Morning News

Good morning... Yesterday wasn't so wonderful for us, I freely admit but... If we're to have the great run that we've had for the last few weeks, we have to expect the occasional disappointing day. I'm up early to get a head start on a new strategy to predict forecasts (and Dutching opportunities.) I hope to have some good news to tell you on Monday (tomorrow is, in theory, my day off.) Investment Betting selections... Newbury - 15:30 - Good Vibes - 0 Tramore - 17:00 - Westland Row - 1st @ 2.50 ISP (2.74 BSP) Newmarket - 17:15 - Swinley Forest - 4th Curragh - 17:45 - Lil Grey - 3rd Curragh - 18:45 - Sir Dragonet - 4th Tramore - 20:10 - Getaway Gorgeous - 1st @ 1.25 ISP (1.33 BSP) There were 4 forecasts yesterday. Nottingham 14:35:00 - The CSF paid £5.42 Thirsk 17:25:00 - The CSF paid £16.67 Thirsk 19:30:00 - The CSF paid £4.66 Chelmsford (AW) 21:15:00 - The CSF paid £18.05 For more detail, here are the results in the Traffic Light Results PDF format... Yesterday's Traffic Light Results Anyway, let's get on and take a quick look at yesterday's results in more detail....

Morning News

Good morning... Yesterday was slightly quieter than we've seen recently but... Still not too shabby. We're still running at a 28.55% strike rate (for the top rated horse) for the month of August which is well above the year to date strike rate (27.25%) and even better than when compared to August last year (24.66%) There were 2 Investment Betting selections yesterday but, unfortunately, only one winner. Chepstow - 18:10 - Nat Love - 4th Leopardstown - 19:00 - Madhmoon - 1st @ 4/7 There were also 2 forecasts yesterday. Yarmouth 16:45:00 - The CSF paid £11.91 Yarmouth 17:20:00 - The CSF paid £4.90 Now I have a particular interest in forecasts because... If all goes well this weekend I should be able announce a devious method of predicting those races where we get the forecast. For more detail of yesterday's results, here are the results in the Traffic Light Results PDF format... Yesterday's Traffic Light Results Anyway, let's get on and take a quick look at yesterday's results in more detail....

Morning News

Good morning... Another weirdly exciting day with an exceptional strike rate. Investment Betting... Newton Abbot - 14:10 - Pacify - 1st @ 1.28 ISP (1.28 BSP) Newton Abbot - 14:40 - Must see the Doc - 1st @ 1.57 ISP (1.6 BSP) Newton Abbot - 15:40 - Asylo - PU Salisbury - 15:50 - Fanny Logan - 1st @ 1.50 ISP (1.56 BSP) Worcester - 17:30 - Potterman - 1st @ 2.50 ISP (2.57 BSP) Gowran Park - 18:50 - Whos Steph - 3rd There were 4 forecasts yesterday. Salisbury 14:20:00 - The CSF paid £4.14 Beverley 16:30:00 - The CSF paid £3.40 Kempton (AW) 18:40:00 - The CSF paid £3.90 Worcester 19:00:00 - The CSF paid £8.79 There was 1 trifecta yesterday. Kempton (AW) 18:40:00 - The Trifecta paid £8.20 For more detail, here are the results in the Traffic Light Results PDF format... Yesterday's Traffic Light Results Anyway, let's get on and take a quick look at yesterday's results in more detail....

Morning News

Good morning... I don't suppose that anyone can complain about a 32% strike rate for the top rated horse... Especially when, by blindly backing those horses you would have made a profit (to ISP) of 23.92% Also, there were 2 forecasts yesterday. Nottingham 14:30:00 - The CSF paid £5.35 Ffos Las 17:15:00 - The CSF paid £10.15 18 of the 27 races were won by a top three rated horse and, interestingly, 11 of those 18 winners came from horses which had dropped in class from their last run. Something to think about? For more detail, here are the results in the Traffic Light Results PDF format... Yesterday's Traffic Light Results Anyway, let's get on and take a quick look at yesterday's results in more detail....

Morning News

Good morning... Another reasonable day, yesterday and one... Had you blindly backed the top rated horse in every race you would have made a profit of 11.58% (to ISP) on your stakes. Additionally, our 2 Investment Betting selections both won and, at pretty decent prices. Wolverhampton - 19:20 - Mujassam - 1st @ 4.33 ISP Ballinrobe - 20:40 - Druim Samhraidh - 1st @ 5.0 ISP For more detail, here are the results in the Traffic Light Results PDF format... Yesterday's Traffic Light Results Anyway, let's get on and take a quick look at yesterday's results in more detail....

Morning News

Good morning... Although there were no high priced winners yesterday, we did get a couple of decent forecasts. In the 14:55 at Downpatrick we got the first two in the right order; the forecast paid £33.29 to a £1 stake. In the 16:00 at Downpatrick we got the first two in the right order; the forecast paid 15.36 to a £1 stake. Weirdly enough, had you blindly backed the top rated horse in every race (which is not something that I would advise) you would have made a 7% profit to ISP. For more detail, here are the results in the Traffic Light Results PDF format... Yesterday's Traffic Light Results Anyway, let's get on and take a quick look at yesterday's results in more detail....

Morning News

Good morning... I'm sorry that there haven't been any Morning News recently but... I'm juggling a lot of balls at the moment and there never seems to be enough hours in the day. However, I have invented a 25 hour day and an 8 day week and, as a result, am slowly catching up. Yesterday was a reasonable day for the normal ratings and... Even better for the R6 Plus ratings. There were 7 top rated winners from the 18 rated races; this equates to a strike rate of 38.89% 19.53 points (to ISP) were returned to the 18 points staked; this equates to a POI of 8.58% For more detail, here are the results in the Traffic Light Results PDF format... Yesterday's Traffic Light Results Anyway, I'll get to that, firstly let's get on and take a quick look at yesterday's results in more detail....

That Feel Good Number…

As promised... The following is an article which explains how I came up with the Investment Betting strategy or... More accurately, it explains my processes when I attempt to come up with a strategy for Focus Ratings. The data that I refer to can be found at...http://focusratings.com/data/InvestmentBetting.xlsx The data cover a nearly 2 year period - 102 weeks to be exact.

1). Top on R5

If you download and open the spread sheet you'll see that it consists of 8 tabs (at the bottom of the screen.)

Morning News

Good morning... A decent enough day for the normal ratings and... A better one for the new R6 Plus ratings. For the new ratings 55.80 points were returned to the 40 points staked - this equates to a POI (Profit on Investment) of 39.50% The Investment Betting selections showed a strike rate of 38.46% and a POI of 88.73% to ISP. The more beady eyed amongst you will have noticed that I've started work on Builder + - this is a new system builder that will allow you to chose from which ratings you want your query to be based upon. I hope to have something workable to show you by the end of next week. For more detail of yesterdays ratings, here are the results in the Traffic Light Results PDF format... Yesterday's Traffic Light Results Anyway, let's get on and take a quick look at yesterday's results in more detail....

Morning News

Good morning... A nice day for the ratings yesterday... With 3 decent winners contributing to the profits. At the 15:00 at Ayr, our top rated horse, Welcome Ben won at 8/1 (10.97 BSP.) At the 15:35 at Ayr, our top rated horse, Diggin Deep won at 8/1 (10.17 BSP.) At the 18:40 at Ballinrobe, our top rated horse, Acronym won at 8/1 (12.43 BSP.) In this race we got the first 3 in the right order; the Trifecta paid £119.50 for a £1 stake. For more detail, here are the results in the Traffic Light Results PDF format... Yesterday's Traffic Light Results Anyway, let's get on and take a quick look at yesterday's results in more detail....