In the most recent video, which is publicly available (for now), I showed how all handicapping basically comes down to a HANDFUL OF COLUMNS.

I asked the question, "Which columns do you have the greatest belief in?"

A couple of people asked me questions that sounded a lot like, "What are you talking about? I don't actually have ANY columns because I don't use reports."

CLARITY: WHAT'S A COLUMN?
Imagine that you have personal names for FACTORS that most of us could identify easily.
ES as running style - many use a "column" called Quirin ES Points for that, while others use the old Fred Davis approach, or some home-grown creation.

If you HAVE a "sheet" of some kind, that would be one of your columns.

As a further example, when I use the word "SPEED" I mean "speed ratings," but many people automatically connect that to "EARLY SPEED."

Doesn't really matter... I see them... whatever we call them... they are all columns in SOMEONE'S data.


CLARITY: DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COLUMNS & FACTORS
... or... When does a Single Factor become a COLUMN or vice versa?
Consider the PSR rating. (Projected Speed Rating, a proprietary HDW rating that is kin to BRIS Prime Power. (Not the same under the hood, but like the same horses very often.)

That "factor" called PSR is in our system as Factor #174 (rank for PSR). It's hit rate on rank=1 is ~31%.
(For those unaware, DET currently has about 3,200 factors for each horse.)

So, think of PSR as a COLUMN.
Thus, it can be both a COLUMN & a FACTOR.


CLARITY: HANDICAPPING OBJECTS
A Handicapping Object is a handicapping construct with up to 5 factors.
Each factor has a weight controlled by the user.

Thus:
Handicapping Object = (up to) 5 factors.

Because you can fire an OBJECT and see the results in... wait for it... a SORTABLE COLUMN...

... It can also be one of YOUR COLUMNS.

CLARITY: COLUMNS to FACTORS to OBJECTS TO COLUMNS
Imagine the PENELOPE CONSENSUS PAGE.




Each of these AI-based columns are made up of 30 factors chosen by the AI engine specifically for this TYPE OF RACE (based upon how the AI sees "race type.")
(special note: there are 40,000 race type permutations.)

Consider just the PEN column...
The ranks for that column are available as a single factor.


CLARITY: REAL POWER OBJECTS
If you considering that you can put FIVE factors into an OBJECT...


... you can effectively put 5 x 30 = 150 factors into ONE OBJECT.
Not just any factors... but the 150 factors (also known as COLUMNS) into a single object.

Next, recall that there exists a simple box that allows you to FIRE TWO OBJECTS TOGETHER AS ONE, you can actually use *300-AI-chosen factors.


SOME NOTES
*There are factors used across multiple columns.
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*When you REMOVE a horse from the screen his ranks are recovered.

(This is where Brian's idea of race-within-a-race, race-within-a-race, race-within-a-race came from.)
(Otherwise known as "Search the current contenders for the 88%.)
(Quite a brilliant idea, actually.)
@ponyplayer

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*Did you know that the whale teams typically use between 150 and 175 factors maximum?