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#27665
Query about targeting form in the "Filter horses by detailed information":

Do I have to include the "-" (hyphen) which appears in shorthand form to separate different seasons? Also, the "/" (forward-slash) which appears when there has been a prolonged period of inactivity.

As a simple example, if I wanted to target horses that have won their last 2 races and a horse won it's last race of the previous season and the first race of this season, the form would appear as follows:

1-1

So, if I set the targeting to allow betting on horses where the form ends with 11. Would that work? Or would I have to include 11, 1-1 and 1/1.

If I have to allow for hyphens the combinations required get pretty big very quickly For example, targeting horses that finished in the top 3 for the last 3 races would require this (I have much more complex requirements than this)

111,112,113,121,122,123,131,132,133,211,212,213,221,222,223,231,232,233,311,312,313,321,322,323,331,332,333,1-11,1-12,1-13,1-21,1-22,1-23,1-31,1-32,1-33,2-11,2-12,2-13,2-21,2-22,2-23,2-31,2-32,2-33,3-11,3-12,3-13,3-21,3-22,3-23,3-31,3-32,3-33,11-1,11-2,11-3,12-1,12-2,12-3,13-1,13-2,13-3,21-1,21-2,21-3,22-1,22-2,22-3,23-1,23-2,23-3,31-1,31-2,31-3,32-1,32-2,32-3,33-1,33-2,33-3,1/11,1/12,1/13,1/21,1/22,1/23,1/31,1/32,1/33,2/11,2/12,2/13,2/21,2/22,2/23,2/31,2/32,2/33,3/11,3/12,3/13,3/21,3/22,3/23,3/31,3/32,3/33,11/1,11/2,11/3,12/1,12/2,12/3,13/1,13/2,13/3,21/1,21/2,21/3,22/1,22/2,22/3,23/1,23/2,23/3,31/1,31/2,31/3,32/1,32/2,32/3,33/1,33/2,33/3

A suggestion to improve this - it would be great to be able to target form with regex. It would make it much easier to manage.
#27823
Hi Rade,

I have another query relating to this.

How would I target only horses that are making their debut - so it's their first race.

Should I just disallow all possible final characters of the form values?

So something like:

Do not allow betting on selections whose FORM is equal to or ends with one of the following values: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,-,/,p,f,u

Or is there another setting I haven't seen that would be a simpler approach?

Thanks