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Handicapping Process

Handicapping Software

Thoroughbred Analytics' proprietary handicapping software produces three important metrics to assist you in your handicapping analysis. We analyze over 40 factors using the past performance data for every horse in North America to produce our proprietary measures. We validate our calculated factors by comparing our results to actual historical data and tracking how closely we reflect actual results.

Our database partner, Equibase, is the official database provider for Thoroughbred Racing in North America. We receive updates from them continuously every racing day. Using this data our models are continuously updated as we receive entries and horse racing results from all tracks in North America.

Analytical Models

We build a series of analytical models based on these correlations and apply them to any horse you choose and rank them against all the horses running the same race. Within seconds, you have access to our handicapping results for every horse racing on the date of your choosing in all of North America.

Metrics

The three key proprietary metrics calculated using or value-added process can be used individually or combined to enhance your handicapping experience.

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  • Indicator®

    Using the past performances of each horse that we obtain through our partnership with Equibase, our proprietary handicapping software calculates over 40 factors of performance for each horse. These individual factors are then statistically combined to arrive at a single number to indicate how the horse is expected to perform in the current race.

    This single number is called the TA IndicatorThe TA Indicator indicates how well the horse is expected to perform in the current race based on historical information. read more® and is calculated individually for each horse in each race.

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  • Rank®

    The TA RankThe TA Rank lists the horse with highest to lowest TA Indicators. read more lists each horse in each race in order of its TA IndicatorThe TA Indicator indicates how well the horse is expected to perform in the current race based on historical information. read more, from highest to lowest. The horse with the highest TA IndicatorThe TA Indicator indicates how well the horse is expected to perform in the current race based on historical information. read more is given a rank of 1, which indicates that horse as the most likely winner and best pick. The horse with the second highest TA IndicatorThe TA Indicator indicates how well the horse is expected to perform in the current race based on historical information. read more® is given a rank of 2, and so forth for each horse in the race.

    Simply put, the TA RankThe TA Rank lists the horse with highest to lowest TA Indicators. read more® tells the handicapper how the horse is ranked in the field from best to worst.

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  • Ratio®

    The TA RatioThe TA Ratio represents a horse's overall relative strength or weakness compared to all other horses entered in the race. read more is one of the most important tools provided by Thoroughbred Analytics to the handicapper. The TA RatioThe TA Ratio represents a horse's overall relative strength or weakness compared to all other horses entered in the race. read more® indicates how strong a horse is with respect to the rest of the field. The TA RatioThe TA Ratio represents a horse's overall relative strength or weakness compared to all other horses entered in the race. read more® of each horse is calculated by dividing each horse's individual TA IndicatorThe TA Indicator indicates how well the horse is expected to perform in the current race based on historical information. read more by the average TA IndicatorThe TA Indicator indicates how well the horse is expected to perform in the current race based on historical information. read mores® for all horses in the race.

    A TA RatioThe TA Ratio represents a horse's overall relative strength or weakness compared to all other horses entered in the race. read more® of 1.00 means that the horse is comparable to the average horses in the race.

    A TA RatioThe TA Ratio represents a horse's overall relative strength or weakness compared to all other horses entered in the race. read more of 1.2 means the horse is much stronger than most of the other horses in the race.