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Old 04-18-2018, 01:24 PM   #106
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So the track variant is still available thru Equibase which I buy a few times a week, but not in Bris? Couldn't you just go to drf.com and from the pdf results files get the variant which is published for all tracks and races every day? You may have to manually input it into your file for your tracks of interest.

For the next few months I will use Post Time Daily because I doubt Bris will put the variants in on past races that were missed.

Spending another $.70 is more cost efficient than looking up charts for old races.

Because I'm set in my ways, I wish Bris didn't have this problem, and that they cared enough to fix it promptly, so I didn't have to go elsewhere.

PTD pp's are in slightly different format than Bris's.
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Old 04-18-2018, 01:34 PM   #107
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Interesting that one poster says he's done BETTER since the figure problem - without knowing there was a problem.

Figs have lost their value. You can do better concentrating on other factors.

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Old 04-19-2018, 09:41 AM   #108
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Figs have lost their value. You can do better concentrating on other factors.
It's a bit of a dilemma.

The times of races matter, but making speed figures part of your handicapping tends to reduce the value of whatever else you are doing.

If you find some approach that's close to break even on it's own and decide to only play the ones that have the top speed figure also, it will probably raise the win% and lower the ROI.
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Old 04-19-2018, 02:30 PM   #109
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Dave from Bris just called my home at 1 PM central time and said the problem has been fixed going forward.

The about 2 month period of no variants from mid-March to now will not be able to be fixed so the gap will remain.

I will still use Post Time Daily pp's for a month or two until Bris's current races have the variants.
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Old 04-20-2018, 02:03 PM   #110
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Dave from Bris phoned me again.

He said they were able to fix the problem with the older races that are missing the variants.

I haven't verified it yet, but if so, this should end this thread.
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Figs have lost their value. You can do better concentrating on other factors.
For you, maybe...and whatever figs you use or used to use.

Doesn't mean that's the same for everyone.
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