1 1/16 Miles at Laurel Park: Is There Really a Bias? This question turned out to be amazingly simple to answer. In our database, we show 1,524 races run on fast tracks. If we simply break them down by post position, here are the results. Laurel, 1 1/16 miles – Post Position Starts Wins Win% […]
Artificial Intelligence, Software Systems and The Concept of Ant Hills
As many of you know, I am deeply involved in artificial intelligence research. In 1995, a friend related a story he had read in a book about artificial life. Let me relate that story to you as I remembered it at the time. [The punch line here is that when I read the book myself […]
The Reynolds Number, Modeling and Osborne Reynolds
Who Was Osborne Reynolds? What Was He Modeling? In my research I came across the work of Osborne Reynolds, a 19th century English physicist and engineer whose area of interest was “turbulence” (fluid mechanics). In 1883 Reynolds, by experimenting with pipes of varying sizes, was able to come up with a number, (now known as […]
Horse Racing, Race Tracks & Wagering as Seen From the Early 21st Century
The following is a history of horse racing as viewed from the 21st century. Fact, fiction, speculation, or pure fantasy? All of these are possibilities. But, if racing plays its cards right, this could be a glimpse into the crystal ball. 1990 Out-of-state “satellite” wagering began. Major tracks had been simulcasting races into Nevada […]