I know the experience of getting excited about a small sample and working tirelessly on a bigger one only to find what you feared all along.

I note there are services that test systems. Ridiculously expensive for just testing out an idea.

Is there nowhere you can buy a ready-made data base of a decent sample of past races with TAB prices etc so you can test a theory without the thumb work? There are a lot of punters testing a lot of systems all the time. Someone must market a database.

Or is having dozens of old form guides spread out over your loungue room floor for whole afternoons a commonplace throughout the country?

Hermes