Re: Ghostzapper (443 Views)
Posted by:
JimP (IP Logged)
Date: September 14, 2004 05:35PM
Classhandicapper, I think your approach is sound. And similar in principle to what I suspect most of us use. You see the figures as a pattern with some anomalies. Then you look closely at the anomalies to see if there are logical explanations for why they occured. You postulate "pace" (in several forms) as a possible explanation. Makes sense to me. I'm sure you agree that there are other factors that might explain the anomalies as well. Some obvious ones are dry vs wet surface, distance, etc. Don't we all look for those. And after we sort through the possible explanations we try to see if a real pattern does emerge. I think it's a fairly standard approach. And I don't see why pace, in the context of a particular horse's pattern, couldn't be one of those possible mitigating factors. So what is everyone arguing about?