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The Van Der Wheil
ability and form ratings, which form the basis of the VDW
methodology, are provided on this web site for every
horse in every race and will save all users from having to
manually calculate the figures.
See an example card from Inform
Racing containing the VDW ratings
Van Der Wheil Ratings (VDW)
During the late 1970’s and
early 80’s Che Van der Wheil became a “living legend” to
many avid systemites via his numerous letters and articles
published in the Sporting Chronicle Handicap book’s Sports
Forum.
He came up with a formula to rate a race on the class of
each horse, by finding it's ability rating and found that
over time he could a hit a strike rate of over 35% and at
good prices.
This method of finding the class horse in a race is still
being used today and is still finding many winners as well
as exactas and tricasts by combining the top 3 rated.
Other methods were added to his ability
rating which narrowed down selections but increased the strike rate of
winners including a form rating which found that a horse top rated on
each had an excellent chance of winning, especially in better class races.
Van der Wheil also liked to improve his
chances by adding a further rating or two to his calculations and along
with his own ratings he used speed ratings from the Sporting Life to
enhance his success. He thought that if a horse was top or top three in
all ratings he could almost guarantee success.
It can take fifteen to twenty minutes to
rate each race on a card as is quite laborious, however Inform Racing
now have these ratings calculated for you for every race, with
the top 3 rated on ability and form all highlighted, plus you can add
our speed ratings into the mix as well.
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