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Old 12-14-2007, 04:22 PM   #12
RichieP
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Originally Posted by Houndog View Post
I would think matching up FPS would be the same as matching up the actual fractional times as seen in the racing form. If you have a "feel" for FPS readouts you could relate these to the actual fractions.

For example 22.0 for the first fraction in a sprint is 60 FPS. If a horse is capable of 60 FPS at the first fraction and the next closest horse can only do a 58; that is a significant edge in the first fraction. Not everything will be that obvious but whether you match-up using fractions, fps, or energy % the procedure should be similiar.

I want to stress that I am not an expert using the Match-Up, but this is my slant on things.
Mike,
Can you quantify the significant edge in your example? Is he a length better? A head better (exaggeration).3 better? Thats one of the things I never "got" when looking at Fps numbers man.

I know they are very precise but are there some kind of table or graph showing the difference in terms more understandable and usable by folks like "Shoe".

I wish I could help more but can't man.
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