Selection based on previous form.

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Hi,
I am betting on Australian horse racing. I have a question as to whether the following is possible in the automation area, and how to do it.

I would like a condition that disqualifies a selection if the runner has less than 3 runs in its form. i.e. It has run zero times previously, or it has run once before, or it has run twice before.
If it has run at least 3 times, then its last 3 races should have at least 2 placings. A placing being 1,2 or 3. Is this possible? And is it getting overly complicated if I want 43x3 to be seen by the system as 433?

How is a spell, usually denoted with an X in Australian form, dealt with? Or a special character like a q for disqualified etc.
I also notice that sometimes the Betfair form shows "N/A" which I guess is their way of saying no form.
Any assistance would be most welcome.

Thanks
ET

[Dallas]

This should help get you started, you can edit to get it to trigger on the form criteria you want
viewtopic.php?p=276661

It was made for the UK racing so you'll need to tweak a few of the characters for use in Aus markets

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Thanks Dallas,
I have looked at those this morning and they look great.

I can see how I can set it up to trigger if the form in the last 3 races was a placing, but I am not sure how I would go about adding the extra criteria of 2 out of the last 3 races being placings.

Any suggestions on that idea would be most welcome.

In the link you provided there were a few baf's, I downloaded two of them and have identified the Betfair form characters used in Australian racing. Hopefully they trigger correctly when I test them.