Picked this one up many moons ago but have never got around to fully verifying it.
Here goes:Must have average prize money of $2000 per race.
Must place 45% of the time it races.
Must have raced in the last 21 days.
Race distance must not be more than 2400m.
Must not be racing either 200m more or less than in it's last start.
Must not be a 2y.o.
The race must be at a Saturday metro track in SYD,ADL,BNE OR MEL.
And finally,the last 2 starts results must be either 51,51,31,21,11 OR 52,42,32,22 OR 12.

That sounds VERY much like one that I used way back in the 80s. I think it's still here in the cupboard somewhere.

That $2000 ave prizemoney would be way out of date now. I remember the bit about last two starts although I thought that maybe horses with form of 11 were actually deleted? Anyway, if it IS the same system that I used, it wasn't bad, but it was certainly no world beater.

[ This Message was edited by: sportznut on 2004-06-18 19:57 ]

Nick,

I ran this over my database and it came up around 11% loss on turnover.

Increasing the API figure did not add any profit really.

Not including horses that won their last two starts only decreased the loss on turnover to 8%.

That sounds Very much like one of Graham Sharps works that he flogged of to us Kiwi's in the mid 90's, muggins me included. I think he still advertises in a Sunday paper 'Fortune on Four' Got ya snorkel on !!!!