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Ratings Machine Horse Tab
The Horse tab is where we put to use our settings created in the Race Score section. It is vital to realise without the race score settings in place, these settings are utterly pointless. The purpose of the Horse tab is to mould and shape the Race Score settings into a workable format and in the process rate each competitor in any chosen race. It is important you dont get too bogged down by the actual behind the scenes calculations and instead concentrate on each of the sections and complete as appropriate to get the Last/2nd Last and 3rd Last Race Ratings for each horse.

Placing Bracket%     Date of Form Percentage%     Distance Beaten Deduction     % Deduction for non-completers (Lbs/Length)     RS Weight Factors         Importance Percentage     Race Category%     Bonus
Placing Bracket%
To decide how much of the race score should be awarded to the runners involved in the race we work out the placing of the horse in relation to the number of runners. We do it this way because 2nd of 18 is normally better than 2nd of 3. The placing v runners ratio is worked out using the undernoted formula.

((Runners-Placing)*100)/Runners

Examples -

  • 4th of 14 scores more than 2nd of 4.
  • If your race score was 120 and you have set the appropriate percentage to 50% the horse will have new points of 60.
  • If you set all as 100 then every horse will get 100% of the total race score (you could then deduct distance beaten?).
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Date of Form Percentage%
This test multiplies the ongoing score by a percentage according to how recent the form is. This is an important test because it can distinguish between a horse whose last run was 2 weeks ago and one whose was 5 years ago. The calculation is simply multiplying the ongoing score by the percentage you set. Example an ongoing score of 100 and a setting of 82% would create a new score of 82.

Distance Beaten Deduction
To adjust the score further most people want to take into account how far the horse was beaten by. Note if a horse won a race its score will not be affected by this test. There is always much debate as to the best way of calculating this section and there are 3 ways of doing so, to choose which one you want to use, you must tick the appropriate box and fill in the relevant sections. Please note if you tick more than one box only the first will be used in the calculation. If you untick all then the Bracket Percentage method will be used, therefore leave these all at 0 should you wish no deduction to be made.

Exact Distance Settings
If you choose this option the exact distance beaten, multiplied by your multiplying factor will be deducted up to a maximum of your max deduction setting. Apply these values carefully.

Distance Beaten Bracket
If you choose this option a percentage of the ongoing total will be deducted dependent upon which distance beaten bracket the horse falls into. You set the percentage to deduct by completing the dropdowns as you deem appropriate.

Lbs/Length Scale
The lbs/length scale is a standard way of calculating a deduction to be made from each horse. This is done by multiplying the distance beaten by a figure dependent on the distance of the race (as detailed below) and then taking this value away from the ongoing race score.
5f -> exactdistbt*3.5, 5.5f -> exactdistbt*3.25, 6f -> exactdistbt*3, 6.5f -> exactdistbt*2.75, 7f ->exactdistbt*2.5, 7.5f -> exactdistbt*2.25, 8f -> exactdistbt*2,
8.5f -> exactdistbt*1.9375, 9f -> exactdistbt*1.875, 9.5f ->exactdistbt*1.8125, 10f -> exactdistbt*1.75, 10.5f -> exactdistbt*1.6875, 11f -> exactdistbt*1.625,
11.5f -> exactdistbt*1.5625, 12f ->exactdistbt*1.5, 12.5f -> exactdistbt*1.4365, 13f -> exactdistbt*1.375, 13.5 -> exactdistbt*1.3125, 14f -> exactdistbt*1.25,
14.5f ->exactdistbt*1.1875, 15f -> exactdistbt*1.125, 15.5f -> exactdistbt*1.0625, 2m+ -> exactdistbt*1
% Deduction for non-completers
If you are using the lbs/length scale, a horse who did not complete (example Fell or Pulled Up) can lead to confusing results, which is why this setting exists. As the value stored for distance beaten for a non-completing horse shows as NULL, it will be treated as 0, therefore an overall calculation should be used. Whatever you set the % Deduction for non-completers setting to will be taken from the appropriate score. An example of this is if you set the % deduction at 50% and a horse had a score of 120, its new score will be 60.

RS Weight Factors
These tests relate to the weight the horse carried on the day. The first test evaluates the horses weight compared to that carried by the heaviest weighted horse in the race (after all deductions) and multiplies the difference by your setting. For example if evaluated horse carried 7lbs less and you had set 0.5 the horses score would be reduced by 3.5. The Winning Weight test has the same procedure except comparing with the weight carried by the winning horse.

Importance Percentage
You may wish to put more significance on a horses last piece of form compared to its second & third last runs. To instigate this we can use a percentage calculation for each of the last 3 pieces of form. Set the dropdowns as you see fit and the values will be used to calculate a percentage of total score in the final ratings. Example - Rating score of 100 and percentage of 75% gives rating 75.

Race Category%
You may feel a horse transferring from one sphere of racing to another is at an advantage/disadvantage. With this test we can take this into account. If you wish to include only like for like form, tick the box stating this. Otherwise each row in the table contains two race categories and the percentage you set will be used towards your final ratings. Example - Rating score of 500 and percentage of 50% gives rating 250.

Strike Rate Tests
Weight Factors
These tests relate to the weight the horse is carrying in the race the ratings are being prepared for. The first test evaluates the horses weight compared to that carried by the heaviest weighted horse in the race and multiplies the difference by your setting. For example if evaluated horse carried 7lbs less and you had set 0.5 the horses score would be boosted by 3.5. The jockeys claim setting multiplies your setting by the total pounds claimed by the jockey.

Strike Rate Tests (Horse/Jockey/Trainer)
Each of the strike rate tests should be relatively self-explanatory as to what they cover. The way they are calculated is by checking the relevant strike rate and creating a figure from 0-10 by dividing the strike rate by 10 and then rounding up. examples are 72%=8, 91%=10, 5%=1, 0%=0, 76%=8, 34%=4. Your multiplier should signify how relevant you feel the test is.



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