Have dabbled with the dish-lickers on and off in the past. Did write a program
many years back which took into account past performances, consistency, best time course & distance (if existed), box drawer, box drawer preference, normal style of racing, early speed factor, slow early factor and an “anticipated early speed pattern” for the field.

In relation to analysing past performances, built in factors like interference compensation, time versus best of night, time versus track record, box drawer and grade.

Had a bit of fun, but main problem I had was estimating the interference compensation, where I did not have access to race replays. Had generic rules to cover but many times not as accurate as you would like.

Something I still find useful when trying to line up performances on different courses & distances is comparison to the track record. Was not uncommon to compare two dogs performances, different course same distance, where dog “A” had a better time than dog “B”, yet dog “B” ran a time closer the track record, and performed accordingly on race night.

For those interested, track records can be viewed at:

http://www.anzga.org.au/trackrecords.htm


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All the best from the West

Sandgroper :smile:

[ This Message was edited by: Sandgroper on 2002-12-10 15:00 ]