User Question:
I noticed there is no class, connections, or running lines shown in your format. Should I still use that information or shouldn't I?
Thoughts from @predicteform handicapper to handicapper:
Several on several different variables all contribute to the results of a horse race. Predicteform Pace Figures can be used to evaluate what their creator considered the most important of the variables: Condition. We can evaluate condition using our multi-call set of pace figures and Form Cycle Patterns. The lack of secondary variables shown gives us a clean and pure velocity-based view of our primary concern: how a runner is distributing its limited amount of energy over each race.
From here, we can now supplement this priority information with our preferred past performances provider, Brisnet, to consider the secondary variables, of which we may all weight differently - class, connections, trip, workouts, and others.
Use of the Pace Figures is not intended to replace your current understanding of the past performances variables which you are used to. Rather to elevate your game to new levels with the inclusion of figures that give us insight into how a runner will fare today which is ultimately what really matters at the windows.
As example, from a pure Pace Figure standpoint, we know a runner coming off a NPT pattern has a 70% chance to move forward in final figure. By completing our handicapping process, we begin to learn using our own secondary variables what may have contributed in this as well and become better and better at discerning which of these NPT runners will meet expectations and improve (70%) and which do not (30%).
To aid evaluation of condition and Form Cycle Patterns using the Pace Figures, Cary's book “Blinkers Off” is available in a free eBook format on the Predicteform site under the Features tab. It is divided into chapters for easy reference to particular topics relating to the figures. Even better, there is also free access to the Pace Figures for a different track offered every weekend as well as a race of the day.
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