I just read an old thread on "neural ratings", and I have noticed that TRB offers a "neural rating" aspect of their product, but excuse my ignorance - what the hell are neural ratings???

Well, I'll try to put it as simply as I can. Basically, it's just putting different weightings on different factors and adding them all up to produce an overall rating.

Have a go at the AAP Neurals. What you do is simply give a weighting of between 0 and 5 to the following factors:
CP - Career performance assessment based on weight/class
CF - Current form measured by class/weight
TIM - Revolutionary time assessment
JA - Jockey ability
TA - Trainer ability
JT - Jockey/trainer combination
WT - Wet track performance
Crs - Course suitability
D - Distance suitability
$ - Prizemoney earned
BP - Barrier position (course & distance)
DLR - days since last run

Once you've put your settings in, it will come up with a rating for the whole field based on those settings. Have a try. You'll find the "Neural Algorithms" on the right side of the page:

http://www.aapracingandsports.com.au/racing/

Greetings Duritz,

Check out http://www.aapracingandsports.com.au/racing/index.asp they have an excellent explanation.

Duritz
Believe Crash has a few words on some old threads if you are interested.
Next at Goul comes up with 4,2,10,6, from memory Crash advice is to ignore top rater unless well fancied.
Cheers

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Hi Duritz, did you check it out.If you would like a setting that is succeeding at the moment email me at charlieed@xtra.co.nz

Thanks guys for all that. Now that it has been explained, I realise I have read stuff about this approach before, just never heard it referred to as "neural ratings".

Cheers.

Duritz.