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Everyone, except a true Formgridian who studied the race leading up to this.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/formgrids.help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Method03_01_p8.png&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; alt=&#8221;Result showing NATIONAL KEY winning after previous bad performance&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Result showing NATIONAL KEY winning after previous bad performance&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;10px||||false|false&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<p><span class=\"horseName\">NATIONAL KEY<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>had not won in the last 7 races and came 10th and 11th in the last two races.<\/p>\n<p>So how could we have predicted this win?<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s look at the previous race. Remember, the race shown above would not have been known to anyone yet.<\/p>\n<p>For this demo, we did a<span>\u00a0<\/span><b>Date Shift<\/b><span>\u00a0<\/span>back to show you what the<span>\u00a0<\/span><b>formline<\/b><span>\u00a0<\/span>would have looked like.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/formgrids.help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Method03_02_p8.png&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; alt=&#8221;Earlier result showing formline for NATIONAL KEY&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Earlier result showing formline for NATIONAL KEY&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;||1px|||&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;10px||||false|false&#8221;]<p>Now, looking at the previous race you can see the very strong<span>\u00a0<\/span><b>formline<\/b><span>\u00a0<\/span>(as indicated by the red block). This would be calculated as a 75%<span>\u00a0<\/span><b>formline<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>The blue dot shows where the next race grid will be located. This, as we can now predict from this very strong<span>\u00a0<\/span><b>formline<\/b><span>\u00a0<\/span>will be a<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Finish Finish1\">green grid<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>indicating<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"horseName\">NATIONAL KEY<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>coming out a winner!<\/p>\n<p>Notice the use of the<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"box\">Sequence No.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>on the grid. (See<span>\u00a0<\/span><b>Grid Info<\/b><span>\u00a0<\/span>above.)<\/p>\n<p>See how it shows that the first (1st) race to come out of this<span>\u00a0<\/span><b>formline<\/b><span>\u00a0<\/span>with<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"horseName\">FORM UP<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>is a winner. Then the second (2nd) race with<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"horseName\">LAURIE&#8217;S GOLD<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>is also a winner as is the third (3rd) race with<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"horseName\">MOVE LIKE JAGGER<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>This is one of the best possible formlines. For<span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"horseName\">NATIONAL KEY<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>not to win would have required some kind of disaster.<\/p>\n<p><em>Happy studying&#8230;<\/em><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Example 3: How a Strong Formline Picks Out the Winner Many were surprised that NATIONAL KEY won this race. Everyone, except a true Formgridian who studied the race leading up to this.NATIONAL KEY\u00a0had not won in the last 7 races and came 10th and 11th in the last two races. 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