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THE DIAMOND SYSTEM SAMPLE PRINTOUTSOnce again The Diamond System out-picked me. I picked Big Brown,
but after the scratch of Casino Drive,
At Arlington on Thursday, May 29, in the 3rd race, The Diamond
System's automatic paceline
At Finger Lakes, on Monday, May 26, Apple Talk won and paid
$77.00 and was the top rated Diamond System
THOROUGHBRED DIAMOND SYSTEM TRACKMASTER NAILS $83.50 TOP WINNER Saturday, September 1, 2007 The Diamond System picked another $80 winner on top this week. If you keyed this horse on top in exactas and trifectas, it actually would've been an easy one to hit because the horse with the highest (119) Kick Rating finished 2nd and the morning line favorite, who was ranked 3rd, finished 3rd. Kick Rating is almost as important as the Diamond Rating in Turf Routes. The 2nd place finisher also had the lowest (best) Diamond Speed, which is a combination of final time and late speed. The exacta paid $518.00 and the trifecta paid $2564.00.
THOROUGHBRED DIAMOND SYSTEM BRIS VERSION NAILS $80.80 TOP WINNER Monday, August 27, 2007
THOROUGHBRED DIAMOND PRINTOUTS for DIAMOND SYSTEM CONSENSUS MATRIX nails $16.20, $66.00, $14.40, $14.60, $5.40, and $29.40 WINNERS ON TOP! Last year we added a new feature to the Diamond System, the Diamond System Consensus Matrix. This new feature actually takes 3 different handicapping methods, The Diamond System, The Formula Method, and velocity ratings, to produce a unique Consensus Box that is the most amazing LONGSHOT WINNER generator I've ever seen. In the printout below, you see the Consensus Matrix for Aqueduct, Saturday, February 4, 2006. The system picked 6 winners ON TOP including One Tough Dude $16.20, Napoleon T N T $66.00, What's Your Point $5.40, Wood Winner $14.40, Melodeeman $14.60, and Red Zipper $29.40. The COLD EARLY DOUBLE paid $320.50! The Matrix also had several exotic scores including the $9,616.00 PICK 4. The Matrix also had $154.00 and $286.00 Exactas, $1,264.00 and $1,741.00 Pick 3's, and a $1,193.00 Trifecta. And this is all in one day! SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2006 AQUEDUCT $9,616.00 PICK 4!
The printout you see below is an 8 1/2 by 11 page reduced and scanned for this webpage. This is a printout using option 6 (which is hidden) in the Trackmaster version 17.9.5 or higher of the Thoroughbred Diamond System. We kept this hidden (along with option 8) because it was in the experimental stage. When I say "hidden," I mean that we didn't tell users that it was there--it is not documented. After running several tests on it, I've decided to inform users of its place in the system. We've also decided to create option 6 in the Bris version, and in the new Daily Racing Form Formulator version which will soon be available. If you have the Trackmaster version and it is version 17.9.5 or higher, this should work. What you do is run the system using Automatic paceline option T (you can also run K or P but I've been using T for this particular printout). After you've run it, go back into the starting page and run it again, but when you get to ENTRY, instead of selecting option 2, type in 6 and hit enter. Make sure your printer is on because this screen is not viewable on your monitor. What you get is below, a printout CONSENSUS BOX of FINAL SPEED, EARLY SPEED, and LATE SPEED. The one below is Keeneland, October 8, which was Saturday. Now let me inform you that these are not just DIAMOND or FORMULA ranked. This is an entirely new schematic we came up with. We basically created an artificial intelligence that ranks different types of handicapping formula. For instance, LATE SPEED uses the Formula Kick rating in conjunction with LP (3rd or final fraction). On your Diamond/Formula printouts and screens views, there is no LP. If you run option 8 you will see the actual new ratings. I don't want to go into too much detail on what new ratings we included, but the idea was to try something new and blend several types of ratings together, such as Diamond Final, Formula Power, and AP (AVERAGE PACE). In doing this, we programmed the software to develop new feet-per-second type velocity ratings to add to the Diamond and Formula ratings that are already included. Then we created a way of putting the numbers together. The reason why I am disclosing this previously "hidden" option, is that I love it. Last year Dexter and I were conversing and he suggested that we should try to do more with the numbers, and perhaps create some sort of master rating. We kicked it around a bit and I started to experiment on paper with a CONSENSUS FORMAT. It's still a work on progress (we may add some sort of Class category, and we're thinking of ranking the Final Consensus picks by number). During the Keeneland meet, which is 3 days old as of this writing, option 6 has been amazing. As you can see in Saturday's printout below, FINAL SPEED had 5 winners on top at $3.40, $5.80, $8.80, $5.80, and $25.20. EARLY SPEED had 3 winners on top at $8.80, $17.00, and $25.20. And LATE SPEED had 2 winners on top at $5.80 and $22.80. The amazing thing was the exotics. If you used the top 2 picks in each category in Pick 3's, you would've hit for $461.80, $2,017.40, $3,488.50, $528.20, and $345.00. If you used all 3 horses in each category in Pick 3's, you would've hit the same ones I just listed, plus the last pick 3 of the day, which paid $10,722.80. And there was a lot more exotic winners including a cold $360.20 trifecta that FINAL SPEED had in the 10th. Over the course of the first 3 days of the Keeneland meet so far, FINAL SPEED, which should be the strongest category, has been just that. After 29 races, FINAL SPEED had 10 winners on top including $25.80 and $36.80 winners, and produced a CLEAR PROFIT of $66.00 for $2.00 wagers, a 47% profit. Interestingly enough, playing all 3 horses in each category in each race (which would actually be an $18.00 bet per race) to win produced a substantial profit of $114.80 or 22%. I'm not saying that is the way to go, my assumption at this point is that there are better approaches. After a few months of looking at these printouts, I've noticed that LATE SPEED often completes the exacta or trifecta. In other words, LATE SPEED horses (usually closers) often plunk up for 2nd or 3rd. The interesting thing is that these LATE SPEED horses are often big longshots. You know how when you bet exactas or trifectas some horse comes out of nowhere at a big price and messes up your ticket? Well, that's precisely what LATE SPEED top picks have done. But, some of them have also won at huge prices. Another pattern I've noticed is that the more the horse is listed the better chance it was to win the race. For instance, ELUSIVE JAZZ is ranked 2nd in Final Speed and 1st in Early Speed, and it won and paid $17.00. In the 10th race, LILA KAY'S ROSE is ranked 1st in both FINAL SPEED and EARLY SPEED, and it won and paid $25.20. Other multiple-ranked longshot horses that won and paid good prices over the first three days, on Sunday, October 9, EASY GRADES was ranked 1st in FINAL SPEED, and 3rd in both EARLY SPEED and LATE SPEED. Easy Grades won and paid $36.80. On opening day, Friday, October 7, in the 9th race, SHE SAYS IT BEST was ranked 1st on FINAL SPEED and 2nd on LATE SPEED, and paid $21.40. More horses that were ranked more than once over this 3 day period and won include STATE OF STOCK $6.80, SUMMER BOOK $6.60, REGENT SPIRIT $7.80, ASI SEIMPRE $2.40, EVERYTHING GOOD $8.80, DAWN OF WAR $74.60(!), and INTERCONTINENTAL $3.60. DAWN OF WAR, the $74.60 winner, was ranked 3rd on FINAL SPEED and EARLY SPEED. I'm going to start updating this site with more current DIAMOND printouts for both the thoroughbred and Harness versions. As for this new wrinkle, it's good. It's great for spotting LIVE LONGSHOTS, especially for exotic wagering. I don't think most handicappers could come up with these horses using the old methods. The problem is, we tend to think too rationally, and we would dismiss many of these LONGSHOT winners because they simply don't look that strong to the naked eye. But I'm finding more and more that speed, pace, and acceleration is really the key when you have the right formulas.
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