I know what you mean Neil, but I still think the 'public' is given a a lot of flack it doesn't deserve [eg:their all mugs] and I'm also aware that 'value' is the name of the game.

After several tries at paying for ratings over the years [and from a couple of well known reputable services too], none of them showed a profit from their top picks and it isn't uncommon for some services to base their strike rate on 'winners' that have come from any of up to 5 selections they have made for a race, rather than their top selection. Top selections are almost always short priced favorites that anyone can pluck from the Sportsman or winning Post or even their local paper. How often do we hear the claim: 'so-and-so got up at $24 and our service picked it '! What isn't said of course is 'so-and-so' happened to be among 4 other horses for the race they selected and he certainly wasn't the top pick.

In a recent article, I read about several top Pro's who where given the opportunity to try and beat the 'mug punter' public's 30% win strike rate. Of course they all failed dismally. Anyone care to try out the experiment :-)) ?

Neil ? ...you still there Neil ?

Anyone else ?