The ALL-Ways 14.0 User`s Manual Addendum
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1. Version 14 0 User Manual Addendum New Tools for Handicapping Races on All Weather Surface Tracks A WS All Weather Surface Page About This Addendum 2 Introduction to AWS Handicapping 2 ALL Ways AWS Implementation Concepts 3 Current ALL Ways Handicappers How to Proceed 3 New AWS Handicapping Information 3 New AWS Handicapping Report Features 4 Improvements to Automatic Pace Line Selection Including AWS Considerations 6 AWS and the ALL Ways Analysis Module 6 Setting Race Screens Analysis Reports Handicapping Profiles AWS and the ALL Ways Wager Races Module 7 New ALL Ways Toolbox Functions to Purify Your AWS Track Race Database s 8 Step 1 Retroactively modify your databases to reflect AWS races Step 2 Automatically delete all real dirt races in your Race Database All Weather Surface Behind the Scenes 9 About This Addendum At the time Version 14 0 was released a new Version 14 User Manual was in the works but not yet ready for release This Version 14 0 Addendum describes all the new features in Version 14 0 almost all of which relate to handicapping All Weather Surface tracks such as Poly tracks The official ALL Ways Version 13 5 User Manual coupled with this Version 14 0 Addendum describes 100 of all the features and functions in ALL Ways software Note From this point on All Weather Surface will be referred to as AWS Introduction to AWS Handicapping A recent trend in2. s race is on real dirt ALL Ways will look for a real dirt race in the past performances If there is no such race ALL Ways will select an AWS race at any track Repeat For the purpose of determining a True T race which must be on the same surface category as today s race if today s race is on an AWS surface while ALL Ways will try to find an AWS race as its first choice a real dirt race will still qualify as True Likewise if today s race is on real dirt while ALL Ways will try to find an acceptable real dirt race an AWS race will still be considered as True AWS and the Analysis Module Race Screens The Surface Race Screens for dirt races in the ALL Ways Analysis Module have been modified to provide the ability to focus on only selected surfaces as shown below Real Dirt This will focus only on Real dirt races AWS Dirt This will focus only on AWS races All Dirt This will focus on both Real dirt and AWS races combined Note If you are done with your efforts to run various ALL Ways analysis reports to compare real dirt and AWS races it is a good idea to purify your Race Database for the track to just AWS races by using the Toolbox functions described towards the end of this Addendum Race Screens Effect on Analysis Reports With the exception of the Database Run Automatic function all the analysis report functions in ALL Ways are impacted by the Race
3. the surface distance code such as DS for dirt sprints or aS for AWS sprints Suitability and Pedigree Report No changes were made to any of the original information provided on this report However a whole new section has been added that covers the horse s performances on AWS tracks This section of the report will automatically appear if today s race is on an AWS track So for AWS races the major sections of this report are as follows SUITABILITY TO DISTANCE SUITABILITY TO DIRT or to turf if the race is a turf race SUITABILITY TO ALL WEATHER SURFACE only if today s race is on an AWS track SUITABILITY TO MUD PEDIGREE INFORMATION The left side of the AWS section is identical to the other suitability sections The left side covers the horse s lifetime record and its record in its last 10 races But all the information in the Suitability to AWS section is restricted to performances on AWS tracks See Appendix C in the ALL Ways User Manual for details Four new fields have been added to the right side of the report in the Suitability to AWS section They are AWS SPD 2 3 This is the horse s AWS BRIS Speed 2 3 figure AWD SPD BEST This is the horse s best lifetime AWS BRIS Speed AWS SPD TRK This the horse s best AWS BRIS Speed at today s track AWS FIN TRK This reflects the horse s best finish on the AWS at today s track win win itm in the money gd good no ran AWS race s at the track but no g
4. Screen settings Here is a list of these analyses Top 3 Analysis Impact Value Analysis Database Run Handicapping Profile Analysis both the Full Report and the Summary Report Database Run Going off odds Analysis Database Run Track Payoff Analysis Gap Plus Analysis Gap Advantage Gap Minus Analysis Gap Deficiency Testing Custom Search Definitions The ALL Ways Angle Assistant The Database Run Automatic function is not affected by the Race Screen settings because it uses the Memory Screens feature to automatically test Handicapping Profiles against the race types each individual Handicapping Profile was designed to handicap The AWS Race Screen setting has been added to Memory Screens so AWS races will be handled properly Race Screens Effect on Handicapping Profiles Here is a reminder of how ALL Ways various Handicapping Profile functions are impacted by Race Screens MRA Default Profiles m1 This function ignores Race Screen settings MRA Pace Profiles fast lone honest slow This function ignores Race Screen settings Race Card Best Factor Profiles rc This function ignores Race Screen settings Race Card MRA Profiles rcmr This function ignores Race Screen settings MRA Custom Profiles This function uses the Race Screen settings VERY IMPORTANT The Handicapping Profile functions shown above that ignore the Race Screens settings automatically consider real dirt races and AWS races to both be dirt races So in
5. be sure to read the section towards the end of this Version 14 0 Addendum that covers how to use the Toolbox Module to purify your Race Databases for AWS tracks New AWS Handicapping Information The new handicapping information in ALL Ways Version 14 0 regarding AWS races can be separated into the following groups Horse Lifetime AWS Record This includes lifetime AWS starts wins places shows and in the money percentage This also includes the horse s lifetime AWS earnings and the horse s Best AWS BRIS Speed figure Horse s Last 10 Races This includes AWS starts wins places shows good races and in the money percentage A Good race means the horse finished in the money or was within 2 lengths of the winner in sprints or within 3 lengths of the winner in routes This also includes the AWS BRIS Speed 2 3 figure which is the average of the horse s best 2 out of 3 BRIS speed figures in its 3 most recent AWS races Horse s Performance at today s AWS Track This includes the horse s AWS starts at today s track and its win and in the money percentages as well as a flag to indicate the horses has run at least one good race at today s track on the AWS surface This also includes the horse s Best AWS BRIS Speed at Track figure achieved at today s track in its last ten races New AWS Handicapping Report Features All Handicapping Reports 6699 The heading at the top of each handicapping report now shows
6. the surface for AWS races as a as opposed to D for real dirt and T for turf races AWS past performance races are now indicated as aS and aR for AWS sprints and AWS routes respectively Real dirt races remain as DS and DR for real dirt sprints and real dirt routes respectively The a is shown on reports in lower case because it makes the past performance designations for AWS races really stand out One look at the Top 10 portion of the Top 10 Ranking Report is a good illustration of this This is a very strong AWS handicapping tool Contender Summary Report For races being run on an AWS track two new lines have been added to the Contender Summary Report Both lines are shown under the SURFACE section of the report The new lines are shown below including some sample data AWS LIFE ST WN ITM 4 0 50 This line shows the horse s number of lifetime starts on AWS tracks 4 along with the related win 0 and in the money 50 percentages AWS SPEED 2 3 TRK 89 91 trk This first number 89 shows the horse s AWS BRIS Speed 2 3 rating which is the average of the horse s best 2 out of its last 3 races on any AWS track The second number 91 trk is the horse s best AWS Bris Speed rating for races run on today s track during the horse s most recent ten races Note The line previously shown for lifetime starts and win and in the money percentages is still shown
7. track adjustments and new track bias statistics that reflect the switch to an AWS track AWS Implementation Concepts First there are no changes to your databases related to turf races or to how ALL Ways handles turf races Dirt races are where the changes have been made ALL Ways treats real dirt races as dirt races ALL Ways also considers AWS races to be dirt races But because of the new Race Screens you can analyze these types of races individually This gives you a major tool to analyze the differences in handicapping real dirt and AWS dirt races Furthermore you can automatically purify your Race Database to include only AWS races This lets you have ALL Ways automatically create Handicapping Profiles and create Custom Search Definitions that are aimed specifically at AWS races And you can use the AWS Retro function in the ALL Ways Toolbox Module to actually change past dirt races that were actually run at AWS tracks even if the races were run prior to the industry starting to differentiate between real dirt and AWS races Current ALL Ways Handicappers How to Proceed If you have been using ALL Ways prior to Version 14 0 and have a Race Database for one or more tracks that has have converted to an AWS you will want to use the new AWS functions in the ALL Ways Toolbox to retroactively identify AWS races in your database s and to delete real dirt races from the same databases Before doing this however
8. covering all the horse s dirt races both real dirt and AWS races These are pass through statistics from BRIS The line previously shown with similar statistics for the horse s last ten dirt starts is no longer shown on the Contender Summary Report for AWS races However this data is still included on the Suitability and Pedigree Report Top 10 Ranking Report Two new handicapping factors have been added to the CUSTOM RANKING Module which can be used for customizing the Top 10 Ranking Report Please see Chapter 9 CUSTOM MODULE in the ALL Ways User Manual for instructions on How to customize the Top 10 Ranking Report The two new fields are included in the column with speed rating related factors The new fields are AWS 2 3 This is AWS BRIS Speed 2 3 AWS Track This is Best AWS BRIS Speed at today s track in its last 10 races Note If you assign these two new fields to the Top 10 Ranking Report they will be included on the report for all dirt races both real dirt and AWS Once again we want to point out the Top 10 portion of this report This lists the top ten performances of all the horse s running in the race For example if the Top 10 factor is BRIS Speed ALL Ways looks at every 4 horse s last five past performances races and identifies the ten best speed figures in rank order So if a horse has three of the best top 10 speed figures the horse will be listed three separate times You are also shown
9. dirt and then again for just AWS races You can review the results of these comparative analyses to get some real insight into what has changed as a result of the switch to an All Weather Surface Note It is perfectly OK to run the Retro AWS function multiple times and at any time in the future We suggest running it right away to get all AWS track Race Databases in your Franfile folder updated as soon as possible VERY IMPORTANT Effect on Handicapping Profiles Again at this point you have both real dirt and AWS races The automatic Handicapping Profile functions will still see all of these races as dirt races This applies to the MRA Default profiles m1 the MRA Pace profiles fast lone honest and slow the Race Card Best Factor profiles rc and the Race Card MRA profiles rcemr You can however set the Race Screens to focus only on AWS races and use the MRA Custom function to automatically create custom profiles aimed at only the AWS races With the help of the Impact Value Analysis of just AWS races you can use the ALL Ways Profile Module to manually create your own profiles for these AWS races Step 2 Automatically delete all real dirt races in your Race Database VERY IMPORTANT Do not run the DELETE function described below until you have first run the RETRO AWS function described above You can automatically delete all real dirt races in your Race Databases for tracks that have converted to an All Weather Su
10. identifying the nature of the pace line and the second character being the number of past performance races back For example a pace line designated as T2 means the pace line is True and it is 2 races back True means the pace line race is on the same type surface as today s race dirt or turf and is the same distance category sprint or route New Terminology The same two character notation is in ALL Ways Version 14 0 as well but with a more sophisticated pace line selection process Here is the modified terminology T Indicates the same surface dirt AWS or turf and distance category sprint or route N Indicates the pace line race is on the same surface dirt AWS or turf but a different distance category L Indicates the race is on a different surface than today s race Methodology No significant change was made if today s race is on the turf ALL Ways will remove obviously abnormal races from consideration such as races where the horse did not finish or was unusually far behind at the finish The primary changes have been made for real dirt and AWS races If today s race is on an AWS track ALL Ways will first look for a race on the same AWS surface at today s track If there is no such race ALL Ways will next look for a race on an AWS surface at any track in the most recent five past performance races If there still is no such race ALL Ways will look for an acceptable race on real dirt If today
11. nctions to Purify Your Race Databases If you are upgrading from an earlier version of ALL Ways the first question you will most likely have is what to do with your current Race Database s for track s that have switched to an AWS track So we are cutting to the chase and answering this question directly Step 1 Retroactively modify your databases to reflect AWS races The first thing to do is to retroactively modify your current Race Databases for all tracks that have converted to AWS to make sure races run on an AWS track are noted as AWS races ALL Ways Version14 0 can do this for you automatically Simply run the RETRO AWS function in the ALL Ways Toolbox Module This function will update all your databases with a simple click of the mouse button At this point races actually run on an All Weather Surface will have been identified as AWS races Races actually run on real dirt tracks if any will still be in your database but ALL Ways will now recognize these races as real dirt races Again no changes have been made to any turf races in your databases Also at this point you can run all the various analysis functions in the ALL Ways Analysis Module for just AWS races or for just real dirt races by simply setting the Race Screens for the types of races you want to analyze and then running the analysis For example you could run an Impact Value Analysis and or a Top 3 Analysis and or a Gap Analysis first for just real
12. ood effort n a has not run an AWS race at the track Spot Play Final Process Report The last handicapping factor shown in the SUITABILITY Group of factors on the Spot Play amp Final Process Report is shown below TRK WIN GD BEST SPD win 89 This line shows you if the horse had a past winning race or a good race at today s track And it also shows the horse s best BRIS Speed figure at the track If today s race is being run on an AWS track the figures will still be shown However they will be restricted to races the horse ran on the track since the AWS track was installed If today s race is on an AWS track the line will be shown with an asterisk as shown below TRK WIN GD BEST SPD win 89 aws Other Handicapping Reports The new AWS handicapping factors are not currently available for use in Custom Reports This feature will be added in a future version of ALL Ways Automatic Pace Line Selection ALL Ways has always automatically selected each horse s pace line race You can also change the pace line selected automatically by ALL Ways using the CUSTOM PACELINE Module All of this remains the same in Version 14 0 However the method used by ALL Ways to select specific pace lines and the pace line terminology has changed somewhat The biggest change is that ALL Ways now considers All Weather Surfaces Prior Terminology ALL Ways still uses a 2 character designation for the selected pace line with the first character
13. order for the dirt Handicapping Profiles to be focused only on AWS races you will want to purify your Race Database s for AWS track s by using the AWS Retro function and the DELETE Real Dirt Races function both of which are described below in the Toolbox Module functions AWS and the ALL Ways Wager Races Module The Race Screens in the ALL Ways Wager Races Module work exactly the same as in the Analysis Module described above You can isolate Wager Races run on real dirt races and races run on AWS tracks or combine both When you run the AWS Retro function in the Toolbox Module as described below the Wager Races Database and the Wager Ticket Database are both modified as well This means dirt races that were actually run on an AWS track will be identified as AWS races by ALL Ways and will be recognized by the Wager Races Analysis functions as such Note At the current time and by design real dirt races in the Wager Races Database and the Wager Tickets Database are not affected by the DELETE Real Dirt Races function in the Toolbox Module This decision was made because of the forward looking nature of the various Wager Races and Wager Ticket analysis functions A future version of ALL Ways will give you control over this decision In the meantime if you do not want real dirt races analyzed in the Wager Races Analysis Module simply set the Race Screens for AWS races only Using the New AWS ALL Ways Toolbox Fu
14. re finished running any analyses you want to do to compare the real dirt races at the track to the AWS races at the track Once races are purged the races are gone forever and they cannot be un deleted All Weather Surface Behind the Scenes There are a number of things continually going on within ALL Ways that while not apparent are important to handicapping AWS races effectively ALL Ways is adjusting the pace par time and speed pars times for AWS tracks ALL Ways is re calibrating track to track adjustments for horses changing from or to an AWS track ALL Ways is updating all the track bias statistics at AWS tracks including post positions pace bias Percent Early Energy Brohamer figures and 1 72 Call position and beaten length bias The Hall pace and speed figures which have always been adjusted to the track and exact distance and surface as today s race are automatically adjusted to reflect the AWS surface of today s race ALL Ways Version 14 0 is installed with a list of AWS tracks and the dates these tracks first ran on an AWS track As you use ALL Ways Version 14 0 going forward ALL Ways is automatically updating the AWS Track List and dates
15. rface Simply run the DELETE function in the ALL Ways Toolbox Module and select the Delete Real Dirt Races at AWS Tracks option This is done on an individual track basis Note that ALL Ways has built in safeguards to make sure only AWS tracks are affected by this particular delete function At this point your Race Database for a track with an AWS track has been purified meaning the database now only has AWS races and turf races Once again no changes are made of any kind to your turf races So now all the functions used to create ALL Ways Handicapping Profiles will be properly restricted to just AWS races and turf races This includes the MRA Default the MRA Pace the Race Card Best Factor and the Race Card MRA functions Note You can un delete the real dirt races at any time by running the UNDELETE function in the ALL Ways Toolbox Module and selecting the Un Delete Real Dirt Races at AWS Tracks option Note If you want to remove the real dirt races completely from your database so they can never be un deleted you should first run the RETRO AWS and then the DELETE Real Dirt Races from an AWS Track described above Then run the PURGE function in the ALL Ways Toolbox Module for the Race Database you are working with This will permanently remove all real dirt races from the database you are working with Before purging real dirt races from your Race Database for a track be sure you a
16. rses seem to adapt well to AWS tracks and some do not All of this makes it even more important nowadays to handicap on a track specific basis ALL Ways Version 14 0 comes to the rescue As pointed out earlier the new features in ALL Ways Version 14 0 are primarily about handicapping these new surfaces As you read this Version 14 0 Addendum you will learn about e The new handicapping factors and information in ALL Ways covering AWS tracks and what changes have been made to ALL Ways handicapping reports to present this information e The approach used by ALL Ways to automatically select a pace line for each horse including new AWS considerations e The new Race Screens in the Analysis Module and the Wager Races Module where you can isolate real dirt races and or AWS dirt races e Running the powerful ALL Ways analyses functions using these new race screens e Creating Handicapping Profiles that are specifically aimed AWS races e The new tools in ALL Ways to help you automatically maintain the integrity of your Race Database for a track including having ALL Ways automatically and retroactively note races run on AWS tracks and deleting real dirt races This lets you purify your Race Databases to reflect AWS surfaces and still retain turf races that you may already have in your database e You will learn that ALL Ways is doing a lot of behind the scenes work to automatically maintain new track pars new track to
17. the horseracing industry has been the installation of AWS dirt tracks It began during September 2005 with the installation of an AWS track at Turfway Park Then Woodbine Keeneland and Hollywood Park made the change in 2006 Still more tracks converted in 2007 Here is a complete list of North American race tracks that had converted or soon would convert to AWS tracks at the time ALL Ways Version 14 0 was released in October 2007 Track Code All Weather Surface Date Turfway Park TPX September 7 2005 Woodbine WOX August 30 2006 Keeneland KEE October 6 2006 Hollywood Park HOL November 1 2006 Arlington Park APX May 4 2007 Del Mar DMR July 18 2007 Santa Anita SAX September 26 2007 includes Oak Tree meet Golden Gate Fields GGX November 7 2007 More tracks are expected to follow suit including all California tracks except for Bay Meadows Note that ALL Ways Version 14 0 will behind the scenes automatically update its list of AWS tracks and their start dates AWS tracks are often generically referred to as Poly tracks Indeed Poly is one type of AWS track material but there are other materials used as well Just like all real dirt tracks are not the same and all turf tracks are not the same all AWS tracks are not the same either To be sure the advent of AWS tracks has complicated the task of handicapping because of the change in pace and post position bias as well as the fact that some ho
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