I don't know much about the Sartin methodology, but I am happy Ray Talbot is getting some credit in this thread.
One of the first books I ever read about horseracing was by Ray Talbot. It was primarily about pace figures and form cycles. When I read it (in the 70s) it was already a pretty old book. So his ideas about pace had been out there for quite a long time already.
It's funny because in the 70s Beyer was telling us that pace doesn't matter at all and most TG/RAGs players still believe that it rarely matters.
Sure the charts have improved and the insights have been refined, but Ray T is one of the most underrated authors out there. He was way ahead of his time even if some of the charts and rules for systems seem dated now.
I wish I still had that original book, but unfortuantely it disappeared into a black hole somewhere. I'd love to read it again.
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