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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.

It is a simple text comparison, so you need to use exactly same text that is used in form text. There is no advanced logic to the meaning of characters, as this rule only compares it if form text contains/starts/ends with one of your text values.

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

Yes, please try it like that in simulation mode and see if it will work like you want it to.