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Originally Posted by Ted Craven
XTB,
WHile I am familiar with Tom Hambleton's work in PMTR, I am unfamiliar with Hambleton Form Points. Are these a public domain calculation? If so, could you point us to a reference, or otherwise provide more details.
Also, what use would you make of them. Thanks.
Ted
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Tom Hambleton published a book shortly after PMTR called "Form Points" which expanded on the chapter in PMTR. He came up with numerical ratings for a slew of factors which do a decent job of indicating form. I've noticed that when some members post 2 horse selections using TPR's or speculator or whatever, quite often one horse finishes up the track when the other wins. I believe the Form Points would do very well in identifying these horses and help a lot of people's bottom line.
I don't know if these are considered public domain or not, there's nothing earth shattering about them. Most of the factors or angles in the book have been around for a long time but Hambleton did a good job of bringing them all together and assigning a rating to each. If they were incorporated into RDSS however, I think that you would want to allow the user to change the default settings if desired.
I've seen where "All Ways" claims to have Hambleton Form Points incorporated into their s/w so I don't know if it would be considered similar to Quirin Speed points as far as public domain or if they had to get permission. Anyway, I just thought it might be something that could enhance your s/w while keeping within the Sartin realm.