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Houndog · 09-29-2007, 10:17 AM

Although I am not a tester of RDSS Ted's answer on how the races are Equalized, Normalized, and Adjusted to "Sartin Downs" instead of today's track is something I was not aware of. It probably was mentioned in the past, but I must have missed it. Anyhow I am going to print out Ted's very detailed explanation on how these adjustments are calculated. I look forward to your future posts in this area.

mufasa, you also raised a good point about how sometimes the adjustments may make a horse's times seem unrealistic. I have seen first fraction velocity's on some horse's in the 61 and over FPS. Now with Ted's explanation I know why this is the case. It is probably as you suggest in your post not to try to compare these with the DRF or BRIS pp's.

I believe Richie uses the raw unadusted lines in RDSS for Matching up horses. Anyhow these posts help me clarify a couple of things that I had concerns about. Thanks-----Houndog.

09-29-2007, 10:17 AM	#10
Houndog Grade 1 Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,258	Thanks Ted and mufasa Although I am not a tester of RDSS Ted's answer on how the races are Equalized, Normalized, and Adjusted to "Sartin Downs" instead of today's track is something I was not aware of. It probably was mentioned in the past, but I must have missed it. Anyhow I am going to print out Ted's very detailed explanation on how these adjustments are calculated. I look forward to your future posts in this area. mufasa, you also raised a good point about how sometimes the adjustments may make a horse's times seem unrealistic. I have seen first fraction velocity's on some horse's in the 61 and over FPS. Now with Ted's explanation I know why this is the case. It is probably as you suggest in your post not to try to compare these with the DRF or BRIS pp's. I believe Richie uses the raw unadusted lines in RDSS for Matching up horses. Anyhow these posts help me clarify a couple of things that I had concerns about. Thanks-----Houndog.