Speculator Newbie

[Ted Craven]

Originally Posted by Rxlawyer

In screen "B" what does "LSP" mean and what are fractals?
Gary

LSP means Long Shot Potential. If my memory serves me, this is a remnant from the older Quad Rater program, one readout from which measured how a horse itself ran against the pace of the race (i.e. the leader(s) during each fraction). The theory was that a horse who ran well against a faster pace, deserved credit even if it finished rather poorly. If it can face a slower pace today, it may reveal some hidden potential which may be masked by its apparently poor finish in the given previous race, hence the 'long shot'.

Your mileage may vary! It is basically the sum of the ratios between the pace of horse and pace of race for each fraction (with some other voodoo thrown in...). What is shown on screen is a ranking of that number.

Fractals

Again, these are remnants of an even earlier program named - 'Fractals' (!), which sought to blend energy distribution over finer fractions of the race than the given 2f increments (in sprints) or various other distance fractions in routes. The 3 designations Fr-Early, Fr-Late Fr-Normal are respectively a blending of 'portions' of each race fraction with more emphasis on the race portion pertinent to each category (e.g. Fractal Early has more measures of the early fractions than does the Fractal Late, which has more measures of the final fraction, etc).

Some people model these categories profitably. The same information may also be seen (more or less) by tracking the EPR LPR 2ndCall readouts.

Hope this helps,

Ted