Puntz,

I reran the 14+ runner scenario for Slow and Heavy tracks only. To get a more reasonable number of races I extended the timeframe back to the beginning of 2001 which gave about 500 races. The results were:

B1 to B7: 7.6% strike rate, $11.30 Ave Div, 14% Loss
B8 to B13: 6.2% strike rate, $11.21 Ave Div, 30% Loss
B14 to B24: 7.5% strike rate, $12.40 Ave Div, 6% Loss

Interestingly it is quite consistant with the all tracks data.

Looking at this maybe I SHOULD be considering barriers in larger fields - but the danger area is not the outside as most people seem to think but rather the MIDDLE barriers as these show a big dip in the strike rate!

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[ This Message was edited by: becareful on 2003-12-12 08:11 ]