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Ted Craven · 01-31-2012, 06:49 PM

Rafael,

Welcome to PaceandCap! (I have fond memories of trekking in the deep south of Venezuela around Angel Falls, also beyond Merida in the Andes!)

SC stands for Second Call. In this Pace of Horse Velocity screen, it is the average velocity (feet per second, adjusted) from the beginning of the race through the 2nd call point (4f for sprints and 6f for routes). The information is shown using other numbers (though the same rankings) on other screens: SC on the Segments screen and EPR (more or less) on the TPR+E/L screen and BLBL screen summary.

You are right that it is a valuable indicator of a horse's ability to position itself by this critical marker in a race (different percentage of race completion according to distance) - BUT, it's general usefulness is subject to what performance it is able to render in the important Final Fraction (F3), and relative to what other horses are doing in their own 2nd call relative to final fraction efforts (the complexity of the matchup and relative energy disbursements).

I also suggest you keep a model of factors which are Composite factors, such as CPR, TPP, and importantly BLBL and VDC, which include BOTH the effect of 2nd call performance AND 3rd fraction performance and the critical deceleration in the 3rd fraction relative to the 2nd call performance.

You can either simply observe these factors in any given race, or also model them by surface, track and distance or distance structure using the Export to Excel feature. For more on modeling, please see the Release Notes for that version - V0.99.1 I think - as well as Richie's excellent (and humorous) video. You don't have to do modeling of factors, but it is an advanced piece of the puzzle.

Hope this adds light, rather than confusion!

Ted

01-31-2012, 06:49 PM	#7
Ted Craven Grade 1 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada Posts: 8,854	Rafael, Welcome to PaceandCap! (I have fond memories of trekking in the deep south of Venezuela around Angel Falls, also beyond Merida in the Andes!) SC stands for Second Call. In this Pace of Horse Velocity screen, it is the average velocity (feet per second, adjusted) from the beginning of the race through the 2nd call point (4f for sprints and 6f for routes). The information is shown using other numbers (though the same rankings) on other screens: SC on the Segments screen and EPR (more or less) on the TPR+E/L screen and BLBL screen summary. You are right that it is a valuable indicator of a horse's ability to position itself by this critical marker in a race (different percentage of race completion according to distance) - BUT, it's general usefulness is subject to what performance it is able to render in the important Final Fraction (F3), and relative to what other horses are doing in their own 2nd call relative to final fraction efforts (the complexity of the matchup and relative energy disbursements). I also suggest you keep a model of factors which are Composite factors, such as CPR, TPP, and importantly BLBL and VDC, which include BOTH the effect of 2nd call performance AND 3rd fraction performance and the critical deceleration in the 3rd fraction relative to the 2nd call performance. You can either simply observe these factors in any given race, or also model them by surface, track and distance or distance structure using the Export to Excel feature. For more on modeling, please see the Release Notes for that version - V0.99.1 I think - as well as Richie's excellent (and humorous) video. You don't have to do modeling of factors, but it is an advanced piece of the puzzle. Hope this adds light, rather than confusion! Ted __________________ RDSS - Racing Decision Support System™