The Science of Greyhound Racing Prediction by Guy Slade
It's not a Game? It's a Science!
Hello, welcome and thank you for visiting www.greyhoundpredictor.com.
I enjoy following the "Open Race Scene" here in the United Kingdom and have over the years become a keen collector of dog racing memorabilia, mainly old greyhound programmes. In the past, I've also attended race-meetings at dog tracks in the USA and Australia.
In this article, I'll explain how to predict your own future winners by using the Greyhound Predictor v2.0 software program and will be discussing the various dog formlines and statistics required to be entered into the 'Race Predictor Stat Screen'.
Questions about The Science of Greyhound Racing Prediction? Please feel free to contact me.
The Science of Greyhound Racing Prediction - Introduction
Greyhound Racing in the 21st Century affords 'punters worldwide' the chance to interactively bet on the dogs. This has created new opportunities, with increases in UK Super Jackpot payouts, live internet betting facilities and the ever increasingly popular number of dog racing websites, never before has 'the racegoer' experienced such a revolution in greyhound racing information and technology.
However, before downloading 'Greyhound Predictor', I firstly recommend you aquire a good informative 'daily racing newspaper' with full in-depth coverage of all today's or this evening's dog meetings, turn to the greyhound section and select a race you wish to predict!
The "Predictor" lets you predict dog races run over 3 race lengths. These include: 515 metres (563 yards), 500 metres (547 yards) and 480 metres (525 yards). When predicting a race, try selecting one run exactly over or very close to any of these race distances to obtain the best results!
Now start up Greyhound Predictor, double click the 'Crystal Ball' icon on your desktop.
If you haven't yet downloaded and installed GP Version 2.0 then you can download a free trial. * The trial version is free to try before you buy! *
Please note: The full registered version will not display the start-up dialogue boxes and will not be limited to only one race per start up.
Once the 'dog race simulator' has loaded, you will be taken to the information boxes, click I agree to start the program running and press Spacebar to move through the information screens to Main Menu from here you can select Predictor, Betting, Gallery, Information or Options by using the Up/Down curzor keys on your keyboard. If you have any difficulties veiwing Greyhound Predictor, please see Support Page for further information.
The Greyhound Predictor Software Program always runs in Full Screen Mode, therefore it is not possible to flip back to internet raceform web-sites to enter the greyhound data into the Predictor, unless of course you use two monitors!
GP v2.0 offers a maximum 8 dog runners per race, by selecting the Option Menu you can alter the 'race settings' to the correct number of runners required and change any race length measurement into 'metres or yards' or to enter a dog's racing weight in either 'kilos or pounds'!
Alternatively, you can pre-set your own race settings, by finding the Configuration Utility on your computer (Start - Programs - Greyhound Predictor v2.0 - Configuration) You may set any combination of the 'racetrack settings' mentioned above as the default mode of your choice. Each time you start Greyhound Predictor both six or eight dog greyhound races run in metres or yards, kilos or pounds, will then be saved for you!
Now are you ready to start predicting greyhound races?
From the Main Menu select 'Predictor' to navigate throughout, simply highlight your answers by using the Left/Right cursor keys situated on your keyboard, when you have selected your answer press Spacebar to continue.
GP v2.0 requires you to answer 10 greyhound racing form questions for each selected runner starting with Trap 1. The first 3 questions however, always relate to each individual race set-up.
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