fin_sect: Finishing Sectional Time

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

Description

Calculates the finishing sectional, reverse engineers a Finishing Speed Percentage (see fin_spd) into a sectional time

Usage

fin_sect(fin_time, dist, fin_spd, sect_dist)

Arguments

fin_time	final time
dist	distance
fin_spd	finishing speed percentage
sect_dist	closing sectional distance

Details

The two distance parameters, dist and sect_dist, must be in the same units, be that furlongs, miles, metres, feet, etc. While the fin_time parameter should be in seconds, and the fin_spd should be a number around 100.

Examples

## Not run: 
# 5 furlong race run in 59 seconds
# finishing speed of 102.61 over closing sectional of 2 furlongs
fin_sect(fin_time = 59, dist = 5, fin_spd = 102.61, sect_dist = 2)
## 23

## End(Not run)

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