TTA, thanks, it's not too hard to see that garyf is a scientific analyst of the horses. His posts are insightful and have helped me tremendously, but like most things in ,life there's always another way to skin a goat. I've got one system that just keeps winning, year in year out, go back 100 years and it would win. It's been discussed on here in general terms, and one of our better posters wondered if horses are subject to the Peter principle, promoted beyond their ability. They are! Horses can strike a rare vein of form, that's the time to get them, their momentum can get them up in races where they're "out of their class" (anyone define class in ADVANCE of a horses record ????). The old adage that winners keep winning is true to form, combine that with the Peter principle and you have a couple of strong elements of a winning system.

Forget winning form in GR2 races and higher .....