GallopPost The Virtual Racing Desk
Weighting table and probability figures from a Gallop Post race card, read off a screen

The arithmetic, argued

Virtual racing analysis

9 pieces, grouped by category. Each one states the house position first — a weighted draw has no form to read — then does the arithmetic anyway.

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Analysis

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Analysis

The terminal era and the missing record

The statutes are on the record and dated. The claim that animated racing was a significant product on those screens is not, and this column will not print it as though it were.

Gus Abernethy · 7 min

Analysis

What the 2020 models were fed

Age, weight, form, the weather and a panel of experts went into the Aintree model. Twenty-four past champions went into the Flemington one. Only one of them took a bet.

Ilsa Brandt · 7 min

Analysis

Twenty-five years of the screen wall

The only year anyone will put in writing is 2001, and it comes from the company that builds the races. Everything after it is corporate record and two contradictory numbers.

Gus Abernethy · 7 min

Explainer

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Explainer

The Australian frame for a simulated race

One product, one exclusive approval running to 2097, a tax threshold of $255 million, and a 2005 patent that explains how the result is made. None of it is legal advice.

Gus Abernethy · 8 min

Prices on this page are the draw weighting in another notation. They are reference figures published with the card, not odds available anywhere, and not a betting recommendation.

Form desk columns are editorial opinion about published weightings. They are not financial advice and not a recommendation to wager.

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