For what seems an
eternity, punters have been grappling with one very important element of the
form, gear changes. As punters ourselves, we totally understand the
frustrations of the process involved in obtaining accurate gear changes.
Gear changes are of course nothing new. You will
find them published in newspapers and on websites. Until now the problem has
been collating (from the many sources available) an accurate record of this
information and then applying it efficiently. To do this one can use index cards,
make notes into spreadsheets or even glue things into scrapbooks. This really
complicates the recall of that information. It simply isn't where you want it
when you need it.
To top it all off, the gear kit (a list of standard
gear that the horse carries) is a forgotten entity as all that is available are
the gear changes. Its one thing to see synthetic hoof filler as a gear change
and entirely another to remember that the horse has issues with its feet next
time it runs in a race.
FINALLY!
What used to be a tedious and complicated task and one
that has NEVER been completely addressed by any racing software database in
Australia; has now been resolved by ratings2Win in their Axis software. For the
first time, professional clients have access to complete official RISA gear
changes in abbreviated form next to each horse in the form every day in every
TAB race. This quickly cuts through all the tedious work previously required to
maintain such records. Today’s gear changes are now conveniently placed in the
form and this is just the start.
Firstly you will be able to see the gear change against
each of the horses past starts when you view it’s form. This means you will be
able to instantly identify horse’s prior runs with that gear and form an
opinion on any expected performance when the gear change reoccurs. Over time
the entire gear package will also constitute an approximation of the gear the
horse is carrying at today’s start that are not gear changes. This eliminates
the chance of you forgetting potentially vital information. The gear changes
will also be able to be viewed anywhere throughout the program where you would
expect to view horses past starts whether that be in search, key race, my
assessments and other modules.
If that wasn't enough, there is more. R2W Axis will
push the boundaries even further, allowing punters for the first time to be
able to test gear changes as an element of the form. This means that finding an
edge by using gear changes will become a reality. Consider knowing the
statistics on how different trainers use gear changes can uncover hidden edges
totally out of the reach of the majority of punters. Know the effect all the
different gear has on a horse; not an opinion or observation but an actual
fully fledged analysis.
ratings2win understand punters needs and continue to
deliver state of the art software, functionality and data to their clients. The
best thing of course is that this key information is made available to
professional Axis subscribers at no additional cost, whether that is the data
itself or the testing/analysis capabilities of the software.
