Since last August when my season ground to a halt I have had time to overhaul my ratings ... Well that is to say, since January I have been rewriting my all my results from last year, but I still need a few more weeks to get the full seasons results in and on my database.
The first thing I decided to do was to specialise, in order to cut down the sheer volume of races that kick in after May.
I now only rate meetings that have at least a Class 3 event or higher - good bye 98% of AW meetings.
I shall therefore be concentrating on the big handicaps, with the odd lesser race if the ratings warrant it.
Next I expanded my ratings to include placed horses, for obvious reasons.
I have also changed my calculations to get rid of anomalies that occur when dealing with complex factors.
This season's Flat seems strange starting at Catterick? So I have no selection for this meeting. More hopeful at Musselburgh tomorrow, but Doncaster will no doubt be the real test?
... and finally
Future Blogs will be brief!
Cheers, Gerry
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