The Oldsmar Form — Tampa Bay Downs Picker

Vol. I · No. 3 — Oldsmar, Florida

Auto-Import from Equibase

Skip the typing. Install the bookmarklet, visit any Equibase entries page, click it once, and bring the field over here in two clicks.

1 Install the bookmarklet

Drag this button up to your bookmarks bar — that's it. (If your bookmarks bar is hidden, press Ctrl+Shift+B on Windows/Linux or ⌘+Shift+B on Mac to show it.)

★ Capture for Oldsmar Form

2 Capture & Import

On Equibase, open the entries page for the day's Tampa card, then click your new bookmark. A panel pops up — click Copy to Clipboard. Come back here and click below.

I. The Race at Hand Set the conditions before entering runners

Race Number

Distance

Surface

Class

II. The Weights How much does each category influence the score?

Snapshot 25%

The composite read — current form, recent finishes, overall picture.

Speed & Class 30%

Best speed figures and the level of company they've been keeping.

Pace 25%

Early/late pace fit — how the race shape favors this runner.

Jockey/Trainer 20%

Connections' win % overall and at the meet, plus relevant angles.

III. The Entries Paste from each handicapping tab, or type values manually

Paste or Screenshot Each Tab

Two ways to enter data: paste the text from each handicapping tab, OR upload a screenshot and let on-device OCR read it. Horses are matched across tabs by post number — provide any subset, missing categories score neutral.

📸 Screenshot mode: Tap Screenshot, pick from your photo library. First time, the OCR engine downloads (~3 MB) then caches for offline use. Each scan takes 5–20 seconds. Output appears in the textarea above — review it, edit anything that's wrong, then Parse.

Expected format per horse (4 lines, blank line between):

1
M/L:5
Bonita Diamond
54.8 0/8 45

Snapshot Tab → Power Rating · W/S · Days off

Speed & Class Tab → Avg Spd · Avg Dist · High Spd · Avg Cls · Last Cls

Pace Tab → # Races · Early · Middle · Finish

Jockey/Trainer Tab → Starts · 1st · 2nd · 3rd

Post	Horse	M/L	Snapshot	Speed & Class	Pace	Jockey/Trainer

IV. The Selections Weighted ranking with rationale

No ranking yet — add horses above and press Rank the Field.

House Notes on Tampa Bay Downs

How the score is built. Each horse's four category numbers are combined using your weights — none of the categories scores in isolation. A horse can win on Pace and Snapshot alone if you weight those highly; a horse with a 95 Speed/Class but a 30 Snapshot will still rate well if Speed is weighted heavily.

Reading the scale. Most data sources give absolute 0–100 ratings: 80+ is a serious contender, 60–80 is in the mix, below 50 is up against it. Blank cells score as 50 (neutral) so a horse with sparse data isn't punished, just not boosted.

Track context to keep in mind. Tampa is a one-mile dirt oval with a 990-foot stretch — speed and tactical position matter, deep closers need a contested pace. The 7-furlong turf course is tight; outside posts on turf are a real handicap. None of this is in the score automatically — fold it into your Pace number when entering data.

Weight intuitions. In maiden races, Speed/Class often dominates because form is sparse — bump it. In claimers, Jockey/Trainer angles matter more — bump them. In stakes with established horses, Snapshot tells most of the story. Reset to defaults whenever you want a balanced read.