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Old 01-09-2016, 09:37 AM
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Originally Posted by ranger5830 View Post

I counted 165 players with an active streak of at least 5 in a row. More than I thought, but still less than 4.5% of all players who have at least one correct selection. Including today, there are still 55 racing dates left in the meeting, and last year only two players were able to get a streak of higher than 32. Perhaps that was an aberration, but I have to believe that a streak of 40 would give someone a reasonable chance of winning.
Good analysis, you convinced me. (I count 58 days left, btw). If my pick yesterday had not lost, I was going to skip today. (large fields, no heavy favs except for CC, who hasn't raced in so long.) Now I'll just go with CC in the feature and hope he's ready enough for 3rd.
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