Lesson 3 - Downloading Racing Programs and Results Charts from the Internet

Chapter 3: Downloading Racing Programs and Results Charts from the Internet

For most PC users, QuickDog will automatically download both historical race programs/charts and current (yesterday, today, and tomorrow's programs/charts). If the techniques explained below do not work for you, please make sure of two things before writing to us:

1) You have Internet Explorer 6.0 on your computer. For ROSNET Tracks you may also need to install Macromedia Flash

2) You've read below, and followed the directions for downloading your data using QuickDog.

There are two methods you may need to use in order to download racing data. One is QuickDog automated method, but, if that fails you will have to use the MANUAL DOWNLOADING METHOD for ROSNET, explained below. For most users, downloading data with QuickDog will be totally automatic.

Learning QuickDog Step by Step Menu

To download your data automatically, start QuickDog, and, after selecting the "I AGREE" button on the license/subscription page, you will see our "Learning QuickDog Step by Step" display.

Step 2 allows you to go through a series of prompts which will download history for your tracks(s).

Step 3 will walk you through a procedure for automatically downloading YESTERDAY, TODAY, and TOMORROW'S programs and charts.

All history data will be available, and most current track data will also be available to you, however, if your track is managed by ROSNET (QuickDog will tell you this when you choose your tracks), then you may have to manually download that data if QuickDog is unable to access it automatically.

Why? Because ROSNET has decided to take more control of their data and sometimes this makes it difficult for QuickDog to access.

Once you've used Steps 2 and 3 on the Step by Step display, and begin handicapping, you can also find the HISTORY and "Today's Program" downloading features on the Menu Bar with you select the DOWNLOAD menu bar item.

A good practice in using QuickDog is to use Step 3 each day, before going into QuickDog any further, and, if you miss a day, then you can use Step 2 to get the data you missed. QuickDog history includes past data up to and including the day before yesterday. Step 3 allows you to download up to 7 days back, TODAY, and TOMORROW's data. Therefore, you should have what you need to handicap. The history includes up to 1 year of data for each track we cover.

Manual Downloading of Data

If QuickDog doesn't manage your programs and chart accesses automatically, then you can still download programs and charts by following the link below. You will have no trouble at all downloading most data automatically, and if you do, then that means it is a ROSNET track. Follow this link to learn how to download ROSNET Track Data "Manually". It's pretty easy!

The following downloading guidelines can not be used for ROSNET tracks. Click HERE for specific directions on how to download ROSNET Data.