Withnail Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Hi all, I've just got into greyhound betting. I've been looking at form on sporting life and greyhoundbet sites. My question is about the times shown on sporting life, are these the dog's finishing time or the race winning time? Because on the greyhoundbet site I see winning time and calculated time. I just want to see what the dog's finishing time was regardless of finishing position. Thanks for any help :-) black rabbit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHills Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Welcome to the PL @Withnail The times on the SpLife are the dogs calculated finishing times, these are after the adjustments are made for the going that day. for example if its racing slow (+10) or fast (-10) this will be adjusted to the finishing time. The calculated time for the dog. This will be calculated from the distance the dog finished behind the winner and adjusted for the going allowance. If you look at the SP LIfe for this dog at Romford today and compare it with the form on the Racing Post you will see what I mean In its last race the winning time was 24.50, it was beaten 2.5 lengths so the time of the beaten was 24.70 1 length = 0.08 sec in greyhound terms so 2.5 lengths = 0.20 The going was normal so the calculated time is unchanged . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Withnail Posted September 20, 2018 Author Share Posted September 20, 2018 I get it! Great, thanks for the info and explanation :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Withnail Posted September 20, 2018 Author Share Posted September 20, 2018 I'm confused again.... First race I look at this evening and the time on SpLife is different to the calc time on racing post....any idea why this is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Puntalot Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 @Withnail - Sorry missed this initially. It suggests different data providers to me. If you searched stats on horse racing, across 3 or 4 sites you'd very likely get discrepancies too. It's not ideal, and it's never a massive discrepancy but it's quite normal. Football stats are the same too, different data providers I'm afraid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Withnail Posted October 5, 2018 Author Share Posted October 5, 2018 @Sir Puntalot Thanks :-) Sir Puntalot 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estiban Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 The reason for the difference is that the Racing Post form incorporates the going allowance whilst the Sporting Life form totally ignores the going allowance.The Sporting Life uses actual times in all its Greyhound form and ignores whatever the going is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Withnail Posted October 18, 2018 Author Share Posted October 18, 2018 @estiban Thanks, that sounds about right given the differences between the two. I've been sticking to the Racing Post ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Withnail Posted October 20, 2018 Author Share Posted October 20, 2018 Any idea why the Racing Post "Post Pick" gives different results than the Predictor? I think the Post Pick does better on average. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang on Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 The Post pick is someones opinion who has (or maybe not) assessed the form, trap draw etc. The predictor will be generated from a computer programme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Withnail Posted October 21, 2018 Author Share Posted October 21, 2018 Then yesterday their opinion was spot on at some tracks and way off on others. More or less broke even with 1st and 2nd favourites. The predictor did just as well though ;-) Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estiban Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 The picks and the prices for all graded races in the Racing Post for all tracks are now computer generated.The open races are compiled as described by Bang On using someones opinion.The predictor is a computer system generated pick method using a different computer programmed to make the selections so they can be different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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