Equine Investor,

Thanks for drawing attention to a problem in my figures. I'd only counted those to sixth last start. This being because it nets some 87% of placegetters.

I've added some more races to the same sample. Fuller (and double-checked) TOTAL figures, rounded out are:

PLACEGETTERS LAST START

Last start winners = 29%
2nd = 13%
3rd = 16%
4th = 14%
5th = 8%
6th = 7%
7th = 3%
8th = 3%
9th = 4%
10+ = 3%

87% of placegetters finished sixth or better.
80% finished 5th or better.

Last start placegetters placed in their next race 58% of the time.

Needs a bigger sample obviously but the trends are there.

Cheers

Hermes