bha_ls: BHA lengths per second conversion

In durtal/RcappeR: Tools to aid the analysis and handicapping of Thoroughbred Horse Racing

Description

Return lengths per second scale employed by the BHA when they calculate lengths beaten. Use it convert the lengths back into seconds, see bhascale

Usage

bha_ls(conditions = NULL)

Arguments

conditions

abbreviated concatenation of race conditions, ie. the type of race (flat or national hunt), and the official going. To view the dataset leave conditions blank.

Race Type abbreviations

• f-[going] flat

• nh-[going] national hunt

Going abbreviations

• [f, nh]-gq good or quicker

• [f, nh]-ggs good, good to soft

• [f, nh]-gsg good to soft, good

• [f, nh]-gs good to soft

• [f, nh]-gss good to soft, soft

• [f, nh]-sgs soft, good to soft

• [f, nh]-ss soft or slower

• [f, nh]-aw all-weather

• [f, nh]-fs fibresand

Examples

## Not run: 
# conditions:
# race type: national hunt (nh) - going: good to soft, soft (gss)
bha_ls(conditions = "nh-gss")

# unsure of conditions param, view the dataset
bha_ls()

## End(Not run)

durtal/RcappeR documentation built on May 15, 2019, 6 p.m.