HI Darky, thanks for the link. I'll go check it out

re Bill Johnson, do you remember a book (booklet, really) he produced and inside it he had a doubles/trebles method with some huge examples? It was parlay betting but halving the firts winning leg stake on to the next, etc. For the very brave only I would suggest...

I last met Bill at his Gosford home circa 1986 and he would have been in his seventies then.

You will probably also remember those "maxim" booklets I think they were called, produced in Sydney, probably going back to the 70's and maybe even earlier. We used to spend far too many hours dry running some of those plans... no computer programs then. It was fun though and all part of the learning process.

Here is one simple one I remember from the scores of plans in those books, I remember called the Rainbow. only horses that have won their third last start and run 4th or worse in their two runs since. Every now and then a horse will win or place at big odds and I'll look at the formguide, bemused, and whisper under my breath,, " another Rainbow horse"

There was another one too called "rainbow variation". The horse had to be placed 2nd or third at its third last start and run 4th or worse in its two subequent races. In both plans if more than one horse qualifies, no bet. genearlly this can snag horses at even bigger odds, beacsue the form line is looking pretty ordinary at this point in their campaign.


They are about the only two I remember form all the ones on offer.

Both those plans still jag great prices today, but you would probably go broke backing them all without some sort of refinement.lol I am not suggesting for a minute that anyone seriously use these.