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Breeders� Cup XX
Santa Anita, Saturday, October 25, 2003
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Understanding and Exploiting Track Biases, Part II
By Richard Nilsen
It is critical for horseplayers to recognize when a track bias is influencing the outcome of the races. In Part II of this feature we�re going to look at some specific examples from this past summer, and illustrate how the Track Bias summary found in the Ultimate Past Performances can help you pinpoint and exploit these biases.
Arlington Park � June 2003
Check out the Ultimate PP Track Bias Summary for a race at Arlington Park,
First, we can see that 65 races had been run at this distance, giving us a solid sample size to trust. The next area of the report to look at is the wire-to-wire win %, which is self- explanatory. In the upper right hand corner is the average beaten lengths of the typical winner at the first two calls. So, at a glance we can quickly see that only 9% of the eight furlong races have been won on the front end, and the typical winner is 3.0 lengths behind at the first call and 1.6 lengths behind at the second call. This tells us that it is not easy to lead gate to wire but yet tactical speed (based on the beaten lengths) is a valuable asset.
Next we have the running style breakdown. Four running styles are designated based on the position and beaten lengths of each runner at the early calls of the race.
S types, or closers, have a tough time at this distance. The S types have an impact value of 0.73, which indicates that they win only 73% of the time as expected based on the number of S horses in each race. Note: the norm for an impact value is 1.00, which would indicate no advantage or disadvantage.
From the 65 races run at one mile, the outside posts (8 and beyond) are preferred, as indicated by the �+� sign and the highest impact value. The rail (one hole) is the worst, accounting for a dismal 5% winners and resulting in an extremely low impact value of 0.35. In other words runners from the rail post have won about one-third as many races as expected.
How could a handicapper exploit this bias at the time? Let's say in a given race, the favorite is breaking from the inside post going one mile at Arlington. Unless this horse is several lengths the best, he could prove to be a great bet-against. Skeptical? All you had to do is watch a few one-mile races at Arlington and you would consistently see the runners along the inside breaking slowly and having to be hustled to get into position. More times than not, this adversely affect their chances of winning. It's always reassuring when you can actually see what the numbers are saying.
Delaware Park � June 2003
Here�s a predominant bias that went into overdrive. Speed and inside posts had prevailed in one mile races (two turns) at Delaware Park over the past few meets and 2003 was no exception. However, during the first week of June 3 through June 9, this bias was more dominant than ever.
From the 16 races run at one mile that week, 62% were captured by runners designated as E types. The second call beaten lengths (0.6) on the summary confirmed that early speed had been dominant during this time period.
Not only was the inside the place to be, but the outside posts (eight and beyond) did not produce a single winner. If you were wagering on speed horses breaking from the inside, chances are you were cashing a lot of tickets! This intense 'short term' bias is the type that 1) I would want to know about, and 2) I would want to be exploiting until I saw things change.
The perfect illustration of its utility came early in the Delaware card on June 11, 2003. In race 2, a one-mile maiden claiming event, the favorite was #10 Smile Pretty at 9/5 on the line. She had two major knocks against her: lack of early speed, thus her designation as a Presser, plus the dreaded 10 post. The result: Smile Pretty staggered home sixth as the 5- 2 betting favorite. The winner of this race at 13-1 was an Early/Presser type breaking from, you guessed it, an inside post (two hole).
Del Mar � August 2003
For a more recent example, let�s� look early in the Del Mar meet, which had been favoring speed on the dirt course. Check out the Ultimate Track Bias for race 3 at Del Mar on Friday, Aug. 8.
E types had won 53% of the one mile races and produced an incredibly high impact value of 2.07. As explained above, this means that frontrunners were capturing twice as many races as expected. Inside posts were also favorable with the one hole proving the best (impact value of 1.55). When handicapping any similar races at that time, one was smart to look for speed from the inside.
Summary Incorporating track bias knowledge into your handicapping can open up doors of opportunity. Understanding the bias at a given track is the first step to exploiting it. Discovering races where the favorite is vulnerable will appear more often, and finding 'live' longshots who are aided by the prevailing bias should be a more frequent occurrence. I suggest you regularly incorporate this factor into your handicapping starting today and see if it helps your bottom line. Good luck!
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