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Handicapping changes?
How fast does handicapping change? If too fast then why buy software at all? If not, what are you doing to keep up with it? Are the essentials always the same?
I believe racing changes happen all at once like when poly tracks popped up or PC became available. In between these changes very little happens. And I do believe the fundamentals are always there. We just need to figure out how to adapt the fundamentals to the changes.
The major changes that I can list are
- Horses are better grouped into a race of similar class horses.
- Days since last raced isn't as straight foward as it used to be.
- poly tracks
- Many more sprint turf races
- Many more optional claiming or, at least, it seems so.
- Computer aided handicapping.
- Speed figures are available to everyone.
- The public is hip to pace, but not as much as they think they are.
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