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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1,000Numbers in a draw

Method

as at 25 October 2026

Analysis

3 pieces · only Analysis →

Analysis 10 Oct 2026

The first published window

Eight resulted cards, two winning favourites against an expectation of 2.20, and one horse that won three of them at $12.78, $5.51 and $40.78.

Wren Tabakoff · 8 min

Analysis 11 Sep 2026

The cost of the book

Twelve runners, 1,000 numbers and a book of 127.0. The margin is 27 points and the shortest price in the field is carrying 7.6 of them.

Mo Farrelly · 6 min

Analysis 28 Aug 2026

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

Opinion

1 piece · only Opinion →

Opinion 17 Oct 2026

What a virtual product would have to publish

The rules already require an operator to be able to rebuild a virtual race. They do not require anyone to show it. Eight items would close that gap, and this paper publishes seven of them.

Wren Tabakoff · 7 min

Explainer

1 piece · only Explainer →

Explainer 4 Sep 2026

What a simulator models

A speed curve, a gene, a distribution, a population sink and a career ladder. A draw engine holds one number, and this is what the other five are for.

Ilsa Brandt · 7 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.