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Stevie Strikes
10 Jul 12 19:37
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I want to make a simple probability table based on 2yo's that have had only two previous runs.

If 'rule true' includes horses that came in first on both starts,  should 'rule false' include horses that came 2nd or worse on both previous starts (like this):

Rule is:  pos. 1 in prev. start and next prev. start
               [i]Total     Win      Lose            SR         Prob[i]
Rule True:       126       30         96       23.9%          2.20
Rule False:  26348   2857   23491       10.8%          0.46

..or, horses that came 2nd or worse in the last start, but 1st in the start before that (like this?)
                   
Rule is:  pos. 1 in prev. start and next prev. start
               [i]Total    Win     Lose           SR         Prob[i]
Rule True:       126      30        96      23.9%         1.31
Rule False:      425      77      348      18.1%         0.76
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Report Andriy • July 10, 2012 8:36 PM BST
Well i presume the set (Rule True + Rule False) should cover all 2yo's. On that basis, Rule False should include horses that have won just one of the two races (either start) or have finished 2nd or worse on both starts.
Report Stevie Strikes • July 10, 2012 11:05 PM BST
Now I think about it, of course T & F should cover all 2yo's.

Sometimes I just can't see the bleedin' obvious.

Thanks Andriy
Report Northbouy • July 11, 2012 2:57 PM BST
wouldnt it be all 2yo's that have had the two starts, i.e exclude any with just 1 start.  I assume you have no data on unraced horses to exclude.
Report Stevie Strikes • July 12, 2012 8:38 PM BST
Yes I was excluding any with 1 or 3 starts.  I was taking the data from Adrian Massey's site to compare with my own.

(I don't suppose anyone would know how to 'mine' his data would they? - it's really long-winded getting anything via his interface)
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