Bhagwan and everyone,

Thanks for the kind words of support. It is fun trying out lots of different ways and attempting to slice the pie from a new angle to see if the pickup is better. I have mettled with the filters for some time and believe I've strangled the crap out of the picks. So after a little more thought realised that it's still important to contain "ability" and find this amongt the others which isn't the favourite. I've always wondered what the ULTIMATE outcome of assessing form, and somehow it might just be a road to finding ...... the favourite. (most of the time at least).

So I'm going to take on the 2nd 3rd 4th and possibly 5th favourite consideration, but also instead of using a filter, come up with a 'funnel'( new concept) which doesn't eliminate like a filter, rather works out the distribution of ability amongst the runners in the field. More on this later.