Hi Dr Ron,

From the questions you have asked me I see you work in a very different way to what I do but from my observations (and they are a bit limited I admit) the neural factors really can't be taken in isolation. It's like trying to handicap a horse by saying "Yes, it's won at this distance 3 times out of 4 so there is a 75% chance of it winning this time", when it hasn't had a run for 12 months, has never won in the wet and it's starting from barrier 27. Personally I think the DLR is a factor of great importance, used much as MichaelG uses it. If the horse has a certain minimum in this column it probably means it's ready for its next run.
A nice balance of some of the other factors which feel good and logical together (bit of current form, good jockey, whatever) is possibly the way to build up a winning system.
Not really trying to criticise you here Dr Ron, more saying that my table of single neural returns is not a lot of use on its own. Chinbok's looks to have more value.
KV