Smartgambler
Pro-Punter

Go Back   OZmium Sports Betting and Horse Racing Forums > Public Forums > General Topics
User Name
Password
Register FAQ Search Today's Posts Mark all topics as read

To advertise on these
forums, e-mail us.

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
  #11  
Old 1st May 2011, 10:03 PM
gunny72 gunny72 is offline
Banned
 
Join Date: Jan 1970
Posts: 147
Default

Knowles' results use place % ranking and not absolute place percent. The top ranked horse could have just 30% places and still be his no. 1 selection for a race.

I agree that the top ranked horse nowadays shows about a 10% LOT but the top three ranked place % horses still produce close to 48% of Saturday winners and my records indicate this has been the case since 1992.

I think more punters are using these stats these days as once I could make a modest profit using the two longest priced starters (3 mins to go on the tab) of the top 3 ranked place% horses but not lately.
Reply With Quote
  #12  
Old 2nd May 2011, 12:01 PM
Barny Barny is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 1,091
Default

gunny72, yup top ranked place % ..... wrong tram again for me !

Thanks for that !

Malcolm Knowles book put too much emphasis on the top ranked place % compared with the top ranked win %. Take the top TWO in both the win % and the place % and it's line ball. The figures seemed to cute for mine and it's interesting that things have changed as you said.
Reply With Quote
Reply


Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On
Forum Jump



All times are GMT +10. The time now is 03:11 PM.


Powered by: vBulletin Version 3.0.3
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
©2008 OZmium Pty. Ltd. All rights reserved . ACN 091184655