An interesting comment on another thread whether a system can be profitable with mechanical rules only. After reading some forums getting a basic understanding of some statistics I have been manually testing the below theory with small POT on level stakes.

The rules are:
100 or 99 raters Unitab only (approx. 37% winners)
First 3 in prepost only after scratchings (racingnpost)
Max 2 horses per race.

Level stakes.

Gives a punter a quite few bets with steady stream of winners. As I've been doing this for a few weeks manually there isn't alot of data to confirm but it is showing positve POT at the moment after approx 300 bets. I've been testing everyday for interest.

Cheers

I would like someone with a database to test this, spounds interesting i don't think Racecenses has the unitab ratings in them.

Is the racingpost online or only paper?

Sorry Shaun,

should have read racingnsports & online..

That 37% strike rate is that all selections, i was having a look at todays and in some races there is just 1 selection and in some there are 3 so the max is 2 selections or no race correct.

I was using the ************** pre post prices i guess most pre post prices are the same.

37% is quoted in another thread, and as I read is based on all 100/99 raters. You will find a lot of races with more than 2 horses but the most you will get is 3 as the prepost rule will come into play and yes if more than 2 no bet.

Hope that clears things up.

You could in fact have more than 3 as the form i used in a couple of races had 5 in the first 3 pre post, but saying that you would also need a lot of 100/99 in that race.


This all means nothing realy as if you can't get it to 2 selections no bet, this is a golden rule i think because a lot of the selections were favs but a few were not, this also produced a $15 winner at sandown.

"You could in fact have more than 3 as the form i used in a couple of races had 5 in the first 3 pre post, but saying that you would also need a lot of 100/99 in that race."

Yes I agree and I actually include the first three plus any equals.


Today's results: Unitab prices.

38 Bets
13 Winners
34% SR
14.70 Profit - 1 unit
39% POT

There was a $15 winner. Hopefully there is something in this. If not at least you can have a fun day at the races and have a few winners..