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Ted Craven · 03-08-2018, 11:53 AM

Here is a description of the new features in RDSS 2.1.048

1. The Tote system is back with several bonus features (and some restrictions deferred to the Part 2 update):

a) no login to the old Supertote is required. The revamped 'TwinSpires Mobile' is what you get when you open the old Supertote link: www.brisnet.com/supertote or the new actual link: https://m.twinspires.com/#liveRaces. It does not require a Brisnet or TwinSpires account and no login is required. Effectively, all the tote data RDSS uses is visible in the new TwinSpires Mobile. RDSS is just a pretty wrapper around your usage of that new TwinSpires tote and race day info site. However, you don't need to open that site in a regular web browser for RDSS to make use of the data -- RDSS IS a (specialized) 'browser' for tote and race day info from that site.

b) RDSS refreshes odds every 45 seconds between 20 MTP and 1 MTP, then every 15 seconds until all the money is in and the odds stop changing (and the horses are running down the stretch!)

c) Closing tote info for each race is available all day long and does not disappear when each race is over. It is not available for previous days though, only the current day. So, if you want to study a race with closing prices tote info but all the races have been run, simply do an Assemble All (today, not tomorrow) and as part of the race assembly, RDSS fetches closing tote prices. These tote prices are also stored in the Cache, so when you re-open such a card of races in the future, the tote info will be there.

This helps if you are making lots of Models including tote info but sometimes cannot work the races live. Or, if you come in part way through a day of races - just Assemble the previous races and voilà - tote info. Or - if RDSS crashes, tote info is not lost: it's in the Cache.

d) Restrictions: tote pricing info is most useful to model IF it reflects bet-time rather than final post-race prices. Bet-time is whatever you define as Minutes to Post when you choose to bet (MTP) - it could be 5 MTP, 1, 0, -1, -2 etc, and usually differs by track. In this update, you export to Excel models whatever tote info is there when you hit the Export Icon,and if you do that before the race goes off, you'll have pre-race tote info but no results or Mutuel payoffs. if you wait until after the race for the results, you miss the pre-race tote info. In the Part 2 update - you will specify the MTP setting for all tracks (or override for specific tracks) to capture pre-race tote info. BOTH pre- and post-race tote info will be stored in the Model system.

(FWIW, My ad hoc sense of things is the tote-related ranks we track: ML, Live Odds, Tx1, Tx2/PW - don't usually change ranks by much more than 1 in the last few minutes of betting. Currently, RDSS does not attempt to predict closing Win Odds - only indicate strongly who should be the Top 4~ish Contenders).

2. Scratches. Every 5 minutes, RDSS fetches scratches from all races on a card. If the race is open (current or future race), it updates the scratches for that race. You don't need to download ProfitLine numbers to get Scratches (though that still works). In the Part 2 update, there will be a card-level screen showing all the scratches for the day, the reason given and any other Changes such as Jockey switch, weight change and Off-turf/distance change. Just like Equibase's or the track's Changes web page.

3. Mutuel Results. In this Part 1 update, there is NO CHANGE to the previous requirement that you login to a TwinSpires account to get quick Results and Mutuel payoffs (and ProfitLine if you use it - please see Point #4 next). In the Part 2 update - Results and Payoffs will come automatically through the new tote system when a race is Official. An export to Excel model files will be automatically created. Just as previously, when you export to Excel for model keeping, Results and Mutuels are automatically saved. PLEASE NOTE: beginning with the Part 2 update, you will need to be subscribed to and using the RDSS Bundle data plan (Charts + PPs) in order to automatically get these Results and Mutuels from the new tote system. You can always enter this information by hand in your Excel models if you don't think paying extra for the Bundle plan is worth it ...

4. ProfitLine. In this Part 1 update, there is also NO CHANGE to the previous requirement that you login to a TwinSpires account to get ProfitLine numbers (if you use those). In the Part 2 update, regardless of RDSS data plan, ProfitLine will show up automatically when you Assemble races, no TS account or login required. Thus - with the coming Part 2 update, a TwinSpires/Brisnet account will not be required for anything in RDSS (except betting, video, handicapping reports, etc - if that's your ADW).

5. First Time Starters. Now show up in Analysis screens (default Secondary Group) when RDSS selects pacelines automatically or when you manually mark them as Primary or Secondary Contender. This is useful for not forgetting they exist while handicapping, and for seeing the tote odds and factors and any non-PP info such as ProfitLine and Morning Line Odds and ranks.

6. New method for moving horses between Contender Groups on Analysis screens. A right-click on a left-edge checkbox moves the chosen line DOWN a Group (e.g. from Primary to Secondary, or from Secondary to Non-Contender). Imagine the 3 Groups in a 'ring' or circle, such that when you move a horse DOWN a group from Non-Contender, it circles around to the top again to Primary. Similarly but opposite, when you left-click on the left-edge checkbox, NOW instead of removing the line, it moves a line UP a group. Remembering the circular concept of Groups, if you left-click to move a horse UP from the Primary group, you are moving it round to the bottom to the Non-contender Group. If you have moved a line to the Secondary Group, left-clicking to move it UP moves it UP to the Primary Group. Etc…

If you just don’t want to see a horse at all in Analysis (not recommended), just remove the check for the paceline in the horse PPs.

After a few tries this becomes intuitive. Use this to rapidly clear out clutter from the Primary group, not forgetting that if horses have longer odds but good readouts anywhere, they could belong in Secondary. Mostly I like to dump complete BUMS in Non-Contender and get as clear a picture of what’s going on as possible. Along with other handicapping from whatever screens or factors you use, I strongly recommend retaining the Top 4 and ties ML, Live Odds, Tx1, PW% - AFTER determining from your Contender Guidelines whether the horse is a Primary or ITM (Secondary) Contender in the race.

7. More columns on Analysis screens are sortable. The cursor changes to a 'hand' when you hover it over a sortable column. New in this release on the Analysis Adjusted Screen are all the Running Time columns and all the Positional columns.

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03-08-2018, 11:53 AM	#10
Ted Craven Grade 1 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada Posts: 8,853	RDSS 2.1.048 New Features Here is a description of the new features in RDSS 2.1.048 1. The Tote system is back with several bonus features (and some restrictions deferred to the Part 2 update): a) no login to the old Supertote is required. The revamped 'TwinSpires Mobile' is what you get when you open the old Supertote link: www.brisnet.com/supertote or the new actual link: https://m.twinspires.com/#liveRaces. It does not require a Brisnet or TwinSpires account and no login is required. Effectively, all the tote data RDSS uses is visible in the new TwinSpires Mobile. RDSS is just a pretty wrapper around your usage of that new TwinSpires tote and race day info site. However, you don't need to open that site in a regular web browser for RDSS to make use of the data -- RDSS IS a (specialized) 'browser' for tote and race day info from that site. b) RDSS refreshes odds every 45 seconds between 20 MTP and 1 MTP, then every 15 seconds until all the money is in and the odds stop changing (and the horses are running down the stretch!) c) Closing tote info for each race is available all day long and does not disappear when each race is over. It is not available for previous days though, only the current day. So, if you want to study a race with closing prices tote info but all the races have been run, simply do an Assemble All (today, not tomorrow) and as part of the race assembly, RDSS fetches closing tote prices. These tote prices are also stored in the Cache, so when you re-open such a card of races in the future, the tote info will be there. This helps if you are making lots of Models including tote info but sometimes cannot work the races live. Or, if you come in part way through a day of races - just Assemble the previous races and voilà - tote info. Or - if RDSS crashes, tote info is not lost: it's in the Cache. d) Restrictions: tote pricing info is most useful to model IF it reflects bet-time rather than final post-race prices. Bet-time is whatever you define as Minutes to Post when you choose to bet (MTP) - it could be 5 MTP, 1, 0, -1, -2 etc, and usually differs by track. In this update, you export to Excel models whatever tote info is there when you hit the Export Icon,and if you do that before the race goes off, you'll have pre-race tote info but no results or Mutuel payoffs. if you wait until after the race for the results, you miss the pre-race tote info. In the Part 2 update - you will specify the MTP setting for all tracks (or override for specific tracks) to capture pre-race tote info. BOTH pre- and post-race tote info will be stored in the Model system. (FWIW, My ad hoc sense of things is the tote-related ranks we track: ML, Live Odds, Tx1, Tx2/PW - don't usually change ranks by much more than 1 in the last few minutes of betting. Currently, RDSS does not attempt to predict closing Win Odds - only indicate strongly who should be the Top 4~ish Contenders). 2. Scratches. Every 5 minutes, RDSS fetches scratches from all races on a card. If the race is open (current or future race), it updates the scratches for that race. You don't need to download ProfitLine numbers to get Scratches (though that still works). In the Part 2 update, there will be a card-level screen showing all the scratches for the day, the reason given and any other Changes such as Jockey switch, weight change and Off-turf/distance change. Just like Equibase's or the track's Changes web page. 3. Mutuel Results. In this Part 1 update, there is NO CHANGE to the previous requirement that you login to a TwinSpires account to get quick Results and Mutuel payoffs (and ProfitLine if you use it - please see Point #4 next). In the Part 2 update - Results and Payoffs will come automatically through the new tote system when a race is Official. An export to Excel model files will be automatically created. Just as previously, when you export to Excel for model keeping, Results and Mutuels are automatically saved. PLEASE NOTE: beginning with the Part 2 update, you will need to be subscribed to and using the RDSS Bundle data plan (Charts + PPs) in order to automatically get these Results and Mutuels from the new tote system. You can always enter this information by hand in your Excel models if you don't think paying extra for the Bundle plan is worth it ... 4. ProfitLine. In this Part 1 update, there is also NO CHANGE to the previous requirement that you login to a TwinSpires account to get ProfitLine numbers (if you use those). In the Part 2 update, regardless of RDSS data plan, ProfitLine will show up automatically when you Assemble races, no TS account or login required. Thus - with the coming Part 2 update, a TwinSpires/Brisnet account will not be required for anything in RDSS (except betting, video, handicapping reports, etc - if that's your ADW). 5. First Time Starters. Now show up in Analysis screens (default Secondary Group) when RDSS selects pacelines automatically or when you manually mark them as Primary or Secondary Contender. This is useful for not forgetting they exist while handicapping, and for seeing the tote odds and factors and any non-PP info such as ProfitLine and Morning Line Odds and ranks. 6. New method for moving horses between Contender Groups on Analysis screens. A right-click on a left-edge checkbox moves the chosen line DOWN a Group (e.g. from Primary to Secondary, or from Secondary to Non-Contender). Imagine the 3 Groups in a 'ring' or circle, such that when you move a horse DOWN a group from Non-Contender, it circles around to the top again to Primary. Similarly but opposite, when you left-click on the left-edge checkbox, NOW instead of removing the line, it moves a line UP a group. Remembering the circular concept of Groups, if you left-click to move a horse UP from the Primary group, you are moving it round to the bottom to the Non-contender Group. If you have moved a line to the Secondary Group, left-clicking to move it UP moves it UP to the Primary Group. Etc… If you just don’t want to see a horse at all in Analysis (not recommended), just remove the check for the paceline in the horse PPs. After a few tries this becomes intuitive. Use this to rapidly clear out clutter from the Primary group, not forgetting that if horses have longer odds but good readouts anywhere, they could belong in Secondary. Mostly I like to dump complete BUMS in Non-Contender and get as clear a picture of what’s going on as possible. Along with other handicapping from whatever screens or factors you use, I strongly recommend retaining the Top 4 and ties ML, Live Odds, Tx1, PW% - AFTER determining from your Contender Guidelines whether the horse is a Primary or ITM (Secondary) Contender in the race. 7. More columns on Analysis screens are sortable. The cursor changes to a 'hand' when you hover it over a sortable column. New in this release on the Analysis Adjusted Screen are all the Running Time columns and all the Positional columns. . __________________ RDSS - Racing Decision Support System™ Last edited by Ted Craven; 03-09-2018 at 03:38 PM.