Interpreting running lines

[imagine]

I’m never sure if I’m following these correctly following the races. I’ve had several of my horses this year show something like 6-6-6-2-6 or 7-7-7-1-7. Does this mean I should be looking at trying them over further or shorter (assuming they’re showing good fitness/energy levels)? The ponies have been a bit mediocre this year and I’m just trying to work out if I’m missing something or whether they’re all just rubbish!

[CricketHill]

To the best of my knowledge, there’s a bug in the running lines, so the final (i.e. the 2nd to last number in the running lines) is wonky.  My guess is that your ponies ran a solid 6th and a solid 7th. 

[imagine]

Thanks Cat

[Grace_Littlef]

Are you sure I’ve been using that as my guide to wether the race is too long or short depending on the last 3 numbers and it’s working for me. Lol I know the finish numbers are wonky compared to the actual winning horses. Would be interesting to find out exactly which ones are messed up.

[Mintano]

@"Shanthi"

Final stands for “final furlong”. The bug is that for some (all?) races, horses will be running along just fine (say your horse is in 4th). Then the code gets to the bit for the final furlong, and it basically randomly shuffles the horses and claims they’re in a new order (now your horse is supposedly in 1st). Then for the finish the code regains its brain and puts them in the right order (your horse faded to 5th).

Basically if the number under “Final” looks completely improbable, it is. Pretend it’s not there and look at the rest of your horse’s race positions without it. (So in that hypothetical example, your horse faded from 4th to 5th for whatever reason - out of energy, not enough stamina, outsprinted, what-have-you.)

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