1st 20 race contest cycle

[Ted Craven]

Lou,

I just noticed an atricle about BL/BL (Bottom Line / Betting Line) in Follow Up Issue #70, and I think there are some articles about Synthesis for TrackMaster in #67 and forward. There was sort of an organic progression from PaceLauncher -> SYnthesis -> Validator I and II, then after Doc, Speculator. You could also scan through those issues as well, looking for discussion about how to interpret the BL/BL readouts, keep track of which tiers winners come from and at what odds (i.e. wagercapping).

A noteable change in program usage came when Doc started using TrackMaster downloads (Synthesis), as he then made use of the Inter Track equalization tables inherent in those data, along with the Daily Track Variant to enable better comparison of disparate lines to each other. The cherry on the cake came with the V/DC rankings and the wagercapping concept, epitomized in Val2 and Val3. (Val4 repaired the 'broken' ITV and DTV formulae, due to TM's 2006 change to Speed Ratings and base units, but is otherwise Val3, unchanged).

Ted