Thanks for the advice. Does anyone put any faith in systems of number calculation such as "nines". Nines is where you add up the place numeral for the three best of a horses last four starts. Any horse with nine or less qualifies. Eg. 14521 = 7 (qualifies), 31604 = no qualify. Or there is also something I found called "Turfies Tops" which involves multiplying the last start numeral by 5, second last by 4 and so on. Again, lowest score qualifies. Such systems are easy to do. Do they get results long term (if used in conjunction with other factors)?