Vortech, I'm actually posting these with you in mind ..... The difference between us is that I'm prepared to accept the risk that a low number of selections in my systems offers. I have a simple system where the number one filter is 100% place ..... As you can imagine, it's not horses that have had only one start, so there's very few bets each year. But if you were at the Flemington races, and you saw a nag that had had say 7 starts for 7 placings (incl the odd win), then you would think that it would run OK, wouldn't you ?? If it was 5 / 1, then that's a good bet for mine. Well they do win, and many times they win when they're "Up in Class" and at good odds too ..... Not many bets, but that's good too, you don't end up chasing your losses.

I'm not a ratings person ..... it might reduce my bets to ************ all !!! lol

BTW, if my systems show a POT each year in VIC then I believe they have legs. You'd be surprised how many good systems don't show a profit in Vic ??!! I discard them .....