RDSS 2.0 MyRaces Collection

[Ted Craven]

Working on defining collections of similar races, by day (some might call these 'Portfolios'). I call them My Races.

Right now I'm creating some example collections to play with. Here are a few for today.







You'll be able to create your own collections, filtered and sorted as you like.

Ideas welcomed!

Ted

[gary w.]

That looks like a great idea, Ted. Something like this could help me focus and remove some of the chaos from decision making...........I seem to play too many races right now so this would definitely take away the, "temptation" factor.

[Bill Lyster]

Ted:

Does the My Races data come from a central source or do you have to download all the tracks from which the data gets summarized? Would the My Races data summarize info from all tracks running that day or is the data summarized for only the tracks downloaded?

It could be expensive to download the data for six or more tracks and then find out that there are relatively few opportunities on a given day. Just thinking $$$$ before handicapping here.

Thanks,

[Ted Craven]

TrackMaster has allowed me to generate lists like these (via RDSS running on a server) and post files which RDSS running on your computer can automatically download each day. So you can see what's available and decide which full cards to buy if you don't do Unlimited.

The idea is to gradually add more interesting complexity (e.g. races where there are 3+ early fighters = OTE, or where there is 1 lone Early, or M/L favourite = 3-1+ = uncertainly) so you can see races with spot plays where you stand a chance, or where your wager records show you are profitable, etc

I'd be interested in more examples of desirable race specs, just to confirm my belief that (in the long run) I can code pretty much anything.

Ted

[SilentRun]

Ted,

Just curious, what programming language are you using ?

Ernie

[Ted Craven]

Originally Posted by SilentRun

Ted,

Just curious, what programming language are you using ?

Ernie

PowerBuilder.

[For The Lead]

Originally Posted by Ted Craven

TrackMaster has allowed me to generate lists like these (via RDSS running on a server) and post files which RDSS running on your computer can automatically download each day. So you can see what's available and decide which full cards to buy if you don't do Unlimited.

The idea is to gradually add more interesting complexity (e.g. races where there are 3+ early fighters = OTE, or where there is 1 lone Early, or M/L favourite = 3-1+ = uncertainly) so you can see races with spot plays where you stand a chance, or where your wager records show you are profitable, etc

I'd be interested in more examples of desirable race specs, just to confirm my belief that (in the long run) I can code pretty much anything.

Ted

Just curious, Ted. Does Trackmaster offer you the ability to see "race conditions", such as NW2L, NW1X or anything like those?

[Ted Craven]

Originally Posted by For The Lead

Just curious, Ted. Does Trackmaster offer you the ability to see "race conditions", such as NW2L, NW1X or anything like those?

I have to decode that from the full race conditions, but given enough tweaking (some conditions get pretty creative ), it should pretty much match what you would see in the PPs for a given race. Here was my 1st crack at it. Mouse-over popup shows full conditions.

I can make available via server (i.e. without users first paying to download), race related data per these samples. For data related to horses running in a given race, e.g. the mix of running styles, you'd have to download the card.





Ted

[SilentRun]

Originally Posted by Ted Craven

Working on defining collections of similar races, by day (some might call these 'Portfolios'). I call them My Races.
You'll be able to create your own collections, filtered and sorted as you like.

Ideas welcomed!

Ted

Ted,

This is a nice feature and as I understand this if you see several of your favorite
types of races offered by a track you can then pay for the card.

My thought is....will it be possible to create custom cards from several tracks
per day so the user can access a card that contains ONLY all of their favorite
types of races ?

For example: Say a user wants only to play 8F dirt races (Claiming only).
Then the software will search all tracks and extract these specific races and
create a custom card that the user can download and be billed for.
The track conditions should be noted alongside each race. The times of each
race should not conflict. The standard could be 8 races but if it is not
possible to extract 8 say a minimum of 5 could be offered.
You need the concurence of Trackmaster.
As I am writing this I see a lot of factors have to be worked out.
Then there are issues I am not aware of.

But this is just an idea that would be a boon for those users
who consistently profit from specific types of races.

Ernie

[Ted Craven]

Originally Posted by SilentRun

My thought is....will it be possible to create custom cards from several tracks per day so the user can access a card that contains ONLY all of their favorite types of races ?

Ernie,

Highly unlikely. As a matter of fact, they asked me if that was my intention with this (it wasn't) and that not only was it a technical challenge they'd be reluctant to consider, but there was likely a very small market for it overall, given their experience with similar poorly-faring ideas in their existing product lineup.

Consider that existing individual race cards have rather a bit of 'filler' in them (albeit different filler for different folks): races you're really not interested in from a bettor's point of view (though owners may sure want maiden 2YO and Turf sprints with 5 horses with guaranteed running prizes, and some tracks struggling to fill even 8 races a day). You could say that for the actually valuable races you get from buying 1 card now, it's over priced. However, paying for, say 4 cards to get 8 races where every race is one where your records show you have an edge - that cost of $1.50 x 4 = $6.00 (Regular plan) may be quite a bargain (and anyway, better than the printed DRF ).

In fact, I'm not shy to say I hope it promotes more data sales - but at the same time much more value to the user.

Ted