Class ratings

[froggy]

Ted,

Is there some way to be able to know the APV and CLASS ratings from the BL/BL screen?

For me that is where I make my final selections.

I was thinking maybe little numbers up on top in the buttons for each horse or down below in the open acreage.

Thanks for everything,

Froggy

[Ted Craven]

Froggy,

As it stands, the colours shown represent the top 3 Class Ratings (CR). #1 was CR rank 1 (red), #3 was CR rank 2 (green), #4 was CR rank 3 (yellow).



As you know, half the content of CR is APV. Are you looking for a way to have ALL the CR and the APV values and rankings visible somehow while you're looking at the remaining contenders on the BL/BL screen? Or is the Top 3 CR as shown acceptible? I'm always wary of having too many numbers jammed into a small space. That's why I try to use other markups to convey info, like colour, bold, underlines, etc.

Ted

[froggy]

Ted,

I don't have much time between receiving the scratches, finalizing the races and departure for the book.
I go through the entire card either the night before or early in the morning.
I get the scratches, usually about 1hr before first post.
I then go through each race and eliminate down to five and ties using energy or BL/BL.
Then I have to print before I go.
There is just not much time.

This morning was a good example, and it has happened before and cost money.
Had I not looked for the class rating of the sprinter to see if he really belonged in the race I would not have seen the class rating of the 7.
I was considering making the 5 and 7 my selections.
When I saw the rating of the 7 I backed off.
Had I not done something that I ordinarily don't do, I would have lost this race.
I assume that most people don't make their eliminations from the list of entries, but that too is valuable information.
I know that you can't have everything on the BL/BL page, but I was hoping that you would give this idea some consideration before it gets placed up on the shelf.

Thanks,

Froggy

[Ted Craven]

OK Froggy, I will study it.

By the way, I strongly suggest you try that race again in Spec mode and see what happens to that sprinter. Further to to our other discussion about sprinters entered in a route, if you otherwise prefer Val4 mode, at least you could seek confirmation from Spec mode about the validity of projected sprinters (since IMO the projection formula in Spec mode is superior). But of course you should not adopt someone else's opinion outright without proving it for youself first.

Ted

[froggy]

Ted,

I did go to Spec and look at it and of course forgot to switch back and printed out all the races in Spec. (Oh well, nobodys perfect.)
The sprinter came up third and the 7 was gloriously on top with a primary line score of 8.
Ended up betting the sprinter and the 8 to catch the win.

Thanks,

Froggy