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Old 09-24-2011, 07:22 PM   #7
Ted Craven
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Originally Posted by shoeless View Post
Ted,


I can see from the underlines where that could help you with +O races,I never knew what those markings really meant.

From top to bottom

+
+O
+O
+
O
+
+
O
+
O

But Im kind of on the fence on the 2nd,6th,7th and 9th as Doc warned about giving horses good races due to a slow pace


I think in one of Hat's programs he has it good,bad,ugly so I didnt know if RDSS had any designations like that
I'd agree with your assessment. I'm trying to figure out if there is anything EXTRA added by yet another set of symbols (+ O +O) distinct from the symbols which indicate about the same info already. In otherwords, 'good +' races are where the horse finishes in the money, 'not-so-bad, or hidden-good +O' have underlined moves, up close for a few early fractions, or gaining positions and lengths, and 'bad races O' any others. You could argue that the only 'Bad Race' is line 10, because every other race which you might call 'Bad' had a move in it which foreshadowed an improved performance the next out.

Do you think between the colours for in-the-money, the bold for 4th, the colours for up-close positions in the early fractions and the underlines showing lengths or position gains - between those markups we have the equivalent - or better - of the traditional + O +O symbols?

Ted
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