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Originally Posted by stugots119
Thanks for the response Bill. What do you mean by the boxing the top 3 VDC or RX? Isn't the BL/BL what I should be looking at? Also, Is there a manual for the rdss software? Thanks
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People use different 'master readouts' from RDSS, according to their historical preference, or their modeled research, or their Matchup analysis of running Styles and pace analysis, or whether they are using the testing version of the upcoming RDSS (and thus the Rx factors).
BL/BL is a mainstay of the Sartin Methodology - a weighted aggregation of factors. VDC is part BL/BL plus a sophisticated deceleration formula: when you find VDC ranks which are better than the corresponding BLBL rank, you should pay attention. The Rx factors are more high level factors which are composites of other high level factors (e.g. Rx3 includes VDC - which includes BLBL - plus Class, plus Consistency, plus an outside non-correlated Oddsline, plus a Early/Late ability factor).
You can indeed start with BLBL to understand how it ranks horses for the pacelines you choose, and for the horses you decide to retain as Win Contenders (Primary Contenders). You should compare how the Rx ranks these same horses and investigate what are the differences, to get a feel for whether there might be extra info in the Rx to help you.
So when Bill says he might have boxed or top/bottom-wheeled the Top 3 BL, someone else might have said Top 3 VDC, or Top 3 TPR or Top 3 (or 4 Rx). I suggest you give yourself the next month of study to compare the various readouts and how betting various combinations would differ for you.
Ted