How do I work out the beaten margin in dog races? Do I use 1.5 lengths or something different?

I have worked out some class ratings for each grade of race. They are only a guide and need more experimenting.

Benny

1 length= 0.066 sec
So if the dog was beaten by 15 lengths.
15 x 0.066 = 0.99
So 15 lengths = almost 1 second
Add the beaten time on to the winner.
That should do it.
Then this will give you how far the dog was behind the winner in lenghts and time.
One thing is dont rely on time ratings alone when it comes to dogs, this will send you BROKE......

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I would have thought time ratings would be the "light and the way" in dog racing. Is this not so?

I would tend to agree. The faster a dog is, the more chance it has of winning the race.

I have an excel spreadsheet that converts last 3 starts to speed and converts it to current race distance. If a dog heads all 3 of my criteria for the race, it becomes a betting opportunity for me.
You would be surprised at some of the longer prices paid for some of these dogs.

Played arround with this dog thing the last few weeks in regards to this post, you are right BJ, some of the pays i got were stupid, best so far was 44 units for the win at lismore race 7 the other night, always keep your eyes open for options

best regards

so how do you convert the times from previous starts to todays distance? Do you divide it by the distance raced over then and multiply it by todays?