Eric Bowers narrowing the field
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Leodis
Gelding
It works on non-handicaps ,
DuckandDive and is a good starting point for a shortlist. In fact, I once used it as a set of ratings (100-bower) in the VDW approach.
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Thapa VC 5.00 Donny.
I highlighted this horse, when I put up my first bet, Rosemary's Rose.
It was sent off fav and was travelling very well behind the leaders but Oisin Murphy couldn't find a gap and never had the chance to open up.
Currently 9/2 with 4 places with B365.
As I am not really using the Eric Bowers principles (though very interesting), I will put my future selections on my own thread. I should have done this before now!
I highlighted this horse, when I put up my first bet, Rosemary's Rose.
It was sent off fav and was travelling very well behind the leaders but Oisin Murphy couldn't find a gap and never had the chance to open up.
Currently 9/2 with 4 places with B365.
As I am not really using the Eric Bowers principles (though very interesting), I will put my future selections on my own thread. I should have done this before now!
TheBluesBrother
Dam
Today's Newspaper OR cards.
TheBluesBrother
Dam
Today's Newspaper ORs cards.
DuckandDive
Mare
The ones in bold become the "narrowed field". Some questions about "value" overall.
Trilby, Station X, The Bell Conductor, merit further consideration.
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This is how the Bowers Short-listed ended up with the last sporting life odds show. BSP @ 4.47 for the winner.
The rating supported the method well.
First 4 in the mix.
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Trilby, Station X, The Bell Conductor, merit further consideration.
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This is how the Bowers Short-listed ended up with the last sporting life odds show. BSP @ 4.47 for the winner.
The rating supported the method well.
First 4 in the mix.
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DuckandDive
Mare
Early market move takes Golden Muse away from my "value" range.
The short-listed runners don't all tally with Bowers, preference leans towards Club Class & Jindri, but there are some nice priced back ups too.
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Market was right, just on that one.
The short-listed runners don't all tally with Bowers, preference leans towards Club Class & Jindri, but there are some nice priced back ups too.
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Market was right, just on that one.
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DuckandDive
Mare
Another early market mover, Tarbat Ness, gets taken out of my "value" range.
The narrowed short-list, falls nicely into place. Using early Betfair prices, although no real liquidity at this stage.
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Winner went off @ BSP 7.20. Favourite was backed even more, so no value there for sure.
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The narrowed short-list, falls nicely into place. Using early Betfair prices, although no real liquidity at this stage.
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Winner went off @ BSP 7.20. Favourite was backed even more, so no value there for sure.
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DuckandDive
Mare
From the short-listed range of selections, Return to Unit aligns well.
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Just before the off, the picture changed somewhat. Bowers short-list changed due to late money for other runner.
When combining my rating with Bowers range, the winner was still valid at a BSP 8.37.
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Just before the off, the picture changed somewhat. Bowers short-list changed due to late money for other runner.
When combining my rating with Bowers range, the winner was still valid at a BSP 8.37.
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TheBluesBrother
Dam
It looks like the RP has added a filter to the race pages to stop the use of AI.
Copilot:
It looks like the page you have open doesn’t contain any readable text for me to summarise. The browser reports ContentFiltered, which means the page’s contents are blocked and not accessible.
Mike.
Copilot:
It looks like the page you have open doesn’t contain any readable text for me to summarise. The browser reports ContentFiltered, which means the page’s contents are blocked and not accessible.
Mike.
Michael231
Gelding
TheBluesBrother Can it be got from the sporting life website or does it search for wherever it can get access.
TheBluesBrother
Dam
I found a way around the RP filter.@TheBluesBrother
Can it be got from the sporting life website or does it search for wherever it can get access.
I right-clicked on the individual race and copied the link address, opened Copliot and pasted in the URL,
this worked.
The trouble with using the Sporting Life card it doesn't have RPRs, which I use.
Mike.
The Racing Post really are going out of their way to make life as difficult as possible for their readers. The appalling race card ‘update’ and now this. They really do deserve to lose readership. There are alternatives, they just take a little getting used to. I’m abandoning the Post and I’ll look elsewhere.
TheBluesBrother
Dam
I spoke too soon, the filter still applied itself to the data.
Copilot:
Michael, I can build your (RPR + OR) − Live Odds ratings table instantly — but the race you opened has no runners declared, and your browser tab contains no racecard data at all.
Mike.
JennyK
Gelding
"I’m abandoning the Post and I’ll look elsewhere."
We have, for cards, M Monty, and have found the Life site a good one, though we have had to make some adjustments as we go along, especially with course names. My Excel app was coded to accept Epsom, but last week the Life cards referred to it as Epsom Downs, which required a little extra coding as up to that point course names only allowed for one word.
The only downside to the Life cards, and I can understand why, is that pre the day of the race they don't give going, so I have to add the forecast for that manually. Even when I used to use the Post's card, though, I not infrequently had to change going and re-run the Excel book some hours after running the race through the first time.
Another possibility is the free daily send from UKRacingData.co.uk. It is very good and had we come across it earlier might well have opted to use that rather than the Life, as it comes as an Excel download. I'd have needed to change some of the formats, particularly weights, but that is easy enough.
If the Post thought it was indispensible, it needs to think again.
We have, for cards, M Monty, and have found the Life site a good one, though we have had to make some adjustments as we go along, especially with course names. My Excel app was coded to accept Epsom, but last week the Life cards referred to it as Epsom Downs, which required a little extra coding as up to that point course names only allowed for one word.
The only downside to the Life cards, and I can understand why, is that pre the day of the race they don't give going, so I have to add the forecast for that manually. Even when I used to use the Post's card, though, I not infrequently had to change going and re-run the Excel book some hours after running the race through the first time.
Another possibility is the free daily send from UKRacingData.co.uk. It is very good and had we come across it earlier might well have opted to use that rather than the Life, as it comes as an Excel download. I'd have needed to change some of the formats, particularly weights, but that is easy enough.
If the Post thought it was indispensible, it needs to think again.