Lone F’s: Do They Really Have an Advantage? Lone F’s, (front runners in a field without other front runners) have long been accorded a near-royal status. Is it justified? To answer this question, we begin by defining and benchmarking “F” horses in general. Our definition of an “F” horse is a horse with 7 or […]
Laurel Park | Is There Really a Bias with the 1 1/16 Miles Course?
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% […]
The Arizona ants 2
Wrong! The Arizona ants did much better here than the M.I.T. ants did in Arizona, but their area of expertise was in general maze running skills, not in one particular maze. Return to article
The Arizona ants 3
Right! The Arizona ants would be the likely winners. Return to article
The M.I.T. ants 3
Annnggh! That sound you heard was Beulah the buzzer. No, the M.I.T. ants would not be the likely winners. They have developed very narrow minded traits. Before they can learn a new maze, they have to “unlearn” the special tricks they learned for getting through their old maze (“When you get to the big tree, […]