Thankyou, everyone, for your input. I have absorbed it all.

Bhagwan, thanks for your comprehensive method suggestion. I will analyse it without money over the next few months until i feel confident enough to try it for real. I am almost at the stage of forgetting my losses and starting fresh with a clean state of mind. I think I can succeed, especially knowing the dangers of taking things too far. I may even post my six or seven selections every Saturday to see if I've got what it takes. It looks like I average around 2 out six or seven selections for win and 4 out of six or seven for place.

Best Regards and thanks again.