Hi Ted Bluegum,

This is a good question, as it seems many of us here have our own ideas on which races to focus on, and hence which to discard. Similarly to Crash, I avoid Maidens, Hurdles and 2yo races (all seem too unpredictable), though I haven't found reason to rule out Cups yet. Since I bet for the place as well as the win, I too avoid races with 7 or fewer horses, so I will be able to collect on that 3rd place dividend if needed. For my system at least, Sundays and Mondays haven't seemed very promising, so I'm focusing on the 5 other days, with Saturdays being the obvious focus, followed by Wednesdays. Other than all of that, I'll look for qualifiers in all of the remaining races.

At this point I don't have any restrictions on distance, though I'm only just barely profitable above 2000m, so I may end up making that my upper limit in the future. Track and weather conditions haven't had any influence on my results so far, though I'm a little surprised by this, as I would have assumed they would. Can't argue with the results.

Good luck!

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