[QUOTE=DR RON]
1. lots of 7 8 9 or zeros in form
2. unfashionable jockey or trainer
3. WIDE BARRIER
4. SUPPOSEDLY unsuitable distance/going/track
5. not in most favoured column of tipsters panel

My tongue-in-cheek response to these factors is:
1. The trainer's a ********** - he/she's been running it cold
2. Both the trainer and jockey are ************
3. All the jockeys inside the winner were incompetent
4. The trainer doesn't have a clue what his horse really wants
5. The tipster's seeing-eye dog pee'd on the selections before publication