I'm looking at fractions when I want to assess the flow of a prior race with respect to a horse's trips, that's both a fractional to final time relationship as well as a visual interpretation of the horse and rider. For the pace figures that I generate however it's more about estimating forward placement than anything else. I want to know even if it's just a ballpark estimate where a horse projects to be running early in a race for risk assessment. It's not vital to have pace figures for any of these types of assessments IMO but it's more of a time management thing, same as my class figures. If I have good numbers, that gives me an initial framework to build upon and ultimately allows me to spend more time looking at things that might be considered more art than science.
Last edited by MJC922; 11-22-2013 at 06:55 AM.
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