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socantra · 04-04-2007, 05:42 AM

Nice review of Valm, Bill. Since the program was set up for 3 year best times and a DRF variant, there's logically no reason why Trackmaster's data change should have any effect on it at all. It was designed as the last of a long line of programs for people who enter their lines by hand from the Daily Racing Form.

I would be very careful about using par times instead of the 3 year best. A par is going to generally be quite a bit slower than track records and that might skew the adjustments. It might work out ok, but I would test them side by side to see what it did first

Dick

04-04-2007, 05:42 AM	#9
socantra Grade 1 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Norman, OK Posts: 387	Nice review of Valm, Bill. Since the program was set up for 3 year best times and a DRF variant, there's logically no reason why Trackmaster's data change should have any effect on it at all. It was designed as the last of a long line of programs for people who enter their lines by hand from the Daily Racing Form. I would be very careful about using par times instead of the 3 year best. A par is going to generally be quite a bit slower than track records and that might skew the adjustments. It might work out ok, but I would test them side by side to see what it did first Dick __________________ "Ils Sont Partis"