Full 2023 Dataset available at no charge

[Saratoga]

Originally Posted by denniswilliams

Haven't seen the file but what I get is that it's in .xml format and difficult to deal with in EXCEL. If you know PYTHON you can just read the file into a dataframe and do whatever you want with it.

Well, that's not happening ...LOL

I glanced thu it and saw the first 3 horses but it wasn't for that day...

Totally confusing..

I need Tom to figure this out.....

[vegasone]

Dropbox takes a while to propagate the files. Haven't actually checked the files yet.

[Saratoga]

Originally Posted by vegasone

Dropbox takes a while to propagate the files. Haven't actually checked the files yet.

Yes , please do and get back to us....


Whomever sent this , maybe had good intentions but forgot to ask

us handicappers what we actually need....

I'm sure HDW was starting to sweat with this....

Tom Tom....you get it yet

[vegasone]

If you highlight the different folders and click on 3 dots, you can download the folder to your PC. Just unzip folders to your preferred location.

[Tom]

Thanks for the replies.
If it's .xml, I have no use for it.

[TrifectaBox]

To make use of this data, you will have to have some considerable programming skills and / or learn new ones .


Do any of the existing handicapping programs out there import these particular xml files directly ?

[Saratoga]

Originally Posted by TrifectaBox

To make use of this data, you will have to have some considerable programming skills and / or learn new ones .


Do any of the existing handicapping programs out there import these particular xml files directly ?

The simple answer...no

[zerosky]

I found the following video to be extremely helpful when using truckmaster xml files. Get the schema set up first then importation into excel is a doddle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-yGgxlszmc

[Saratoga]

Originally Posted by zerosky

I found the following video to be extremely helpful when using truckmaster xml files. Get the schema set up first then importation into excel is a doddle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-yGgxlszmc

Thank you Zero....

Interesting video .....


All the files are zipped by date....


If this can be done in bulk ...it might work ......

But its still a lot of work

[andicap]

Originally Posted by sjk

Hard to say whether someone from a standing start would have a good chance to catch and beat the CAW teams. It would be a daunting task unlike 30 years ago when getting something out of the data was very doable.

It has come to whether it is really not worth the time to see if there are any plays. I skipped the weekend for about the first time in thirty years and haven't looked at it yesterday or today either. Maybe I am retired.

Join the club.

[TrifectaBox]

Originally Posted by Saratoga

Thank you Zero....

Interesting video .....


All the files are zipped by date....


If this can be done in bulk ...it might work ......

But its still a lot of work

Even after getting it all imported, there's a lot to be done to make use of the data in this form.

[Saratoga]

Originally Posted by TrifectaBox

Even after getting it all imported, there's a lot to be done to make use of the data in this form.

After the contest , maybe upercapper can ask this guy what's up with

these files...since he's a Equibase employee

[TrifectaBox]

Let me guess. Everyone so busy running queries against this data, they have no time to comment .

[Saratoga]

Originally Posted by TrifectaBox

Let me guess. Everyone so busy running queries against this data, they have no time to comment .

LOL

or dumped all the data like me....

[Tom]

How many files get sent toDropBox, and howvmuch space do you need?