Quote:
Originally Posted by mildeu
Hi Ted,
Understanding (painfully) the many, many little bits we must look at to win a race, pedigree is just another....That being said and in answer to your questions.
"BREEDING WINNERS" is a site I happened upon (breedingwinners.com) that purports to analyze the pertinent suitability of the breeding of the horses to a certain style, track dist and composition and stamina. I find some interest in first time starters as well as higher class races......MUCH WORK. Some may want to check it out.
I will attach a screen shot of a race taken from another program (not breedingwiners.com) from "BRIS" Bloodstock single file past performances that gives a pretty good visual as to what I see.
Again, I am not making an attempt push or endorse any system developed by others, to the detriment of RDSS (THANK YOU, by the way).
I do not have the skills to extract this data from BRISs PPs as in csv? if even that is the correct word. However for your investigation....
mildeu
|
About "BRIS"
Company Overview
Bloodstock Research Information Services, Inc. provides on-line information and data used by horse breeders and the horse racing industry. It produces handicapping and pedigree reports to racetracks, horse owners and breeders, horseplayers, and racing-related publications. The company is based in Lexington, Kentucky. As of June 11, 2007, Bloodstock Research Information Services, Inc. is a subsidiary of Churchill Downs, Inc.
801 Corporate Drive
Third Floor
Suite 301
Lexington, KY 40503
United States
Founded in 1987
Now here is the same overview with just a couple items stricken from the statement.
Company Overview
Bloodstock Research Information Services, Inc. provides information and data used by horse breeders and the horse racing industry. It produces pedigree reports to racetracks, horse owners and breeders, and racing-related publications. The company is based in Lexington, Kentucky.
This is how the online company most people know as “BRIS” or “BRISNET” got started. At that time there was no internet and they did not provide handicapping reports and the like. They were strictly an outlet for breeding information. Given that they are based in Kentucky that makes sense.
However, with the advent of the internet and all the things that go with that, it made sense for them to get involved in the handicapping aspect of the sport. It also makes sense that they would include in their handicapping material that which is the foundation of their company, breeding. That doesn’t mean breeding is a solid foundation for handicapping. Consider that SECRETARIAT was royally bred, but that none of his offspring demonstrated that breeding nor
his racing ability. Consider also, that JOHN HENRY’s sire was a horse by the name of “Old Bob Bowers”, whose claim to fame was that he probably pulled a carriage in New York’s Central Park or perhaps an old fashioned milk wagon.