Hi crash,

Very much appreciate the time you've taken with this thread, it's been great reading.

If I could play devil's advocate for a moment, you say that you subscribe to a form guide with ratings, yet encourage people not to believe in the opinion of others; Isn't this a straight out contradiction?

I'm posing this as a question due to my belief that these ratings you are using are in fact no more than an assessment of a horse's performance rather than true ratings. For me, to secure a true rating, you need to include as many of the valid variables that are available at your disposal and rate them accordingly within a structured framework, something your service simply does not do. How can you justify spending the time determining the merits of a jockey change or a jump up in distance or a wide gate when next assessing a horse's chances, when the starting point given by your rating figure has not previously included this information?, it just doesn't make any sense.

I actually subscribe to the basic package on the same site and find it contains more than enough information for what I need. I compliment this service with a subscription to an online video replay site and tape as many races as I can to assist me with my selection process. Like you said, "I just 'do the form' and make my selections and decide how I'll bet them", add to that your thoughts on the types of races you target, and it's very similar paths we take in trying to find a winner.

Thanks again for this thread.


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