Course Form ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Copyright 1993 by Paul Morley All rights reserved User's Notes 9-5-93 Course Form DISTRIBUTION: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Course Form may be freely distributed. It is permissible to release Course Form as part of a public domain collection, or on a telecommunication service. If you do distribute Course Form please leave all files intact. Course Form may not be distributed in any commercial product, shareware product, or commercial publication without permission. NOTE TO DISTRIBUTORS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Course Form must be distributed on its own disk as originally supplied, with all files intact. This file must be included on the disk. A space has been left in the startup-sequence for you to include any advertisements you usually place on your disks e.g. iff picture files etc. DISCLAIMER ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- In no way can the author be held responsible for any damages, loss of anticipated profits, or any other perceived loss related to using this program. The user assumes the entire risk, and responsibility when using this program. REGISTERING ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This program is SHAREWARE. Please refer to Section 7. User's Manual 9-5-93 Course Form CONTENTS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Section 1 ................ Introduction Section 2 ................ Starting Course Form Section 2.1 ................ System Requirements Section 3 ................ Using the Program Section 4 ................ Rating Figures Section 5 ................ Newspaper Form Cards Section 6 ................ Performance Section 7 ................ Registration Section 8 ................ Catalogue Section 9 ................ Comments Section 1 INTRODUCTION ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Course Form is designed to rate horses on a points basis and thereby try to assess the most likely winner of a race. It is simple and fast in use since all input is via the mouse. The system can be operated from most daily papers To get the best from Course Form please read the instructions carefully. If you are unfamiliar with the PPmore text viewer then press the HELP key for a command summary. Section 2 STARTING COURSE FORM ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AUTOBOOT: Course Form will auto-boot. Insert the disk into drive DF0: and switch on the machine. After a short while you will be presented with the master menu. Pressing F1 will load Course Form whilst pressing F2 will load the Instructions. Pressing F3 will load Workbench. LOADING FROM WORKBENCH: To run any of the programs double click on the icon in the normal manner. If the program will not load then double click on the "INSTALL" icon and follow the on screen prompts. Section 2.1 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Course Form requires at least 1Mb of memory to run. Section 3 USING THE PROGRAM ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To use the program you will require a newspaper which lists the runners in the days races. Select a race that you wish to rate and follow the steps below. 1] SELECT COURSE FROM THE MAIN MENU. The Course screen will allow you to enter details about the race you wish to rate e.g. National Hunt or Flat etc. Simply click on the radio buttons to alter the settings and click on the CANCEL button to return to the main menu. 2] SELECT RATE FROM THE MAIN MENU. This will take you to the FORM CARD SCREEN. Using your newspaper you must now enter details on the four favourite horses running in the race as given in the S.P. Betting Forecast. If you are unsure how this information is obtained please please refer to the section on Newspaper Form Cards. Form Card Controls ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In the Top Left hand corner is the status Line. This informs you which Horse you are currently entering information for e.g. Favourite, Second Favourite etc. Arranged along the bottom of the screen are the following controls: LEFT ARROW This takes you to the previous Form Card RIGHT ARROW Takes you to the next Form Card RATE Rates the horses using the information you have supplied RESET Clears all Form Cards COURSE Takes you to the Course Screen EXIT Returns to main menu Information required ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ All the following items are input via radio buttons, except the name of the horse which must be typed. NAME: The Name of the horse. This is for your reference only and may be omitted. FORM LAST TIME OUT: This informs the program where the horse was placed in its previous race. If the horse was placed less than fourth or was unplaced click on the radio button marked UNP. WEIGHT: This informs the program of the weight of the horse. This section will only appear in Handicap races. AGE: Tells the program how old the horse is. COURSE/DISTANCE Informs the program if the horse was a Course and Distance Winner, Course Winner or Distance winner. When you have entered information for the four favourite horses you must then click on the RATE button. 3] RATING SCREEN: The rating screen will list the horses and the rating figure it has given each one. Click on PRINT if you wish to print out this information. Please refer to section 4 for details on how to interprit the rating figures. Section 4 RATING FIGURES ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Any rating figure of above 75 is strong indication that the horse should do well. Conversely any figure below 40 and the horse should be avoided. Where two or more rating figures are the same or where the best rating figure is only just above the second best rating figure then the race is perhaps best avoided. Section 5 NEWSPAPER FORM CARDS ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you are unsure of how to read the form cards which appear in the Daily Newspapers then please refer to the following section for an example: EXAMPLE: (1) 3.30- WEST COUNTRY PALE ALE HANDICAP CHASE 2m 5f (2) 3 P6353P KILKILMARTIN (C&D) H.Manners 11-11-4 Line 1 carries information on the race. This information is used to set the course type from the course menu. If all runners are the same age then age information will also appear here. In this example the setting would be NATIONAL HUNT, HANDICAP, CHASE. Line 2 carries information on the horse. The name of the horse appears in the centre ( KILKILMARTIN ) and to the left of this is where the horse was placed last time out. If this figure is anything other then 1, 2, 3 or 4 then click on the radio button marked UNP. To the right of the name appears the Course & Distance information. If the letters (C&D) appear in brackets after the name then the horse is a Course & Distance winner. If the letter (D) appears in brackets then the horse is a distance winner. If the letter (C) appears then the horse is a course winner. If none of these letters appear then click on the button marked NONE. To the right of the trainers name ( H. Manners ) comes the rest of the information needed. The first figure is the age of the horse (11) and the next figure is the weight(11-4). Section 6 PERFORMANCE ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The program performed as follows on 1st May at Haydock and is a guide to what the program is capable of. Future versions may have the ability to take into account outsiders since this when large gains can be made. ( Please refer to section 7 for more information ). 1.00 The program advised no bet. 1.30 The program predicted the winner ( 8-13 Palacegate Episode ) 2.00 The program predicted the winner ( 5-2 Little Bean ) 2.35 The program predicted the winner ( 5-4 Jack Button ) 3.05 The program predicted the winner ( 4 Feather Face ) 3.35 The program failed to predict the winner ( 13-2 Legion of Honour ) Section 7 REGISTRATION ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Course-Form is Shareware. If you use the program on a regular basis the please register by sending the sum of £2.00 plus the registration Form from section 7.1. Benefits of registration ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If there is enough support for this program then upgrades will be produced. Therefore if you like this version and wish to see the program further enhanced it is advisable to register. As with other software those who register this version will be able to upgrade to new versions on more favourable terms than those who register latter versions. Future Versions may include: The ability to predict winning outsiders ( difficult, but not impossible ). One Horse a day system. A choice of prediction methods. Racing Perm System. Race database / Notebook IF YOU WISH TO SEE A FEATURE INCLUDED IN POSSIBLE FUTURE VERSIONS, OR WISH TO SEE A FEATURE CHANGED, THEN PLEASE USE THE SPACE PROVIDED ON THE REGISTRATION FORM. As registered users of Pools Tools will be aware I do listen to what users require and try to adapt the software to match. Section 7.1 REGISTRATION FORM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please register me as a user of COURSE-FORM. I enclose the sum of £2.00 plus registration form. NAME: __________________________________ ( BLOCK CAPITALS PLEASE) ADDRESS: __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ COMMENTS: _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ I enclose a cheque/P.O. made payable to Paul Morley. Please do not send cash and please allow 10 days for confirmation of your registration. Thankyou. All orders should be sent to: Paul Morley, 103 Micklefield Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. HP13 7EX Section 8 CATALOGUE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Other disks available are Pools Tools 2 and Dividend Master 2. Pools Tools is a comprehensive Pools System which includes a Perm Checker, Sequence Predictor, Form Predictor and Muitlperm System. Dividend Master is a more powerful version of Pools Tools. Pools Tools 2 is available from all good PD libraries whilst Dividend Master 2 is only available from the address below. If you wish to order Dividend Master 2 please use the form below PLEASE SEND ME A COPY OF DIVIDEND MASTER 2 FOR WHICH I ENCLOSE THE SUM OF £4.50 NAME: __________________________________ ( BLOCK CAPITALS PLEASE) ADDRESS: __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ I enclose a cheque/P.O. made payable to Paul Morley. Please do not send cash and please allow 10 days for delivery. Thankyou. All orders should be sent to: Paul Morley, 103 Micklefield Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. HP13 7EX Section 9 COMMENTS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the people who registered as users of Pools Tools and Perm Check. I would also like to thank all the libraries which have supported the program, in particular Anglia PD, Paul from NBS and Lisa and Cheryl of Bus Stop PD. Paul Morley, May 9th, 1993