The Racing Post's award-winning app has just received a major update with the introduction of the Smart View card. This innovative feature transforms the traditional racecard into a modern and user-friendly tool, providing punters with a streamlined and data-driven approach to form analysis.
The Smart View card replaces the traditional arcane shorthand with six colour-coded bars, employing a traffic light system to represent scores out of 100 across key attributes. These scores are then combined into a weighted average, resulting in the Smart View score.
The Smart View score has already proven its worth, guiding punters to significant wins. During the Cheltenham Festival, it boasted a 76% return on investment and has already identified high-priced winners in the current Flat season.
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Top-Rated Runners in the Goodwood Cup:
Here are the top three contenders for the Goodwood Cup, according to the Smart View scores:
1. KYPRIOS
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2. COLTRANE
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3. SWEET WILLIAM
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What is Smart View?
The Racing Post's new Smart View card, available now on the latest version of their mobile app, represents a significant leap forward in how bettors analyse form. It serves two primary purposes:
Breaking down barriers: The Smart View card simplifies the traditional racecard, making it more accessible to new racing fans.
Comprehensive data: It provides a condensed overview of all the crucial information a serious punter would consider about a race.
The design of the Smart View card is user-driven. The Racing Post research team conducted hundreds of interviews with readers to gather feedback on what they need and want. This feedback shaped the data goals, which were then implemented by a team of data scientists working alongside racing experts.
The development of the Smart View card spanned over two years, with meticulous iterations to ensure its clarity and user-friendliness. The layout is intuitive and requires minimal explanation. However, for those seeking more detailed information, here's a breakdown of how to interpret the Smart View racecard:
Familiar features: You'll see the horse's silks, name, number, trainer, jockey, odds and form figures as before.
Attribute bars: The remaining information is presented in six attribute bars, each representing a score out of 100.
Colour coding: The bars are colour-coded using a traffic light system, with bold green indicating the best scores.
Accessibility: The Smart View card also offers an accessibility version for users with visual impairments.
Each Smart View racecard entry includes scores for the horse's ability, trainer and jockey. The remaining three scores are derived from a list of five attributes (course, distance, ground, draw and jumping), selected based on the race code and other specific factors.
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Further Reading:
'We couldn't be any happier with him' - Aidan O'Brien's star stayer Kyprios bids to regain the Goodwood Cup
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