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Old 03-26-2014, 09:52 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by PhantomOnTour
Whaaaaat?

Who said the outside is considered better?
For ex: the #1 hole at Aqu has the highest win % in sprints.
Could it be that the #1 hole has a higher win per cent because it usually has fewer horses to race? For example, a horse from the 12 post is always racing against 11 other horses. A horse from the 1 post is racing against anywhere from 2 to 11 other horses. Therefore, it might be reasonable to expect the 12 post to have a lower win per cent than the 1 post. That's why I "normalize" post stats to a 10 horse field.
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