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Analyse the names of the winning horses!
The horse race calculator has been in the making for a long time. You can use our system for free to calculate the winning odds for the horses at any given race — purely for fun.
It all started at a bachelor party
I flew to Australia to attend the buck show (stag night) of my AFS host-brother. We had a great day and went to the trots (racetrack) at Allan Scott Park at Morphettville, near Adelaide.
It was the first time I had been at a horse race and I wasn't so sure which horses to pick.
I recommended some horses to my friends based on their names — and one of them really came in first. So I thought: if I can pick a winner from the names alone, I should analyse this a little more.
The next afternoon, back home, I started working on the first version of the algorithm. We tested it by feeding the horses' names into my online system and listening to the results on the radio. To our amazement, we got 3 of the top 4 horses right.
Over the years the calculations have been adapted and enhanced. Although we can't guarantee the winning horse, we are confident our calculator has an edge over picking a horse by its name — and it's good fun.
Still building — and still having fun
For years we only used the horse race calculator for our own entertainment. When we showed it to friends, they wanted a piece of the action too and asked for a nice interface to make their own tips. This redesign is that interface — now with a play-money race game as well.
Have fun,
Jochen "Joe" Savelberg
and your friends @ horseracing.be
Brought to you by Euregio.Net AG. Purely for fun — please don't bet your future on it.