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Originally Posted by shoeless
Ted,
Thanks for putting up the RDDS screenshot.I didnt like the 2 here who was a big dropdown but did just get nosed out by the 8 who I didnt like at all.The 8 though was getting a lot of early play at one point was at 5-1.
FTL,
Very interesting what you circled but really dont get the E8 designation
as in 3 of his 4 wins the horse didnt have the lead at the 1st call.
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I don't want to say that the horse's wins have nothing to do with it, because to some extent they do. I'll explain.
If you are not familiar with the Quirin Point System, a horse gets 3 points if it is on the lead at the first call, 2 points if it is second at the first call and 1 point if it is 3rd at the first call. Therefore, this horse gets 3 points for its' last race + 2 points for its' race 2 back + 3 points for its' race 3 back for a total of 8 points. This is how BRIS calculates early horses and therefore the designation they show is "E8", to the right of the horse's name.
As to my point, all horses do not run the same style even within "similar"
distances.
Not all horses run on the lead in all sprints.
Some will and some won't.
Some horses will run on the lead at 7f, but will "press" at 6f.
There are many examples, this is just one.