Originally Posted by domenic

I have been using ratings for around 25 years. If during that time I backed my top rated horse only, I would have been broke years ago.

From my point of view I use ratings to sort out the main chances in the race, and if I consider it a betting race then the market will dictate if I bet or not.

It is extremely difficult to profit long term from backing only 1 horse per race, unless you have a lot of patience.