After sorting through numerous race meets and counting the number of placings gained using either Late Mail picks or Radio TAB 1st pick i found the differences to be minimal. Here are my findings:

RADIO TAB - 87/154 = 56.49%
LATE MAIL - 86/154 = 55.84%

(PLACES/No of RACES) ---- (DATE)

RADIO TAB
10/16 ---- 22/10

09/17 ---- 21/10

12/18 ---- 20/10

10/20 ---- 17/10

06/10 ---- 16/10 (Caulfield - 4 WIN/2 PLA)

07/16 ---- 13/10

12/20 ---- 09/10

11/18 ---- 06/10

10/19 ---- 02/10

LATE MAIL
10/16 ---- 22/10

12/17 ---- 21/10

09/18 ---- 20/10

09/20 ---- 17/10

06/10 ---- 16/10 (Caulfield - 5 WIN/1 PLA)

08/16 ---- 13/10

09/20 ---- 09/10

12/18 ---- 06/10

11/19 ---- 02/10

Feel free to draw whatever conclusions you want, however it seems that both Radio TAB and Late Mail are both moderately successful (over 50% strike rate)

Any suggestions for place systems?

Hi nashy,

Do you have any stats for place picks when both the Late Mail and TAB tips select the same horse?

Just a few results when both Late Mail and TAB radio picks are the same....

RADIO TAB & LATE MAIL (Same Pick)

4/4 ---- 22/10 (Ballarat & Mackay Races = 16 races)

Results = 4 Races 4WIN 0PLA

1/3 ---- 21/10 (Cranbourne & Ipswich = 17 Races)

Results = 3 Races 1WIN 1PLA 1UNP

1/7 ---- 20/10 (Geelong & Murray Bridge = 18 Races)

Results = 7 Races 1WIN 3PLA 3UNP

3/8 ---- 16/10 (Randwick & Caulfield = 19 Races)

Results = 8 Races 3WIN 3PLA 2UNP

22 Races = 9 WINS (40.9%) : 7 PLACES (31.8%) : 6 UNP (27.3%)

I wouldn't trust this system for win betting...not atleast on saturdays

Word of warning. For some reason the Unitab website sometimes makes bad mistakes when listing the RadioTab tipsters selections. An example was today in the last race at Mackay where tipster Steve Hawkins picked 1-3-12-2 but on the Unitab website, they had 13-12-2. That's a big difference because 1 was 2nd fav and ended up winning whereas 13 was an outsider and finished unplaced.

Thread subject and initial posts relate to place betting, not win betting. What's the connection with win betting Shaun, am I missing something?

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[ This Message was edited by: shaven on 2004-10-23 02:03 ]

Sportznut, where do you find the radio TAB tips from, because if thats the case with the tabonline site then i wouldn't mind viewing them from another site.

just looking at the results above 22 races 9 wins 40.9% win s/r 16 places 72% s/r this win % is very high and would be classed as a very good strike rate so i did some checking and found that the above strike rate did not hold up on saturdays does any one have the ability to check this deeper with better results

Nashy, the sort of mistake I mentioned doesn't happen a lot, but it DOES happen. A couple of times in the last month that I know of, and both times the horse that should have been listed on top has actually won. One of them was a special.

Sorry, but I think the only way to be 100% certain of getting the right tips is to hear the previews on RadioTab. "Radiotab Tips" are simply the selections of the racecallers they use at each meeting. I think Sport927 use basically the same racecallers as Radiotab, so if you can listen to them, then you're right. You can also hear Radiotab and Sport927 on the net.

I have found ,betting for the place ,that the SR improves if one restricts the first selection to races where the selection has had 2+ career starts & is in fields of 8-12 runners only.

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