Thread: Race selection
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Old 06-21-2018, 11:03 PM   #30
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Originally Posted by Old Arkie Gal View Post
In Dave Schwartz’s Percentages and Probabilities 2012 with a sample of 39,000 races and looking at days off data he found that horses off 30-60 days off had the highest IV 1.07 and the highest dollar net 1.59 and horses in the 62-90 days off had an IV 0.96 and dollar net of 1.55. This data simply supports the comments made by others here, don’t automatically throw out a horse until all factors are considered,
Pat
I agree.

I don't outright eliminate horses in those categories either.
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