2023 handicapping year in review

[steveb]

Originally Posted by denniswilliams

I'm under the assumption that AUS does not have comprehensive results charts: beaten lengths and fractions. I seem to recall reading about teams down there that use AI to pull that information from race videos. Of course, US racing doesn't have FREE, ACCESSIBLE results data either.


Now, scraping and then parsing PDF files is relatively simple (though tedious) BUT why would anyone want to do it for 3 horse fields? Same goes for paying for data. Obviously not as simple for AUS.


Why would anyone deal with this NONSENSE when HKG offers MORE DATA than one could ever use and LARGE FIELDS with plenty of LONGSHOTS?



And maybe JAPAN will offer BIG BOY TRACK DATA in the near future.


No thanks to 3 horse fields and off-the-turfers

dunno if it's comprehensive or not, but......

https://racingaustralia.horse/home.aspx

.....australia wide.

sections and detailed results are available for most states on their respective websites.

all for free
accuracy, is of course, another topic

[Hedevar]

I haven't posted in quite some time, but the year in review caught my eye. I actually went back and read some 2022 posts. 2023 has come and gone and we are still waiting for a Bears decision on a stadium anywhere. I saw with interest that Indiana wants the Bears. The stands at AP have been demolished and we are waiting for a Stickney casino. There are racing fans in Illinois spinning in their graves because Illinois racing is non-existent.

[Belkster]

Originally Posted by SBD400

I am retired, worked my ass off watching all of the NYRA races this year, building a ratings system, creating a database and grading and writing analysis on just about every race and horse this year at NYRA.

I am not big bettor, but very happy to clock in at -0.88 ROI, just missed a profitable year. Last year I was at -12% without the ratings and database so all the work definitely made a difference.

I almost exclusively bet exactas and WPS. Biggest hits were a 114 to 1 exacta for exactas and I had a 32 to 1 winner as the biggest odds on a win bet.

I learned for me and I have known this over the years that knowing a circuit inside and out is the only way for me and being very methodical in how I bet.

Happy New Year everyone and interested to hear how your year went, the highlights and anything you learned.

Nice change from -12% to -0.88. Definitely the work you did made sense!
My year went positively too. I succeeded in changing my ROI from -5% to +10% Don't always have time to do this, even missed the new year threads Good luck in the new year everyone!