I tend to agree as this is known information about the winner of that race. The adjustments are made based on the going of the track on that day and therein lies a conundrum, what is this based on?Archery1969 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 24, 2020 2:08 pmI am not an expert but i would rather use the WinTimes when taking an average as opposed to what TF, SL or RP do to adjust the times.
Still dont fully understand why they do it or what the purpose is.
If a dog wins his last 5 races with times of 27.00, 28.00, 26.00, 29.00 and 25.00 then thats what i want to know.
(probably track specific knowledge, ie: standard times for that grade and some gut feel)
If the weather is baking hot, and the track is hard, the times are quicker so the adjustment of +0.30 might be justified, but get it wrong by 0.10 that's the equivalent of a length and a quarter! In greyhound terms that a big swing for some races.
Alternatively, if a lot of rain, the adjustment can be as much as -0.70, bringing down a sluggish time nearer to the standard....but that's even more room for error!
Of course, the beaten distances of 1 length = 0.08, are part of the adjustment, that's standard, but then again, 0.676 has been proven to more accurate.
Someone's probably out there with a database across all tracks ready to pounce on some value, if something doesn't add up...