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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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! TURF.v93-1.01 Thoroughbred Handicapping System !
! Copyright (c) 1994 by H. Andrew Solomon !
! !
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
INTRODUCTION
Welcome to the TURF.v93 Thoroughbred Handicapping System!
This is the TURF.v93 READ.ME file. It contains important
information about the TURF.v93 Thoroughbred Handicapping
System. Read this file in its entirety before proceeding.
If you would like to print this file, type:
COPY READ.ME PRN:
at the DOS prompt.
ABOUT THE TURF.v93 PROGRAM
The TURF.v93 Thoroughbred Handicapping System is a powerful
and highly advanced, highly sophisticated, yet easy-to-use,
thoroughbred race handicapping system. It combines sound,
well-established race handicapping principles with scientific
statistical analysis methodology, applied to years' worth of
actual race data, to create a handicapping tool which can
be used at race tracks, from Belmont Park to the county
fair, at OTB or anywhere thoroughbreds are racing and a
Daily Racing Form or similar publication is available.
It includes a full-screen data entry system, with on-line,
context-sensitive help, and a rating capability which will
help even the novice race-goer predict the outcome of
thoroughbred races.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
The author is a professional Software Engineer (a fancy name
for Computer Programmer) who has been programming computers
since before PCs even existed. His first handicapping program
was written on punch cards in a batch job entry mainframe
environment. He has worked for years as a defense contractor,
writing programs for highly sophisticated, high-tech defense
and intelligence projects. His experience in handicapping
horse and dog races dates back even further than that, having
patronized and collected race data for many years from a
variety of tracks as diverse as Garden State and Atlantic
City to Churchill Downs and Keeneland to Turf Paradise and
the county fairs of Arizona, as well as Greyhound tracks in
both Florida and Arizona and Jai-Alai frontons in Florida.
He has combined his many years of experience in high-tech
computer programming and scientific statistical analysis
methodology with sound, well-established handicapping
principles to create this powerful, yet easy-to-use,
automated handicapping system.
ABOUT VERSION 1.xx
Don't be misled by the version number; this is not a new
program. This is the same program the author has been
using as his personal handicapping system for years. It
has been debugged, tested and put to use in the real world,
i.e. at the race track. Real money has been wagered based
on the predictions from this program. You too can be
confident that with the TURF.v93 system as your handicapping
tool, your hard-earned money is not being thrown away. You
will have a definite edge over all the other bettors who are
still wagering "by the seat of their pants" or using old-
fashioned handicapping methods to support their selections.
And just in case you're one of those people who might wonder
why, if this system is so good, would the author decide to
sell it to others and not keep all the valuable information
provided by it to himself? A good question! It just so
happens that, at the time of this writing, the author lives
in a small town in Arizona which doesn't have a race track.
The nearest racing is a long drive away and the author can't
get there as often as he might like. His misfortune; your
gain.
ABOUT RACE HANDICAPPING
Having said all that about the power of the TURF.v93 system
to predict races, a reality check is in order. No handi-
capping system, including TURF.v93, is magic. This is not
a crystal ball which can peer into the future and guarantee
great wealth from race wagers. What the TURF.v93 system is,
in fact, is a powerful predictor of the PROBABLE outcome of
races. It examines multiple factors regarding the race being
run, the entries in the race and the recent past performance
history of those entries, and weighs those factors to compute
the PROBABILITY of each entry winning the race. Remember that
some races cannot be handicapped. Some races are won by animals
that seem to have no business running, let alone winning. Some
entries that seem to be head and withers above the rest of the
field - a "lock" - don't come in. Some wagers that actually do
win don't pay enough even to cover the amount of the wager.
There is no substitute for sound human judgement. Don't throw
money around like you expect to win every race you handicap or
profit on a wager which is a bad investment. Pick and choose
your wagers wisely. Remember, the ultimate goal of race handi-
capping is not to be able to brag about how many winners you
can predict, but to profit on the wisdom of your selections
over the selections of the other bettors. The TURF.v93 system
is a powerful tool which can provide the confidence for its
users to do that, but the sound human judgement part is left
to each user to exercise.
WARRANTY
This program is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind,
expressed or implied. The author cannot be responsible for
any damage or loss, indirect or consequential, resulting from
the use of this program.
BACKING UP THE TURF.v93 MASTER DISK
Please be sure to make a backup copy of the master disk before
proceeding with installation. This is your safety net in case
anything should ever happen to your original disk. In case of
an accident, you'll be glad you have it.
To make a backup copy:
>Type:
DISKCOPY A: A:
and press ENTER. Follow the prompts, inserting the TURF.v93
master disk when the SOURCE disk is requested and your backup
disk when the TARGET disk is requested. When the copy is
completed, press "N" for "No More Copies". (If you have two
floppy disk drives you may be able to substitute the command:
DISKCOPY A: B:
for the above.) See your DOS manual for more details on the
DISKCOPY command.
INSTALLING THE TURF.v93 PROGRAM
The TURF.v93 master disk contains the following files:
TURFV93.EXE - the automated installation program,
READ.ME - a quick-start, informative introduction to
the TURF.v93 system (this file), and
README.BAT - a simple listing utility to assist in the
reading of the READ.ME file.
If you have the ShareWare distribution disk for the TURF.v93
system, your master disk should also contain the files:
REGISTER.DOC - the program registration form,
UPGRADE.DOC - the version upgrade registration form,
VENDOR.DOC - the program distribution information file,
ASP.DOC - a file containing