Michael, How would the quinellas go if you just stood out the top 3 with the rest, which would cut down the outlay - seven runners for instance would cost $15 instead of $21; six runners would cost $12 instead of $15; five runners would cost $9 instead of $10.

Just some thoughts that may lift the POT.

Hi, La Mer. I'll start recording them from tomorrow together with stand-out trifectas. With 7 selections a box trifecta costs $210 but your stand-out method costs only $90 (3 X6 X5) which is a huge reduction.

As listed earlier today there were three races. Boxing the selections snared all the quinellas and trifectas. But your method also was successful with the three races. By my calcs your quinella outlay would have been $33 for a return of $52 whilst the boxed outlay was $40. And your trifecta outlay would have been $156 for a return of $256, whilst the boxed outlay was $300.

Three races today:

Cranbourne R3 nos. 4, 6, 10, 13/ 7, 9, 14, 15. There were two selections for equal-third with the Unitab ratings.
Toowoomba R5 nos. 2, 5, 7/ 4, 9, 10, 12
Geraldton R5 nos. 1, 3, 4, 8/ 5, 6, 7, 9

Quinella stand-out outlay $59
Quinella box outlay $78
Trifecta stand-out outlay $426
Trifecta box outlay $882

A bad day yesterday. The only profit was stand-out trifectas in which the outlay was $426 for a return of $596.

Two races today:
Quirindi R5 nos. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8/ 1, 2, 9
Eagle Farm R8 nos. 3, 5, 6, 8/ 4, 7

Quinella stand-out outlay of $39
Box quinellas $43
Trifecta stand-out outlay $330
Box trifectas $546