Is there any point using the Don Scott approach to handicapping anymore? Firstly, as many use this approach value is very hard to find, but more significantly, the framers of the ratings based handicaps essentially use this approach so the horses would most likely be handicapped in accord with the DS method.

I am convinced that to win it is essential to get over the odds and to do this one has to look outside the square, betting on horses others have overlooked. Is it time to examine time-weight again?