The Impact values (I.V’s) for “Total Earnings“, “Avg Earnings” per start and “Average Purse” are positive for those that head each list. Though useful in Listed and Group races you still need to include other handicapping factors. A horse may outclass its opponents, but unless it is in shape and running under optimal conditions it will not be able to beat others in the race.

If can get it (its rare as hen’s teeth hence expesnsive) I would get a copy of “Odds on Your Side” my Cramer. Failing that, the book listed in the post is useful too. It does not provide anything new but enforces which factors are important based on statistics.

Very interesting – I’ve got something similar pasted to my wall to the side of my screen. Interested to know about ‘earnings’ though, is that the cumulative earnings of the horse ? Had a look on Amazon for books by Cramer but most are out of print – if you had to recommend one to someone on the lookout for new handicapping angles, which one would it be ?

Cheers

Dave