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Originally Posted by PunterPete
Has anyone else ever looked at the sectional times in detail?
The reason I ask is because of the recorded information differences between sectionals and the 600m race time given in the official results. I am not just talking about a small variance but differences of sometimes well over 1sec (This is over 6Lens).
For example take ANAPINE who won yesterday at Rosehill. Look at the information provide on its last start at Randwick R4. The last 600m for the race was listed at 34.33sec in the results, and ANAPINE lead all the way. Therefore you would expect its last 600 in the sectionals to be around 34.3secs. But when you open the sectionals you see the 600 sectional of 35.7secs. When you listen to the race it seems the sectional of 35.7secs is closer to the money.
This is just one example of many and its not just Randwick. Just have a look for yourself on the ajc site or any other.
Can anyone shed some light on what is going on and which information can we trust if any? This is very frustrating when trying to do sectional analysis.
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Hi!
Yes, there are many mistakes in the data, after all these figures are entered by human data entry operators.
I personally depend a great deal on the final time of the race re. rating, but disregard the sectionals even when fully available, ie. for the turn 800, etc.
simply because it will only show you one thing, and one thing only; HOW the race was run!!!
This is only my opinion of course, so devotees of sectionals, if you want to buy an argument look elsewhere.
The time for Rosehill on a good track for 1400 M should be around 85 + sec.
I have a bench mark for all tracks all conditions all distances, and my programme will compare the racetime with the benchmark before rating, and if it is out of whack I get an error message.
Saved me a lot of dud bets I can tell you!
Hope it helps a little, good luck!