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tfm · 01-20-2009, 02:20 AM

Yo, Rich

It's refreshing to see someone actually employing other than conventional methods. Anyone frequenting the racing forums these days is inundated with posts about SPEED and PACE (figures). It's seems that the only way to go for most is NUMBERS.

But I think that we can learn a lesson from the figuremakers. Not so much by using their numbers but rather by emulating their methodology. Thus, for example, just as someone like CJ can scan the past performances for those horses superior in terms of figures, non analytic handicappers can do likewise for horses fitting certain 'angles'.

So, you've got a program that looks for OTE situations. I've been thinking, for a while, of writing a program that that picks out all those runners coming back from races in which they 'wiped out' the field. Or one of the many other 'angles' I've 'stumbled' upon. Not as easily coded, unfortunately, but certainly very doable.

The idea being that the more races we play that fit our strengths, the more we will win. And the only way to do this is by looking at as many tracks as possible.

01-20-2009, 02:20 AM	#3
tfm Former member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,136	Yo, Rich It's refreshing to see someone actually employing other than conventional methods. Anyone frequenting the racing forums these days is inundated with posts about SPEED and PACE (figures). It's seems that the only way to go for most is NUMBERS. But I think that we can learn a lesson from the figuremakers. Not so much by using their numbers but rather by emulating their methodology. Thus, for example, just as someone like CJ can scan the past performances for those horses superior in terms of figures, non analytic handicappers can do likewise for horses fitting certain 'angles'. So, you've got a program that looks for OTE situations. I've been thinking, for a while, of writing a program that that picks out all those runners coming back from races in which they 'wiped out' the field. Or one of the many other 'angles' I've 'stumbled' upon. Not as easily coded, unfortunately, but certainly very doable. The idea being that the more races we play that fit our strengths, the more we will win. And the only way to do this is by looking at as many tracks as possible.