Hi, has anyone out there been using the neurals available on the AAP racing and sports website with any success. I have tried various combinations with mixed success and in general am finding that the ratings provided on TABQ are more reliable.
I am however enjoying playing with them and if anyone out there could give me an idea of how to refine them further I'd appreciate it.

I use the neurals all the time... only use the first three - CP, CF and Tim. The advantage I find in the neurals over other ratings is that the individual form aspects are separated. So often I find the overall ratings are distorted due to factors that I don't find important eg. trainer, barrier, days etc. I'm not saying trainers and jockeys aren't important, but I feel their value is reflected in the raw performance of the horse. All great trainers train ordinary horses and the best jockeys will never help some horses win. With the neurals you can find the fastest, most proven horse and then apply other factors later.... very valuable.

Do you set all the other settings to zero and play with the first three? There are many different settings and combinations but often the same horses are in the first few selections though the order can be different. It should be possible to use neurals to frame your own market to find horses over the odds. Be Careful, do you have ideas on how to do this?

Thanks for the info shy. What settings do you use for the first three and do you discard the others altogether? Also what type of results are you getting? I assume you are using the neural info to either check against tentative ratings you have already done, or use the best rated horses by the neurals as a starting point for further study.

There is someone called The Almighty One (like the winner yesterday) who has posted his method on the racingandsports site. It's selective but it might be useful..

I can`t seem to find that All Mighty chap , how does one find him.? What section is he in.

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I leave CP, CF & Tim on 3 and change all the rest to 0. (Although, I usually put TA on 1 just to stop read errors if there are blanks in the first three... wish they would change the blanks to zeros to stop these errors). I like horses that are in the top 2 for each of CP, CF and Tim and have small beaten margins in their last races... and are fine with the distance. Cross referencing them with ratings like Qtab helps to eliminate anomolies the neurals spit out sometimes. I usually get very consistent place results but have been fiddling with Price Predictor Pro software to see if I can eliminate having to wait for Qtab ratings and haven't quite got the mix quite right yet.

Thanks again Shy, I'll use your suggestions and see what I come up with. I thoroughly understand your appreciation with the timing of the qtab ratings. Life would be a lot easier if they would put them on the night before. Good luck and thanks again.