[AusRace] Cube - a system

[Tony Moffat]

There are two with this name.

One, not discussed here, had you looking for runners with qualified form
figures, 111, 112, 113, 211, 212, 213 etc out to a 4** and 5**

The other was a bound booklet, hand printed and published in Sydney, with an
advertisement on the inside back cover (Mark Foy's store, in Sydney). On the
back cover is a cubist drawing which may be a slice of the piece 'Nude
descending the stairs' - I have seen stairs and the other things and no, I
don't see it, and yes, Saintly, I turned it every which way.

The author had you dividing the distance of todays race with a calculated
divisor (think 1200/16.5) then multiplying the result by the days since last
start, then squaring that result, then squaring it again.
They explained that there was a link between distance of race, and days
between runs. Sprinters took longer to recover, distance runners needed
quick turn-arounds to maintain/improve 'strength'.

The divisor I have shown is mid way between the 14.5 - 17.5 value they
calculated, depending on race distance/'length'. A table in the book advises
which divisor you should use - I have attempted to reverse engineer this,
looking for the input(s) used but it appears skewed towards sprint races.

I have not seen another system which is dependent on days since last start
as its only input. It does snare a few but is that because a quick back up
is dominant in form anyway? Or may be they lost the lollies last run,
because of a jockey error most likely, and they are in the hunt quickly to
get their funds back. Or may be those involved have seen something positive
and can't wait to use/utilise that knowledge now. Or whatever.


Cheers

Tony




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