A Leading Question (stats)

[Messenger]

Jan 5 = 22/44 (Boort 1/8) Amazing for 712m track

[Messenger]

Jan 5 = 23/54 (Melton 1/10)

[Jasper]

Gloucester Park 5/7 (6/8 if you include the standing start race)

The irony of keeping these stats, my horse leading and getting beaten is not lost on me!

[Messenger]

We include the stand start as we are looking at the boring factor.
It was an unusual day in Vic yesterday with only 2/18 leaders winning.

[gutwagon]

Will be interesting to see how the track without a sprint lane (Ballararat) compares to the rest. I really think the sprint lane has made racing very boring.

Of course the handicapping system still leads to some races with one horse being much better than the rest of the field , that horse usually goes to the front regardless of the draw just to avoid trouble .

[Messenger]

2 very good points Rick, if I was a techno whizz (and not lazy) I should be incorporating/recording things like draw and odds (as an indicator of handicapping morals)

[Messenger]

Jan 6 = 31/64 (Bendigo 8/10)

[Messenger]

Jan 7 = 35/73 (Cobram 4/9)

[Jasper]

I take it your including the 1200 mtre races in your stats?

[Messenger]

Every race and where the leader at the bell wins. However if the leader at bell is crossed and comes again to win - that would not be considered boring