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Originally Posted by SouthSideRob
Hi Everybody,
My apologies up front if this has already been discussed in another thread. I did try and search for it and came up empty. (If there is a thread out there, please let me know and I understand if you want to delete this thread).
My question is how do you handle a race that are missing race fractions? Some of the smaller tracks never seem to have them. Other tracks have malfunctions or they have to deal with poor viability issues such as fog etc...
Do you use past data as somewhat of a guide and "project" the fractions? I don't like to ignore these races especially for races with younger horses.
What do most people do in these situations? I'm a huge fan of the Sartin Methodology and I've never been able to figure out the best way to handle races with no fractional times.
Thanks,
South Side Rob
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Hi Rob,
I would follow Mitch's advice to find a different line. "Incomplete" pacelines are problematic in the first month or so of Remington Park's meet, because several runners are coming out of races from tiny Fair Meadows Tulsa, which does not keep fractional times. You're basically stuck using a line from another venue. If you were to use RDSS in "auto mode" (Ted's default Best Perceptor, Last 3 Comparable), only making changes when the computer's brain fails horse racing logic, this will take care of itself. If you are into selecting your own lines by whichever set of guidelines you choose to align yourself with, you may be splitting hairs. Be careful.