Pug
No I didn't take it that way at all.
You've highlighted the issue I was having earlier in the thread as to whether I should keep putting these selections up. When you set a limit (just like a speed limit on the road) I think there's a tendency for it to be tested. In this case it looks to me as if the posted price of all the selections are slowly being drawn into the area around $11.00. This is a visual observation only but at a glace our lay accidents are at longer prices, and our backed winners are shorter. I doubt very much that we'll get winners like Cinque Cento at $34.00 and losers like Chief Hennessy at $2.40 whilst the selections are posted publically.
I think it's quite likely that some of the selections would have finished in the other price range to the one they did if they were not listed here. Not blowing my own trumpet in saying that just an observation given the 100-150 hits this thread gets on a Saturday morning and early afternoon. The results have become skewed to the centre I think, and some dangerously so
I think the impatient or inexperienced are probably taking silly prices too early in the betting.
The secret really is to get on as late in the piece at possible when the variations in the markets have been evened out. As I said earlier you do get a feel for the moves after you've been laying for a while, though this isn't always true of the provincial markets where some odd moves can take place very late in betting.
Also take advantage of the benefits of using an exchange and protect yourself by "greening-up", or taking a small loss if the market swings against you. Tools like Fairbot and Bet Angel Basic have a "bum covering" button that let's you do this with a single click.
Again Pug, it never even crossed my mind that you were having a "go". Anyway it's all about learning from and sharing the experiences of others, which goes hand-in-hand with constructive critisism. I think this point has been lost in some of the other threads.
PS: I'm just finishing
"Fooled By Randomness" by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. The guy's had way too much time to contemplate his belly button, but does present some eye opening arguments as to the role of luck in the markets. An insightful but over-wordy read.
PPS: Thanks for the nice comments too.