I've been looking at Unitab's ratings where:

1) Sole top pointer.
2) Last two starts have between 3 and 6 placed-points.
3) Unbroken by a spell.

The results (unitab divvies) over the past 7 days are:

50 selections for an outlay of $50.
16 winners for a return of $57.50.

I haven't got the records but it seems that Place betting has also fared quite well, with the highest divvy being $3.00.

Can anyone with a data base check to see if there is any merit in the above?

Out of interest, today's selections are:

Ipswich R5 no.3 - Eagle Jester
Goulburn R5 no.9 - Mallory Park
Swan Hll R5 no.2 - I'm a Smarty Pants
Grafton R1 no.7 - Subculture
Grafton R6 no.5 - Cee Jay Clang
Grafton R7 no.6 - Macca's Girl

Not a good day yesterday. I'll try again today and see what happens...

Eagle Farm R1 no.9 - Lagerphone
Eagle Farm R2 no.10 - Our Lukas
Eagle Farm R3 no.3 - News Alert
Eagle Farm R4 no.12 - Funtantes
Randwick R2 no.3 - Vintedge
Randwick R5 no.4 - Joku
Randwick R6 no.3 - Red Latter Daze
Flemington R2 no.1 - Chortova
Flemington R3 no.3 - Stoneblack
Flemington R6 no.6 - Testimonial
Morphetville R2 no.8 - Galactic
Morphetville R4 no.6 - Custard
Morphetville R6 no.13 - Starlite
Morphetville R8 no.5 - Bold Moves
Gold Coast R7 no.1 - Bruleur
Gold Coast R9 no.2 - Lifebuoy
Newcastle R3 no.2 - key Vendor
Belmont R1 no.2 - Dawinner
Belmont R4 no.4 - Broadway Belle
Belmont R5 no.5 - Ma Ma Machine

while i dont have an exhaustive db by any means, ran it through what i have -

bets 1092
wins 267
s/r 25%

collect $910.4
bet $1092.0
net -$181.6
lot 16.6%

not a bad s/r but too many shorties kill it it seems

Thanks, Stugots.

It's disappointing but better to know.

I might think about a filter/s.

Yesterday from the 20 selections there were 15 placegetters for a return with NSW TAB of $25.00.

Looking at races with 8 to 12 starters there were 13 races for 11 placegetters for a return of $18.00.

And on Friday's six selections there were 2 races as per the above rule - they both placed for a return of $2.40.

As the Place component has fared quite well I'll list today's selections and see how they go for Place betting. I'll identify those with 8 to 12 runners - there are 3 of them.

Sun Coast R2 no.7 - Man Of Oar*
Sun Coast R5 no.5 - Eurostorm*
Sapphire Coast R3 no.1 - Flaunter
Pakenham R3 no.7 - News Just In
Pakenham R4 no.2 - Chang
Pakenham R5 no.4 - Intruder.*

* = 8 to 12 runners.

Stix, if you read this, is it possible ro run your program with races of 8 to 12 runners for Win and Place betting?

I'm adding another filter - must have a Place strike rate of at least 30%.

One selection today:

Moonee Valley R6 no.8 - Woppitt.