Re TrackMaster Data Problems

[Ted Craven]

Mike,

Maybe. I was told there were 2 new data items being sent through by Equibase to their resellers. Maybe that's it.

Where did you hear of those 2 items? Web link?

Thanks - found it: http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-raci...rmances-charts

Yep - that's likely it. Must be still some gremlins getting the new data to jive with the existing data...

Ted

[MIKE]

http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-raci...rmances-charts

[Ted Craven]

Jim V at TrackMaster just told me they're still working on it and expect to have it fixed (including testing) before the end of the day.

Ted

[clore1030]

Originally Posted by Ted Craven

Maybe this is an opportunity to focus on the raw Match Up! Nothing wrong with those numbers

Charlie, Richie, Bill L, Mike S, others...?

Ted

I don't see myself having much of a problem with that as long as I stick to sprints. Trying to compare 8f or 9F routes from say AQU or BEL to those at two turn tracks takes too much guesswork for me.

If I'm really curious, I could just go back to the last race before today that a horse competed in and get accurate data - I still have those on my PC. I would just have to plot comparisons on paper.

[Tim Y]

I wondered why I had the LEAST productive inner Aqueduct since I started playing it. Thought it was the track maintenance fellows.

[Tim Y]

Well today's Fort Erie program is a waste of time: NO DATA usable for the last three months. Might as well throw a dart

[Ted Craven]

Originally Posted by Tim Y

I wondered why I had the LEAST productive inner Aqueduct since I started playing it. Thought it was the track maintenance fellows.

You should still wonder. As stated above, there was nothing wrong with the data for AQU inner at the time. The problems only started yesterday.

Ted

[Tim Y]

Originally Posted by Ted Craven

You should still wonder. As stated above, there was nothing wrong with the data for AQU inner at the time. The problems only started yesterday.

Ted

okay still scratching my head then

[reckless]

hi again Ted:

Your data for Indiana Downs tonite may be OK Ted, but mine isn't.

Please check again the 3rd race at Indiana Downs for tonight. The '3' horse tonite raced this fall at Churchill. When you use the adjustment tab, the fractions are like Arabian horse fractions--52 for the half, 1:29 for six furlongs and 2 minute final times in 9 furlong races. There are also similar corrupt adjustments in the other races for the nite.

Sorry I can't prove this with a screen capture but I dont use snagit type software.

Thanks Ted.

PS--While I am at it. Do you think TM wil credit me for the card I d-loaded today? I am not looking to schnorr anything but I am on the 20-race/month program.
Note: Non-RDSS readers, I'm reporting this information here as it affects Sartin programs using TrackMaster data, not just RDSS. Just thought you'd like to know.[/QUOTE]

[reckless]

Originally Posted by Tim Y

okay still scratching my head then

Since Tim brought this up. And please understand I am speaking only 'half' in jest but last night at Indiana Downs, there were some horses that simply didn't run anywhere near like I thought they might.

Now I have been playing this game since Flipper was a guppy, so I know first hand that horses often don't run like we think they should.

But, horses that looked like they'd be into the early pace were too many lengths off; horses that looked like they'd run down the lane, never lifted a hoof.

The adjusted Hoosier Park and Turfway lines I used seemed to be useless; those horses didn't run well with adjusted figures that might have at first blush suggested simply a better effort.

Even my lone winner last nite was a 10-1 longshot shot in the second. He raced at Hawthorne. I repeat, the adjusted Kentucky and Hoosier numbers seemed too high.

Honestly, if this didn't happen today I would never have mentioned it. I would have just chalked it up to poor handicapping (and maybe, in the final analysis, that's all it really is). But as noted, we do expect horses to run to form and while we can expect losses and even a bad analysis, sometimes things just seem out of sync, like last nite.

Thanks Ted.