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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Len,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I believe there is a simple reason these things happen.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>They are done by a different “generation who just don’t care!”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Mike.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-GB>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-GB> Racing <racing-bounces@ausrace.com> <b>On Behalf Of </b>L.B.Loveday<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 29, 2024 7:29 AM<br><b>To:</b> racing@ausrace.com<br><b>Subject:</b> [AusRace] Dynamic Odds<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>DO have changed the TAB indicator flag from N to F. Why would anyone do that, after years of N, without informing subscribers...<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>When I queried why jockeys were sometimes indicated as Not Notified, sometimes Unknown, and what was the difference, as surely if there were no difference, they would use a unique term, I got this in reply:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><em><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#3D3C3C'>the jockey names are displayed as "Unknown" or "Not Notified" automatically when the feed provider has not sent us the relevant details from their end or when the relevant jockey has not yet been added to the list. Once the feed provider sends the jockey names, they will get updated on our systems with the correct jockey names.</span></b></em><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>"Automatically"! How is which to display chosen?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Do these people understand that programs to process the data we pay $1,100pm to download expect consistency? Will look for "N" as it was originally, that as they add different identifiers for missing jockeys like "Not Notified" and "Unknown" (it used to be N.R.) we have to identify the problem and change the coding? <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>