Long before anyone felt it was important to know the spin rate of a pitcher’s fastball or the release time of a quarterback’s pass, analytical data of that type was being collected and published at Thoroughbred tracks across the country.

In an early form of sports analytics, charting horses’ positions and speeds relative to each other at multiple points in a race was, and still is, recorded manually.

From Race Charts at Yonkers to Racing Secretary at Saratoga

PJ Iovino, once a Yonkers Raceway charter, became Saratoga’s racing secretary after decades of learning under mentors and championing harness racing.

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