Re: THORO VS SHEETS? AN ACID TEST (581 Views)
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toppled (IP Logged)
Date: May 10, 2006 07:18PM
I don't see how using top 3 numbers would yield accurate results. Part of playing sheets is recognizing certain patterns, using your own developed interpretations. Your method would not take that into account. I'll give an example using a race that I had both sets of sheets on for: In one case, the relative #s after adjusting for sheet differences (since Thorograph #s are lower than Ragozin #s) on the winner showed an explosive pattern entering a race on one product, which I'll call A. On the other product (B), there was greater improvement in the horses's last race, but it didn't show the upcoming explosive move, since the number was significantly better in the earlier race that pinpointed the move on A sheets. In this case, using my interpretations, Product A wins this race, while product B would have yielded a higher #, but may not have pointed the user to the winner. Other times B would beat A in a similar race-once again subject to user interpretation.
About the only way you could have an acid test would be for Jerry to square off mano a mano with one of the Lens, each giving a selection before the races for a statically significant # of races. That's about the only real way to test the products, having the head guy from each interpreting their own sheets.