I thought it was Average Prizemoney Index, i.e a horses entire life earnings; or you can break it down to say last 12 months, divided by the number of starts in that time frame e.g a horse has won $50,000 from 10 races his API is $5000. Average Price would have to be all a horses starting odds added together then divided by number of starts, e.g 2.00 + 3.00 + 4.00 = 9/3 =average price $3.00 or 2/1 in the old.

I think you had me mistaken b4 though Privatee, when i asked about SR or Average Price i meant what do you focus on achieving as a whole a greater SR or a greater average price (i suspect Ave Price). I did not mean the previous history of a racehorse that may become a selection.

Privateer, couldn't agree more on the slow stream of consistent profits, i too was a big place bettor. Always felt like i was banging my head against a brick wall though when horses showing $4 would only be paying $1.50 the drum, and with no best tote on place betting (i wonder why) i found that much better value could be found betting to win. As a mathematician do you find the chances of your selections running a place are 3x greater or more as opposed to winning? My results said nearly exactly 4x greater SR hitting placegetters to winners but the odds i could receive outweighed this advantage, but this might not be the case with your selections as mine were generally well in the market.

One (alright three) more, you know you wanna. Does every race throw up a selection or multiple selections? Do all your 17 main criteria need to be filled for a selection to be made? Also does you "order of importance" make any difference to making selections within this top 17 factors or is the "order of importance" only functional for determining which factors you actually will look at?

And if your wondering no, i'm not a cop, nor do i work at the ATO.

Cheers ED