In maiden claimers, I like to research the female family, using my APR. If the dam and the second dam have foaled a lot of winners, especially multiple winners, the runner gets extra credit, whereas if the dam and second dam have a lot of unraced or unplaced foals and their few winners only broke their maidens, that one gets tossed.
This angle doesn't work nearly as well in MSW on the circuits I usually bet, since most of the horses entered there will be from decent families.
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