OK, those of you watching my own and other punters tips on here know that the hardest thing to do is to come up with something that is consistent. I wonder what the result would be if a few or many of us posted our ratings comparing every horse in a race and then allocated points i.e. 1 for top pick, 2 for 2nd etc. The end result of however many people posted there ratings would be the horse with the lowest total being the concensus top pick etc. This would be a huge undertaking on every race but perhaps we could target a few races on a Saturday (I'd prefer large fields and open betting races rather than a small field with an odds on favourite in it). Although we may not necessarily come up with the winner, if we all have valid methods (on their day) we might be able to couple a reasonable number of exotics in say, the top 6 or 7 or perhaps top 2 to win with top 9 to run 2/3 etc.
In the Oakleigh plate for example, my ratings were 14-8-5-12-11-4-13-7-2-3-15-10-9-6. Thus my ratings came home in the order 4th-10th-9th-11th. First 4 in NSW paid $64,000 with flexibetting allowing someone to take their top 4 to win into their top 12 to run 2/3/4 for an outlay of $40 for a 1% collect of $640. Hope all these words are making sense as it's all just flowing out. I think a concensus ranking would certainly have had Choisir and North Boy closer than I had them. Anyway, food for thought if anyone would like to participate on ,say, the Newmarket Handicap.