Hi Tedbluegum,

Nice to see you're still in the dutching game, I hope you're fit and well!

The general rule of thumb with ratings is that the more exposed the form the better, as the ratings are assessing previous runs over track, distance, in the going etc.

Thus it stands to reason that the more horses in the field that have run in similar conditions to today, the more accurate the ratings.

Lord Greystoke put up a set of excellent filters which I can't find but went something like this, with a few of my own added for good measure:

- No 2yo/3yo/maidens
- no mares races
- minimum class 3 or BM60
- no more than 2 resumers in the race and they cannot be in the first 4 lines of prepost betting.

The Schmile

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