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Returns a list of a race or many races data including runners, markets, dividends and pools Can either use this function and provide it the race API URL, or use get_past_races to get the same results. Note this can return results for many race meets. Can then use the parsing functions to get the data you want from these lists.

Usage

get_past_races(meet_date, venue_mnem, race_type, race_num = NULL)

Arguments

meet_date

race meet date in 'YYYY-MM-DD' format

venue_mnem

the mnemonic of the track

race_type

the type of race, either R, H, G

race_num

integer if the race number. If null, then all races for meet(s) returned

Value

returns a list of a race's data including runners, markets, dividends and pools

Examples

if (FALSE) {
try({
out <- get_past_races(meet_date = c('2022-09-03', '2022-09-10'),
                     venue_mnem = 'M', race_type = 'R')
})
}