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Ted Craven · 01-03-2009, 12:46 PM

Steve,

Welcome and here's to great successes in 2009, for you and for each of us!

I acknowledge, with some dismay, that there is not (yet) a central, modern document representing a factor primer, or detailed explanation of the various readouts. What you see today in RDSS has a fairly long heritage. However, here are a few helpful references and links to help you along. As you chunk in some of the factors and their utility, why not post a question about one, or a cluster, specifically which you don't yet understand, especially if you observe that such factor has played a role in surprising winners you perhaps have missed. More experienced users will surely comment about what those readouts mean, and how to use them to identify contenders and wagers. As always, the best way to learn is to compare what works to what didn't work, and iteratively, and gradually, eliminate the difference, customized to repeating scenarios.

Check the Library for Follow Ups 74, 75, 76 and the Series Cracking the Corollary Code Parts 1, 2 &3 which is indeed a factor primer. Most of those factors and their inter-relationships are still in use today. Some new ones have also appeared (via Speculator): the Segments screen Computed Beaten Lengths, which is an expansion of the SCBL (Second Call Beaten Length) readouts referred to in the older Follow Ups of Doc's day. Relative dominance in the first 2 calls, and improvement to the 2nd call are both valuable observations to pay attention to in projecting improvement today.

I made a collection of links to posts by Bill V which have some good illustrations of the various RDSS readouts and how he uses them for paceline selection, non-contender elimination and wager selection. Here: http://paceandcap.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4994

All the best,

Ted

01-03-2009, 12:46 PM	#3
Ted Craven Grade 1 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada Posts: 9,251	Steve, Welcome and here's to great successes in 2009, for you and for each of us! I acknowledge, with some dismay, that there is not (yet) a central, modern document representing a factor primer, or detailed explanation of the various readouts. What you see today in RDSS has a fairly long heritage. However, here are a few helpful references and links to help you along. As you chunk in some of the factors and their utility, why not post a question about one, or a cluster, specifically which you don't yet understand, especially if you observe that such factor has played a role in surprising winners you perhaps have missed. More experienced users will surely comment about what those readouts mean, and how to use them to identify contenders and wagers. As always, the best way to learn is to compare what works to what didn't work, and iteratively, and gradually, eliminate the difference, customized to repeating scenarios. Check the Library for Follow Ups 74, 75, 76 and the Series Cracking the Corollary Code Parts 1, 2 &3 which is indeed a factor primer. Most of those factors and their inter-relationships are still in use today. Some new ones have also appeared (via Speculator): the Segments screen Computed Beaten Lengths, which is an expansion of the SCBL (Second Call Beaten Length) readouts referred to in the older Follow Ups of Doc's day. Relative dominance in the first 2 calls, and improvement to the 2nd call are both valuable observations to pay attention to in projecting improvement today. I made a collection of links to posts by Bill V which have some good illustrations of the various RDSS readouts and how he uses them for paceline selection, non-contender elimination and wager selection. Here: http://paceandcap.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4994 All the best, Ted __________________ RDSS - Racing Decision Support System™ Last edited by Ted Craven; 01-03-2009 at 01:04 PM.