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Originally Posted by Duritz
OzPunter you've opened up a huge can of worms with how to use secs. The best thing is not to want secs too much, and not to rely on secs, because you never know when you're going to go for a period without secs. Oh yeah, and whatever you do, don't pay for secs.
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Dear Duritz,
Let me say, firstly perhaps it's a sign of my maturity in Punting not to take displayed information literally without firstly checking out all the angles, asking questions and making my own mind up about whether I use it or not....
What I'm seeking is advice from thinking readers, like yourself, who display a reluctance to rush in and make some unsupportable statement.
I don't actually use sectionals at this point but when I've sat down and spent some time studying them I've come up with some doozey theories only to have them dashed by my own testing, later.
For example if you look at a sectional times from SportsColour, I break a 1200m race down into the start first 400M, the race body 400-800m and the race finish, last 400M. By comparing performances between runners you can pick a superior runner. Add this to your own theories on Class and Weight Handicapping and you can see the effect of Weight and Class on the runner...
Race fitness should also show in these figures...
There has to be a way to categorize all this and draw a rule of guidance so you can compare runners between previous races and upcoming expected results.
I'm sure there is a clue in sectional times, through persistance and asking questions, I might just find it.. If I do it'll lift my accuracy another 5-10% which will be financially rewarding.
By the way,
www.sportscolour.com.au don't charge for their sectional time info. I'm reluctant to pay for anything I don't have to.
Kind Regards
OzPunter