Wager tracking.
 

What are the most important stats that you like to keep when keeping track of your wagering history? ie: tracks, distance, types. Any others ?

Are there any good software programs out there to help with this?

any good software programs out there to track your progress?

if you play online at youbet or winticket it tracks your wagers and gives you a lot of options to see how you do.

I believe it was Dave Litfin of DRF(I could be wrong but I seem to recall him being the guy who wrote it) who wrote a very fascinating article on tracking his wagers and seeing the patterns of where he was winning and losing and in what kind of races and on what kind of wagers.
I'm not sure if there is any software available. I think a lot of people just get a feel for what is working for them. I try and avoid claiming races, the cheaper they are the worse I do. I have no confidence in them whatsoever and try to play them only when necessary in a pik-3 or pik-4 run where I have an opinion on other races. Like the last race at the Spa yesterday, I thought 8 out of 10 horses had a chance to win. Simply inscrutable to me.

I'm a wager tracker type.

Here's what I track. Looks like a lot but only takes about 30 seconds.

DATE
TRACK
RACE
AMT BET
BET TYPE
HORSE #(S)
TOT$BET
$RETURN
AGE
SEX
SURFACE
DISTANCE
TRACK COND
CLASSTYPE
CLASSLEVEL
UP 1 CLASS
UP2+CLASS
DN 1 CLASS
DN 2+ CLASSES
SURF CHANGE
DIST CH (+/-)
TRAINER
JOCK
ODDS
NOTES

Thank you very much.