Soft track, just into heavy range



HEAVY

  9

  Very soft, genuine heavy



HEAVY

  10

  Very soft and wet, heaviest category