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4. Analysis and Handicapping Profile FAQ’s
6. Alert Notices and Troubleshooting
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Start using custom Handicapping Profiles as soon as possible. (FAQ 1)
Segment the races by race type. (FAQ 2)
Follow good wagering and money management practices. (FAQ 3)
Which Handicapping Profile(s) should I use to handicap a race? (FAQ 4)
What is meant by a horse’s ESP Running Style? (FAQ 5)
What is meant by the Race ESP? (FAQ 6)
What is meant by the term "Pace Match-up"? (FAQ 7)
Why is the Horse’s ESP Running Style sometimes different in ALL-Ways than it is in the BRIS Ultimate Past Performance Generator? (FAQ 8)
How can you tell if a horse can run to the par times of today’s race? (FAQ 9)
Which are better to use, the horse’s paceline figures or the horse’s best 2 out of 3 average figures? (FAQ 10)
How do you interpret the Workout Rating Index? (FAQ 11)
Why is the Turn Time handicapping factor not available for use in Handicapping Profiles? (FAQ 12)
How do you use Quirin Race Shapes to handicap a race? (FAQ 13)
What is the best way to learn to read the handicapping reports? (FAQ 14)
What is the best way to learn the meaning of each handicapping factor? (FAQ 15)
What is the best way to determine the power of each handicapping factor? (FAQ 16)
How does ALL-Ways select contenders? (FAQ 17)
When should I play a Dangerous Non Contender? (FAQ 18)
What is meant by "mechanical play"? Why do you recommend against it? (FAQ 20)
What is an Overlay? What is an Underlay? (FAQ 22)
How do you read the Exacta Matrix on the Contender Summary Report? (FAQ 23)
Which horse should be the "key Horse" in a Trifecta wager? (FAQ 24)
What is meant by the term "Dutching"? (FAQ 25)
Analysis and Handicapping Profile FAQ’s
How do you read the Impact Value Report? What is meant by "FIRST IV", "SECOND IV", "THIRD IV", ""FOURTH IV" and "FIFTH IV"? (FAQ 26)
Why would you want to create a custom Handicapping Profile manually when you can use the Multiple Regression Analysis function(s) to create the profile automatically? (FAQ 31)
Why save the calculated Impact Values when prompted to do so after an IV Analysis Report run? (FAQ 32)
How do Proportional Impact Values work? (FAQ 33)
Why do some of my custom Handicapping Profiles sometimes generate an oddsline where the top horse is given odds of 1-10 and most other horses are 99 -1. Is there a way to stop this? (FAQ 34)
How many races do I need in the Race Database for a track before I can start generating custom Handicapping Profiles? (FAQ 35)
What are the best settings for the minimum and maximum number of races for the Multiple Regression Analysis functions? (FAQ 36)
When should I include and when should I exclude pace handicapping factors in Multiple Regression Analysis generated Handicapping Profiles? (FAQ 37)
Why is it that sometimes it appears I have the minimum number of races in the Race Database for a track in order to use Multiple Regression Analysis but the MRA function doesn’t create a Handicapping Profile? (FAQ 38)
I have seen a case where a Multiple Regression Analysis generated Handicapping Profile does not yield great results when used in the Database Run Analysis report. How can that be? (FAQ 39)
How can I re-name a Handicapping Profile? (FAQ 40)
What is the best way to get started with ALL-Ways? (FAQ 41)
What are the differences between ALL-Ways software and Millennium software? (FAQ 42)
What are the differences between the Standard and Professional Editions? (FAQ 43)
Do I really need to update the pars every time I process a race card data file? (FAQ 44)
What are Par Times, Daily Track Variants and Track-to-Track Adjustments? (FAQ 45)
Which ALL-Ways files should I back up? (FAQ 46)
How long should I keep the ALL-Ways data files and the Flash Results Files? (FAQ 47)
What ALL-Ways files do I need to transfer from my desktop computer to my notebook computer if I am traveling or if I want a computer at the track? (FAQ 48)
How can I print out the Flash Results file? (FAQ 49)
Why are the payoffs for Daily Doubles and Pick Three’s always put in the results for the first race of the race sequence instead of the last race in the sequence? (FAQ 50)
Alert Notices and Trouble Shooting
Alert Notices
Automatic race results when races scheduled for the turf course are moved to a dirt track that is not either muddy or sloppy (FAQ 53)
Automatic race results for exotic wager payoffs that are not based on a $2 base bet (Millennium software only) (FAQ 54)
Troubleshooting
Insufficient memory message at Par Update time (FAQ 55)
Insufficient memory message at Translate time (FAQ 56)
Invalid Property message at Handicapping Time (FAQ 57)
Screen Resolution and Large Font issues (FAQ 58)
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