Thanks to all contributors for the interesting and informative discussion.

I do a lot of watching of races and read a lot of information (have plenty of time recently to do so) and generally blackbook horses for future betting and provide comment etc re weight, barrier draw, track and race conditions...

Privateer, having read yours and others' comments of their different approaches to punting and relative successes, I realise that there may be a better method of doing things (my present method has thus far been inconsistent) and I presently have the time and the resources to give it a reasonable go and look to improve my strike rate...what would you recommend to someone in how and where to start?

Can I ask if you are using a particular programme or software appl to store the plethora of details etc and do you process and provide final analysis yourself?

Is there a recommended optimum amount of stats or weightings (applied factors) or is it the more the merrier?

When you say that you look at 2 years of race stats for each race, what sort of stats do you mean and where do you get them from?

I spend a lot of time watching races and accessing (esp online) info re races I intend to bet on, is this a good utilisation of resources or are there better information resources available?

Thanks for your time and again appreciate you and the other posts ...and look forward to your feedback...
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