Rmath:
I took a cue from your recent comparison studies and added VDC columns to the recent DMR workup. there are 100 races in this sample.
I expanded the number of contenders to top four and ties in VDC after hiding the layoffs and long odds horses. See my notes at bottom of page. I chose contenders and let total energy be the primary guide to deletion.
Every once in a while a #5 or #6 TE horse would show up as VDC 1 or VDC 2, so in those cases I kept those horses and hid horses with higher TE, but lower VDC.
I did not bet races with more than two FTS, or foreign first US starts, or races with 4 horses entered.
By doing this I started seeing some amazing results - 100 race sample.
Wins: 83
exactas: 55
trifectas: 36
superfectas: 14
Great Idea, glad you decided to post your data.
The spreadsheet: NewPace-VDC DMR 2011.xls
Bill