How to tell the difference between harness race and trotting race

[Guest]

Can anyone tell me how to determine the difference between horse race and trotting race.

I can filter greyhounds using however EventID=7 gets both horse and trots.


I need to differentiate to make it easier for when I go to other bet sites to scrape their odds.

Troy

[boacon]

The only way is know is to look at market name and filter for "Pace" or "Trot"
Following is a list of market names (win markets) to illustrate.

R3 2170m Trot M
R2 1100m 2yo
R4 1000m Mdn
R7 1600m Hcap
R3 1600m Mdn
R3 1200m Mdn
R4 1670m Pace M

Not sure whether this 100% reliable.
b

[mcchops]

I've been using the method suggested by boacon for about 3 months and haven't seen any exceptions.

[Guest]

Excellent, thanks a lot.

I thought initially you meant TROT=Trotting and PACE=harness but a quick check and I see both TROT OR PACE refer to trotting

Made some changes in my code and works like a treat.