Equinics – Ascot Racecourse (written by Mjbfarms)

Hello everyone, after a short 10 year hiatus, my tipping column “AT THE RAIL” makes its return in time for the 2012 version of EQUNICS. The original version was a rundown of the full Del-Penn card that was a heck of a lot of fun for me andthe members at the time. Things were different then, there were no betting limits. We made and lost fortunes on a weekly basis.

This will be a special Equinics version where I use two distinctly different methods to handicap a hotly contested race. Next week we will review the results and see which method worked best (or worked at all). OK here goes….

The race represents one of the most beautiful and famous tracks in theworld, ASCOT RACECOURSE (race #3305). Here are the RUNNERS . This race features SIXof the top 10 Turf sprinters in the Sim. Let’s see what I can come up with here…

Now the two methods. I will start off with my “surface and distance” method that utilizes 13 different categories with points given for each one. Each horse can score up to a possible 31 points. Obviously it puts more weight in a horse’s history and ability to produce at the surface and distance at hand. For example a horse that has run his top speed at 8.5f is not going to score as many points for it as a horse who ran his top speed at today’s 10f. Also I don’t even look at the odds that the CPU assigns because I am using a different method to rate the horses. Sometimes I get all chalk. Sometimes, bombs. Here are the top 4 scorers: