Paceline Struggles!

[AwesomeAgain]

Members of Pace and Cap,

I wanted to share something I put together for my own handicapping workflow that I ended up naming the RDSS “War Room” chart.

The closer I got to post time, the more I found myself bouncing between tabs, notes, POR ranges, TPR bands, %Med ranges, and surface adjustments. I wanted one organized visual reference that brought everything together in one place for Dirt, Tapeta, and Turf.

The core idea behind this chart is simple:

The race shape comes first. The horse must fit the environment.

This combines:

NewPace POR ranges
TPR environmental bands
%Med sweet spots
Surface tendencies
Pressure classifications
Basic winner profile concepts

This is not meant to replace anyone’s methodology. I simply built it to help organize my own process and simplify decision making as post time approaches. I’m sharing it here in hopes that maybe it helps someone else organize their thoughts or view race shape a little differently.
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Brian

Great job, very nicely done

Jeff

[The Pook]

Incredible work Brian! Professional level graphics for sure.

Pook

[Speed Figure]

To understand the concept, it’s important to provide an example race before it happens that clearly illustrates how this works! The goal isn’t to predict a win, but to demonstrate the concept!

[AwesomeAgain]

The purpose of the War Room chart is simply to organize my workflow and reduce information overload as post time approaches.

I found myself constantly bouncing between POR ranges, TPR bands, %Med notes, surface tendencies, and multiple tabs/screens during live play. This was my attempt to consolidate those ideas into one visual reference so I could structure my thought process more efficiently.

The core idea is race shape organization and environmental matching, not certainty or prediction. I’m just trying to simplify how I process information in the final few minutes before a race.

That said, I do think it’s fair over time to examine whether certain pressure environments, TPR ranges, and energy distributions tend to correlate with specific winner profiles. But the chart itself was never intended to be presented as some guaranteed predictive tool.