thanks for that Crash, It's pretty much what I had a feeling of. This is something I intend to now take a closer look at. Following each weekend meeting I go through all the sectional times and copy them to a spreadsheet. The spreadsheet tells me all sorts of things like tempo of the race etc, how many lengths a horse gained on the winner in the final 600/400, and vice versa. I do this while watching a replay of each race on tv.

But just to gain that possible extra bit of advantage, I now intend to check the history in previous preps of such fancied horse.

Who knows, might be a waste of time, but at least it keeps me outa the pubs...!!

Paul