[Houndog]

Ted as usual a very informative post. I monitor the HTR board run by Ken Mansa and they have very sharp people there also. I get the sense that their data provider HDW run by Jim Cramer and Ron Tiller are very careful with their work. Ron Tiller also seems to be very accessible as he posts quite often on the HTR board. For awhile Ellis Starr was available at Trackmaster, but I don’t even know if he is associated with them now.

What you plan to do with RDSS as far as the adjustment module is not only a good idea, but I think necessary if one wishes to continue to work with Trackmaster data. Perhaps because of the sometimes wild track adjustments we are seeing a renaissance of the older manual entry programs. Ted, as I told you before I really like working with Energy but if you are doing multiple tracks it becomes a challenge. Of all the alternative data providers you mentioned BRIS, DRF, or HDW I would prefer HDW for the reasons mentioned above. I know they are not interested in pay as you go downloads as they sell monthly subscriptions. I can also understand that some people do not play every day so they could not justify the cost of a monthly subscription. Other than the quality of data that I think they would provide subscribers get unlimited downloads for a monthly fee. This is not a commercial for HDW but I tried this service for a month when I was working with the velocity program HTR has. I was happy with the value added data they provide such as charts, jockey-trainer stats, etc.

Also if you are thinking of having a modeling module in RDSS you will need to have all the downloads for the tracks you are playing. Anyhow I think the adjustment module is a good idea if we are to continue using Trackmaster Data. I hope others post on this topic because it is very important in the direction that Ted decides to go in the development of RDSS.