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Forum: Horse Race Betting Systems 5th December 2011, 09:29 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 9,377
Posted By The Elk
Young Buck, when you take into account that UB...

Young Buck,
when you take into account that UB only started the data base about the middle of this year:

1. very few 2YO's would have registered as a runner up to 1 August (could be counted onm...
Forum: Horse Race Betting Systems 1st December 2011, 09:28 AM
Replies: 44
Views: 17,499
Posted By The Elk
Stix, change the addy to something recent (like...

Stix, change the addy to something recent (like todays for instance):
http://tatts.com/pagedata/racing/2011/12/1/VR6.xml

note: no leading zero's in the date



When Tatts were changing...
Forum: Horse Race Betting Systems 27th October 2011, 11:18 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 5,628
Posted By The Elk
Stix, here is a way of downloading to excel: ...

Stix,
here is a way of downloading to excel:

1. right click on the window and select "Select All"
2. Copy & paste to Excel
3. Save the file in ".CSV" format
4. Open the ".CSV" file with...
Forum: Horse Race Betting Systems 9th October 2011, 10:15 AM
Replies: 77
Views: 19,248
Posted By The Elk
Fair enough...thought there might be a reason but...

Fair enough...thought there might be a reason but nothing obvious stood out for me at the time



Mooee, thought you might do a check on Ballybits as well

cheers
Forum: Horse Race Betting Systems 8th October 2011, 10:33 PM
Replies: 77
Views: 19,248
Posted By The Elk
Vortech (and others thinking of using the S&R...

Vortech (and others thinking of using the S&R Jockey Rating),

I gave Albury a go today and quickly found an anomoly:

Jockey...........Rating.....Venue,Race,TAB,Horse
Ms A...
Forum: Horse Race Betting Systems 8th October 2011, 09:28 AM
Replies: 73
Views: 53,179
Posted By The Elk
Thanks for that place2win, Yes - I certainly...

Thanks for that place2win, Yes - I certainly missed it when i checked the site...can i amend my statement on upgrades to add that they probably wanted to put fixed and tote prices on the one page...
Forum: Horse Race Betting Systems 7th October 2011, 02:34 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 53,179
Posted By The Elk
Ran out of edit time so new post Just to add -...

Ran out of edit time so new post

Just to add - the old site doesn't have fixed odds nor xml feeds and I think this may be part of the reason for the changes/upgrades since the old black ...
Forum: Horse Race Betting Systems 7th October 2011, 02:25 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 53,179
Posted By The Elk
Bhagwan, so that you are aware - on the new...

Bhagwan,
so that you are aware - on the new site there is no requirement to go back to the main page from a race to select another race - either at the same meeting or another meeting.

...
Forum: Horse Race Betting Systems 5th October 2011, 07:17 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 53,179
Posted By The Elk
Okay, the history results are now available on...

Okay, the history results are now available on the new site now. either click on the calendar to select a date or click on "Results" (menu down left hand side) to get previous results as per the...
Forum: Horse Race Betting Systems 5th October 2011, 10:48 AM
Replies: 73
Views: 53,179
Posted By The Elk
Looks like it is still "Work in...

Looks like it is still "Work in progress" - the xml feed is still on www.UniTAB (http://www.UniTAB)..... and hasn't been moved over.



This is the header on the site - you can...
Forum: General Topics 4th October 2011, 03:33 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 9,316
Posted By The Elk
It was initially a planned outage for upgrades...

It was initially a planned outage for upgrades that morphed into an extended planned outage.

Love it - especially afterI finished writing code to check their race times against Betfair, a day to...
Forum: Horse Race Betting Systems 2nd October 2011, 10:33 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 10,134
Posted By The Elk
Yes, I think you may be right there - when I was...

Yes, I think you may be right there - when I was laying the field, I put in $5 @ $1.01 on all runners and then laid to price ($100 for example) any bet under the minimum then amends the the size and...
Forum: Horse Race Betting Systems 2nd October 2011, 10:11 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 7,548
Posted By The Elk
UB, when I 1st came across the problem (many...

UB,
when I 1st came across the problem (many moons ago), I tried calling getAllMarkets, Get Market & GetMarketInfo and none of them updated the time if a race time was amended by the stewards...
Forum: Horse Race Betting Systems 1st October 2011, 06:07 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 7,548
Posted By The Elk
I got exasperated many months ago with BF not...

I got exasperated many months ago with BF not adjusting times when races were put back/abandoned, so added code to download UniTAB times - these are some messages I have been getting today (so times...
Forum: Horse Race Betting Systems 27th September 2011, 12:13 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 4,252
Posted By The Elk
Got this info from another forum on Singapore...

Got this info from another forum on Singapore sectionals (and how it is displayed )that might be of interest - wouldn't it be wonderful to have this from Aus tracks :-)
...
Forum: Horse Race Betting Systems 27th September 2011, 10:43 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 4,252
Posted By The Elk
Vortech, google "race time...

Vortech,

google "race time sectionals" brings up a few, including those mentioned by The Schmile.

I think you can only get the sectionals on metro tracks due to the technology involved - not...
Forum: Horse Race Betting Systems 23rd September 2011, 09:50 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 6,944
Posted By The Elk
4legs, just to clarify - a mare is an adult...

4legs,
just to clarify - a mare is an adult female horse 4yo and over, a filly is a female horse 3yo & under

This means fillies are excluded as a selection in the rules quoted,

cheers
Forum: Horse Race Betting Systems 4th September 2011, 04:30 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 8,430
Posted By The Elk
One method would be to calculate the outlay as...

One method would be to calculate the outlay as per dutch betting, then increase the bet size as a percentage of the overlay e.g.

Step1 (calculate Bets to $100)

Hse 2: $5.56 @ $18
Hse 3:...
Forum: General Topics 5th August 2011, 10:32 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 8,818
Posted By The Elk
Thumbs up Thanks Moeee for that (certainly wasn't expected...

Thanks Moeee for that (certainly wasn't expected - but appreciated) and thanks also to Shaun for posting a workable solution to the problem

cheers
Forum: General Topics 24th July 2011, 11:14 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 8,818
Posted By The Elk
Aaaaaahhhh, now I understand - can you change the...

Aaaaaahhhh, now I understand - can you change the dashes to dots/periods or anything other than dashes so that excel does not recognise it as a date

cheers
Forum: General Topics 24th July 2011, 07:30 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 8,818
Posted By The Elk
Shaun, Is this the info you are trying...

Shaun,
Is this the info you are trying to extract? (stats from 1st runner Blinkin Easy)
I'm not quite sure what you mean by "it gets all messed up over 10 starts"?
...
Forum: Horse Race Betting Systems 14th May 2011, 11:29 AM
Replies: 85
Views: 24,753
Posted By The Elk
Talking Job, I think the confusion is from using...

Job,
I think the confusion is from using Melbourne/Sydney instead of Vic/NSW

non metro tracks are Provincial/Country tracks which I believe you are referring to (I think)
Forum: Horse Race Betting Systems 18th April 2011, 07:51 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 3,481
Posted By The Elk
Mate, I am not a betting genius, but I believe...

Mate, I am not a betting genius, but I believe that to take a losing backing system and believe it will be a winning laying system is a little too simplistic.

1. with backing, you work to level...
Forum: Horse Race Betting Systems 12th April 2011, 09:39 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 12,180
Posted By The Elk
Hi Wesmip, I applaud your endeavours to help...

Hi Wesmip,
I applaud your endeavours to help others on this forum and hopefully not too many negative or sidetrack postings clutter your learning threads.

I am not a java person, but I will be...
Forum: Horse Race Betting Systems 12th April 2011, 09:21 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 4,703
Posted By The Elk
In actual fact, this would be easy to code and...

In actual fact, this would be easy to code and all meetings for the day (after scratchings) could be done with the press of a button (add a second if you use VBA/Excel).

I see on another thread...
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