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  "id": 346618,
  "title": "Horse Racing - definition",
  "url": "/competitions/big-data-derby-2022/discussion/346618",
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  "post_date": "2022-08-20T15:00:27.304724Z",
  "votes": 1,
  "comment_count": 3,
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  "content": "<p>Hi I am totally new to horse racing. Please can someone help me understanding the below:</p>\n<p>a) Does program number just a number assigned to a horse or there is certain meaning?<br>\nb) Does race number refers to the result of the race. 1 means winner, 9 means number 9 of the race?</p>",
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      "id": "1907181",
      "postDate": "08/20/2022 15:00:27",
      "content": "<p>Hi I am totally new to horse racing. Please can someone help me understanding the below:</p>\n<p>a) Does program number just a number assigned to a horse or there is certain meaning?<br>\nb) Does race number refers to the result of the race. 1 means winner, 9 means number 9 of the race?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi I am totally new to horse racing. Please can someone help me understanding the below:\n\na) Does program number just a number assigned to a horse or there is certain meaning?\nb) Does race number refers to the result of the race. 1 means winner, 9 means number 9 of the race?",
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      "id": "1909663",
      "postDate": "08/22/2022 20:08:03",
      "content": "<p>To better understand, let's use Saratoga race track in Saratoga Springs New York as an example.  They race 40 days a year staring in early July.  Most days there are 10 races numbered 1 - 10 that is the race number.  There are differing numbers of horses entered in each of the ten races.  The horses start in a post position in the starting gate.  That post position is the number of the horse and in the starting gate where they will start the race.  The \"program\" is a booklet (or online PDF) that shows the historical statistics about each horse in every race for the day.  The program number is synonymous with post position in the starting gate for the horses listed.</p>\n<p>Hope that helps.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "To better understand, let's use Saratoga race track in Saratoga Springs New York as an example.  They race 40 days a year staring in early July.  Most days there are 10 races numbered 1 - 10 that is the race number.  There are differing numbers of horses entered in each of the ten races.  The horses start in a post position in the starting gate.  That post position is the number of the horse and in the starting gate where they will start the race.  The \"program\" is a booklet (or online PDF) that shows the historical statistics about each horse in every race for the day.  The program number is synonymous with post position in the starting gate for the horses listed.\n\nHope that helps.",
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    {
      "id": "1910245",
      "postDate": "08/23/2022 09:25:49",
      "content": "<p>Hi Ken Miller,</p>\n<p>Thank you for the information. Do you happen to know the below as well? I am trying to figure out which variable reflects the winning horse or their position in competition:<br>\na) trakus_index -- does this provide how far the horse run when the competition end?<br>\nb) Is the longtitude and latitude refers to location of horse when the competition end?<br>\nc) The pursue which is the dividend is it base on a pool of money where people bet or it is a fix amount for each race given by the organizer?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi Ken Miller,\n\nThank you for the information. Do you happen to know the below as well? I am trying to figure out which variable reflects the winning horse or their position in competition:\na) trakus_index -- does this provide how far the horse run when the competition end?\nb) Is the longtitude and latitude refers to location of horse when the competition end?\nc) The pursue which is the dividend is it base on a pool of money where people bet or it is a fix amount for each race given by the organizer?",
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    {
      "id": "1910430",
      "postDate": "08/23/2022 12:20:59",
      "content": "<p>The data does not contain the winning horse as a data field - you can figure it out though by the lat and lon and who crosses the finis line first.  See my notebook on calculating the winner - KJaggle won't let me post a link to it here.</p>\n<p>It does not appear from what I have read that the last lat lon is the end of the race.  Again, you should be able to figure this out relative to the finish line.</p>\n<p>As for the purse money try this link <a href=\"https://horseracingsense.com/where-purse-money-from-horse-racing/\" target=\"_blank\">https://horseracingsense.com/where-purse-money-from-horse-racing/</a></p>\n<p>Hope that helps.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "The data does not contain the winning horse as a data field - you can figure it out though by the lat and lon and who crosses the finis line first.  See my notebook on calculating the winner - KJaggle won't let me post a link to it here.\n\nIt does not appear from what I have read that the last lat lon is the end of the race.  Again, you should be able to figure this out relative to the finish line.\n\nAs for the purse money try this link https://horseracingsense.com/where-purse-money-from-horse-racing/\n\nHope that helps.",
      "votes": null
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    {
      "id": 1909663,
      "author_name": "mlconsult",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "08/22/2022 20:08:03",
      "content": "<p>To better understand, let's use Saratoga race track in Saratoga Springs New York as an example.  They race 40 days a year staring in early July.  Most days there are 10 races numbered 1 - 10 that is the race number.  There are differing numbers of horses entered in each of the ten races.  The horses start in a post position in the starting gate.  That post position is the number of the horse and in the starting gate where they will start the race.  The \"program\" is a booklet (or online PDF) that shows the historical statistics about each horse in every race for the day.  The program number is synonymous with post position in the starting gate for the horses listed.</p>\n<p>Hope that helps.</p>",
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    },
    {
      "id": 1910245,
      "author_name": "homelysmile",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "08/23/2022 09:25:49",
      "content": "<p>Hi Ken Miller,</p>\n<p>Thank you for the information. Do you happen to know the below as well? I am trying to figure out which variable reflects the winning horse or their position in competition:<br>\na) trakus_index -- does this provide how far the horse run when the competition end?<br>\nb) Is the longtitude and latitude refers to location of horse when the competition end?<br>\nc) The pursue which is the dividend is it base on a pool of money where people bet or it is a fix amount for each race given by the organizer?</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 1910430,
          "author_name": "mlconsult",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "08/23/2022 12:20:59",
          "content": "<p>The data does not contain the winning horse as a data field - you can figure it out though by the lat and lon and who crosses the finis line first.  See my notebook on calculating the winner - KJaggle won't let me post a link to it here.</p>\n<p>It does not appear from what I have read that the last lat lon is the end of the race.  Again, you should be able to figure this out relative to the finish line.</p>\n<p>As for the purse money try this link <a href=\"https://horseracingsense.com/where-purse-money-from-horse-racing/\" target=\"_blank\">https://horseracingsense.com/where-purse-money-from-horse-racing/</a></p>\n<p>Hope that helps.</p>",
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    "1907181": "Hi I am totally new to horse racing. Please can someone help me understanding the below:\n\na) Does program number just a number assigned to a horse or there is certain meaning?\nb) Does race number refers to the result of the race. 1 means winner, 9 means number 9 of the race?",
    "1909663": "To better understand, let's use Saratoga race track in Saratoga Springs New York as an example.  They race 40 days a year staring in early July.  Most days there are 10 races numbered 1 - 10 that is the race number.  There are differing numbers of horses entered in each of the ten races.  The horses start in a post position in the starting gate.  That post position is the number of the horse and in the starting gate where they will start the race.  The \"program\" is a booklet (or online PDF) that shows the historical statistics about each horse in every race for the day.  The program number is synonymous with post position in the starting gate for the horses listed.\n\nHope that helps.",
    "1910245": "Hi Ken Miller,\n\nThank you for the information. Do you happen to know the below as well? I am trying to figure out which variable reflects the winning horse or their position in competition:\na) trakus_index -- does this provide how far the horse run when the competition end?\nb) Is the longtitude and latitude refers to location of horse when the competition end?\nc) The pursue which is the dividend is it base on a pool of money where people bet or it is a fix amount for each race given by the organizer?",
    "1910430": "The data does not contain the winning horse as a data field - you can figure it out though by the lat and lon and who crosses the finis line first.  See my notebook on calculating the winner - KJaggle won't let me post a link to it here.\n\nIt does not appear from what I have read that the last lat lon is the end of the race.  Again, you should be able to figure this out relative to the finish line.\n\nAs for the purse money try this link https://horseracingsense.com/where-purse-money-from-horse-racing/\n\nHope that helps."
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