Speed Advantage

[sligg]

What is the definition of a double speed advantage and a triple speed advantage?

[Greyfox]

Guessing here. A double speed advantage is a runner that has shown two speed figures higher than any in the field. eg. Two higher Beyers.

[sligg]

Is this for the last two races for double and last three races for triple or all the listed races of the competitors.

[BIG HIT]

The last 2 or 3 race

[rgustafson]

My understanding of the double advantage horse was it was fastest in both early and late pace figures.

[ryesteve]

My understanding of the double advantage horse was it was fastest in both early and late pace figures.The first time I ever saw the phrase was back in Beyer's first book, so it wasn't referring to pace figures.

[fmolf]

The first time I ever saw the phrase was back in Beyer's first book, so it wasn't referring to pace figures.correct a double figure horse has its last two speed figures better than any other horses by at least three points to be significant... he uses only last two races to determine this...last three for a triple fig
so each of a horses last two figures must be 3 points higher than both of the last two for each of the other horses

[Greyfox]

correct a double figure horse has its last two speed figures better than any other horses by at least three points to be significant... he uses only last two races to determine this...last three for a triple fig
so each of a horses last two figures must be 3 points higher than both of the last two for each of the other horses

Bingo. :ThmbUp: :ThmbUp: I knew my guess above was warm, but my memory knew there was more to it than just two highest Beyers.

[rgustafson]

The first time I ever saw the phrase was back in Beyer's first book, so it wasn't referring to pace figures.

My mistake. I was thinking od what Dick Mitchell termed a "double advantage" horse.

[fmolf]

My mistake. I was thinking od what Dick Mitchell termed a "double advantage" horse.
i thoroughly enjoyed both of Mitchell's books "Common Sense Handicapping" and the follow up "Common Sense Betting" both were easy to read and informative and would recommend both to even seasoned handicappers.. the only part i got bored with was some of the math in his betting book