I'll take a stab.

Look at what the trainer is doing with the horse.
Has it got gear on, gear off.
Has it been trialled.
Has he entered in duplicate races and scratched it for this.
Has he entered any other stable runners.
Is he repeating a successful lead up last season.
Is he putting on a jockey who won a few starts back.
Has he for some reason dramatically changed the horse's distance.
Is he gradually reducing or increasing distance.
Is he gradually increasing the grade, or is he massively jumping grade.

What's the market saying?

OK UselessBettor, then anything associated with the running of the horse is to you, "form" ..... then I am using "form" for the first rule. I'm NOT using the normal system rules that are in any other posted on here, not that I've seen anyway !

How for instance do you apply any distance rule to a horse, as Chrome Prince mentioned + / -, or "d" ?? That one I cannot get my head around at all ??

Ah Barny.
I know what your doing in your subtle way.
Your telling us to stick with the World Famous "R" system.
Cheers
darky

The "R" system had NO LOGIC to it at all ..... however, do you recall the "jockey wearing pom poms" system ?? And the exotics when there were multiple pom poms in the same race ??

Yet still wins handsomely each year.
It relies heavily on that most sacred of secret form factors PA.

Reminds me of a system I used and it worked in the 80's.
Back anything with Mighty in the name.
I think it was an owner who named all his horses Mighty something ( Mighty Avalanche springs to mind) and he did very well in Victoria.

Chrome, I really respect your judgement and always take your point, but this time you have me beat!

I just can't see what difference it makes to the nag whether the trainer is "STREAKING" or not????

Does this come under the heading "Form"?

It didn't have to do with the trainer, it had to do with a wealthy owner who was buying quality horses.
A bit like following the Ingham brothers at their peak.

Party I thought the whole point of the thread was winning without form.
Unless one comes up with "R" or "Mighty" theirs nothing to contribute because everything relies on form in one way or the other.

Cheers
darky

Hahhahaahh! I can see you had a rough night again last night Chrome, I was referring to a couple of posts back, have a look and see if you can guess,


hahahahh! (Clue streaking as in "NUDE")