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Almost since the beginning of time, man has been fascinated by artificial selection — the idea that through careful manipulation of the breeding process, one can achieve a more desirable result, whe...
by Derek Simon I have often noted that, outside of the odds, few single factors are as predictive as speed figures when it comes to determining the winner of a thoroughbred horse race. The problem is,...
by Derek Simon In his master work, “Winning at the Races: Computer Discoveries in Thoroughbred Handicapping,” William Quirin called early speed the “universal bias”. And although its importanc...
In a column for Horseracing Nation, Reinier Macatangay argued that Accelerate, the morning line favorite in this weekend’s $9 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1), was “not in his best form...
People ask me all the time why I think pace analysis represents the last frontier of thoroughbred handicapping (OK, maybe not in those exact words, but you get the picture) and my answer is always the...
Most of the time when I hear or read about clever angles relating to the Kentucky Derby, I pay about as much attention to them as I do to political ads around election season. In other words, I dismis...
Handicapping author William L. Quirin once called early speed the “universal track bias” and, despite the influx of grass racing and synthetic surfaces, statistics show that Quirin’s observation...
I often talk about speed rations — both ESRs and LSRs — in my handicapping pieces. These are my own pace figures, designed to identify early and late energy disbursement. Below is a brief ...
I have often noted that, outside of the odds, few single factors are as predictive as speed figures when it comes to determining the winner of a thoroughbred horse race. The problem is, everybody know...
