I'm assuming most of you rely on freely available online/newspaper formguides, or those at your local TAB, yes? I'm not a big punter, but to me this method seems a little illogical if you're trying to get an edge over other punters, because this information is shared with 99% of the punting population. But since this is the primary source of information, I guess it comes down to how you choose to use and interpret it.

So do any of you extract this open source information and manipulate it into databases, from which you can analyze pretty much anything you like? If not, why not? Is it because you don't know how to, or because don't see an advantage in doing so? I'm basically trying to find out before I head down this pathway myself. If there are others out there with a similar leaning, I'd like to toss around some ideas about building the perfect online formguide - one that is easily personalised, updated, and allows for all manner of analysis, via a few clicks of a mouse. I'm a web developer by day and therefore know quite a few tricks of the trade. It would be good to know if there are others interested in what's possible - for the simple goal of creating that all important edge over the masses.

Looking foward to hearing people's views.
Cheers,

Peter