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Results of horse races at Eagle Farm, Brisbane, on 31 August 1998. The data, collected by Donald Forbes for his MS305 Data Analysis Project, give results for each horse in a sequence of 8 races.
| Variable | Description | ||
| Position | Finishing position | ||
| Starters | Number of horses in race | ||
| Last | Finishing position in last race | ||
| Since | Days since last race | ||
| Number | Identifying number of horse in race | ||
| Carried | Weight carried | ||
| Weight | Handicap weight | ||
| Barrier | Barrier position at start of race | ||
| Distance | Length of race | ||
| Lengths | Number of lengths that horse finished from winner | ||
| Odds | Starting odds | ||
| Starts | Number of races previously started in | ||
| Age | Age of horse in years | ||
| Ratio | Proportion of wins in previous starts | ||
Data file (tab-delimited text)
| Forbes, D. (1998). A Day at the Races. MS305 Data Analysis Project, Department of Mathematics, University of Queensland. |
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