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SUMMARY
We answer your questions about racing
GO FOR THOSE VALLEY ON-PACERS
In this article, our senior contributor E.J. Minnis replies to queries sent in by PPMreaders. Please send any questions to: The Editor, PPM, PO Box 551, Dee Why, NSW 2099.
The publication of the in-running position tables in the May edition of PPM has prompted a follow-up question from Sam Murphy, a Brisbane-based reader, who writes: "Thanks so much for compiling and publishing the in-running tables. However, I wonder if you could also supply similar tables for the major metropolitan tracks, as while on-pacers may win 54 per cent of races overall, obviously some tracks will favour this type of runner more than other tracks.
SUMMARY
The stats tell the real race story
PACE WINS THE CASH
By memory it was about six and a half years ago in 1997 that Practical Punting Monthly first published some of my statistics about where the winners come from in regard to positioning in the run.
At the time, the statistics were based on a relative handful of races, a mere 2,247, so it is about time to update those figures, making them more meaningful, while adding in a few additional pace based ones as well.
SUMMARY
Stats point the bone at the backmarkers
BACK THOSE ON-PACE RUNNERS
In this article, our senior contributor E. J. Minnis replies to queries sent in by PPM readers.
Paul Guidara is a Melbourne based reader of Practical Punting Monthly and a very keen form student who devotes a lot of his time to pace and speed ratings.
I have corresponded with Paul on numerous occasions and lie asks the following:
SUMMARY
Decide how the race will be run
PACE CLUES
One of the
great mysteries of racing has always been the subject of 'pace', or how
a race will be run. Some races, mainly the shorter sprints, speak for
themselves.
We know that a 1000m Lightning Stakes, or an 110Orn
Oakleigh Plate, is going to be run at a hectic pace. The issue is not so
clear once the races get longer.
SUMMARY
Moonee Valley's 'in the running' statistics
VALLEY OF BIAS!
As any old-time punter would tell you, there never was such a thing as biased tracks 'back in the good old days'!
True or not, it really doesn't matter as today we live and punt in a very different racing world: one of movable rails, Sunday and night racing and artificial surfaces.
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