hermes, perhaps even though you are looking for place % etc, when you can't separate say 5 or 6 runners, then look at their average prizemoney per race which should give an indication of class, and also their win %.

This should sort out the wheat from the chaff and not all will be short odds. You may notice in the formguides that wins are not counted as places, so if you are backing for a place you should include wins in your place %.

Also your stats on saddlecloths 1,2,3 seem to be right and throws up some great place dividends, but your stats would be a lot higher if you only included handicaps and not WFA and Set weights. See what I am driving at? The handicapper usually gives the best horses the biggest weights, and this does not apply to set weights and WFA etc.