27th October 2010, 07:17 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2009
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Michaelg,
Thank you very much for opening my eyes to the usefulness of the 12 month Don Scott rating on R&S. I had played with the R&S weight ratings previously, but had not noticed how good the 12 months rating seems to be as an assessment of class.
Your current use of this 12 months figure, filtered by 11 or fewer days since last run, may or may not produce long term POT (we all still hope it does, of course). Nevertheless, I think you have proved the worth of the 12 month rating. Perhaps other filters may produce better POT. I am playing with taking all horses within 2.0gs of the top rating, and then applying filters such as exactly 14 days since last run, or a pattern from a horse's last spell which matches its previous successful racing pattern – e.g., if its previous campaign pattern was x088312, then I would wait until 4th up next time.
Again, thanks heaps for the insight into how to make the most of the R&S ratings.
Jackact
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