In a nutshell, you nailed it there Chrome.

Quote:"There can be 6 different people with 6 different methods, all rating different horse's value. They are all correct if they all show a longterm profit. There's more than one way to make a profit, some are more lucrative than others." End quote.

Winning battles isn't the goal, winning the war is.

I think punters shoot themselves in the foot a lot through betting on far too many poor betting races [compulsive punting]. If punters put as much effort into selecting the races to bet on as they put into selecting a runner to back, they would be well on the way to profitable punting. We can be our own worst enemy and the biggest barrier to long term profit.

Regarding race stats. Too much info. is useless info. All info. must be rated to be of any use and the more we use, the less accurate it's total often becomes.
There is an optimum amount of info for an individual. Juggling the value of 10 stats per runner is for some, all of these, some of these or none of these: Too much info, not enough info, just the right amount of info. We all have to work out our own requirements we can comfortably work with for our needs and style. What works for Jack doesn't necessarily work for Jill.