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Originally Posted by Jeff P
Track condition in the the xml for today's dirt races (sloppy.)
But no track condition in the xml for today's off turf races (R4, R6, and R8.)
-jp
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Jeff, I know you mentioned before that you pull weather data. Have you ever looked into how well weather data can be used to approximate or improve on the track condition as given by Equibase?
My initial thought was that one could get a better sense of the track's condition by looking at the weather for the last 1hr, day, week etc via some type of modeling vs just using Equibase's description. The goal would then be to develop this model and completely stop using Equibase's description. However, I'm wondering if Equibase incorporates anything that they might know about how management is handling the weather w/r/t sealing the track, etc. If Equibase does have this info, then there would still be value in their description. Just curious if you've ever looked into this..
