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Originally Posted by GMB@BP
Do whales depend on the timing or do they do it themselves, thus making the tracks current position more profitable?
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I know from conversations I've had with some of them that for thoroughbred races in the US and Canada where speed figs are available, yes, they do use speed figs... Beyer, TimeformUS, and HDW, etc.
I also know they make custom adjustments to the figs.
For international races where Beyer, TimeformUS, HDW, etc. are not available, they've been known to hire a capable figure maker. (Hint: search for some of the posts by steveb.)
I would guess a few of them likely have an in-house figure maker on the payroll for races in the US and Canada too.
I would also guess many/most of them are perfectly capable of sanity checking times in the chart data using recorded video and the procedure CJ has written about.
-jp
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