Definition Please

[edw]

Some examples from the trip comments in the HX5 export:

PL1,dueledsteadied
PL2,forcedverywide
PL4,toughtrip
PL8,alwaysracednear

I guessed that the "PL" referred to "placed" as in "finish position"; i.e., in the example above I thought it was reporting that the horses would have finished 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 8th respectively. Unfortunately, the race finish positions reported in HX5 disagrees with me.

Does anyone know what "PL" means?

[tomcat]

Pace Line....you are looking at different races.

[edw]

Tomcat,

Thanks for the very rapid reply. Unfortunately, I'm not quite following your explanation.

In my original example, those happened to be from 4 different horses. The following example is from one horse and I'm not making the connection to "paceline".

nPP1TRP*................nPP2TRP...............nPP3 TRP.....................nPP4TRP.................
Trip 1.....................Trip 2...................Trip 3.........................Trip 4................
failed to respond......ducked in start.......bumped after start........PL2,steadied stretch


*Note: I copied and pasted the HTR field names directly from the 2/1/06 HX5 file spec. I know the "n" should be a "t" since these are string fields, not numeric fields, but the "n" is how they are listed in the file spec.

[edw]

FWIW, some recent examples on Sept. 22, 2006:

CT Race 4 Heartbreak Kid Trip 1: PL3,in tight, stdy stretch
FP Race 3 Olga's Dream Trip 1: PL5,jostled early, checked
FPX Race 2 Miss Highbrow Trip 1: PL5,fanned out,no rally
LRL Race 7 Flying Peace Trip 1: PL1,rail,angled,rallied bw
TP Race 10 Langfuhr's Wildcat Trip 1: PL3,awkward start improved

[BillW]

I see what you are saying edw. Note the 6th line. I'm only confirming what you are seeing. I have no idea what it means, but it does appear to be part of the text field and not an artifact of the import process.


A "raw" command line query from my database:


cash=> select name, tripcomment from pperf where todaysdate = '20060922' and todaystrack = 'CT' and todaysracenum = 4 and name = 'Heartbreak Kid';
name | tripcomment
----------------+----------------------------
Heartbreak Kid | broke out some,wknd
Heartbreak Kid | mid track,steady gain
Heartbreak Kid | 4-wide 1/2,led,game
Heartbreak Kid | bumped start
Heartbreak Kid | lacked late response
Heartbreak Kid | PL3,in tight, stdy stretch
Heartbreak Kid | steadied into turn
Heartbreak Kid | pinched into 1st turn
Heartbreak Kid | wide trip, tired
Heartbreak Kid | trailed throughout
(10 rows)




The comment from the chart export for that specific race, note the "PL3," text missing:

cash=> select verbosecomment from rescht where date = '20060908' and track = 'CT' and horsename = 'Heartbreak Kid';
verbosecomment
------------------------
in tight, stdy stretch
(1 row)


This looks like one for Ken or Ron.

Bill

[edw]

Thanks, BillW.

Good thinking to cross check with the chart export (I guess I was asleep at the switch on that one).

So, Ron/Ken, what say you? :)

[MVM]

PL2 means that the horse was (after inquiry) placed 2nd due to the DQ of a runner ahead of him in the original order of finish.

Usually, this means that there was some kind of interference in the race. In California, it means that Paper Covered Rock in the stewards stand.

[BillW]

PL2 means that the horse was (after inquiry) placed 2nd due to the DQ of a runner ahead of him in the original order of finish.

Usually, this means that there was some kind of interference in the race. In California, it means that Paper Covered Rock in the stewards stand.

We have a winner! Thank You Michael. In the particular case I cited, the 2nd place finisher, Lofty Call was DQ'd to 4th thus moving Heartbreak Kid up to 3rd and confirmed by looking further into the chart.

cash=> select verbosecomment, positionfin, positionmoney from rescht where date = '20060908' and track = 'CT' and horsename = 'Heartbreak Kid';
verbosecomment | positionfin | positionmoney
------------------------+-------------+---------------
in tight, stdy stretch | 4 | 3
(1 row)


Bill

[km]

Two items prefix the running line when applicable in the aftermatch of an inquiry

"DQ3" = disqualified to 3rd

"PL3" = moved up to 3rd via disqual of another horse in the race

[edw]

Thanks all.