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Morning News – 27/04/2021

6620418Good morning...

Well, I have to admit...

That yesterday was the day from hell.

The worst day since the village lost internet access for 4 days back in 2018.

And it needn't have been.

I do a lot of my work in the terminal; that means that I load a program that gives me a green screen (a bit like an old teletype terminal) and, I use a protocol called SSH to log into my server as though I were standing in front of it (even though it resides in a datacenter in Germany.)

Yesterday I lost the ability to do that. It turned out that my server's IP address had been changed and I was trying to log into the old IP address.

Every morning my server produces what I call my "2am Test Ratings."

These actually come out at 1am, my time, and the first thing I do every morning (whilst my coffee is peculating) is to check these test ratings.

They are normally OK but, occasionally they show a problem such as a missing meeting or similar.

These problems are easy to fix and I normally just log into my server, fix the corrupted file (it's almost always a corrupted file) and re-run the test ratings. It takes about 2 minutes to do. I'd rather check the test ratings, fix any problems (if there are any) first thing in the morning than send out bad ratings.

Yesterday, obviously, because I couldn't log into my server I couldn't fix the 3 missing meetings that the test ratings showed.

So, the ratings were produced and, once I had got the problem resolved, I had to spend most of the day putting things right.

At 1pm (after about 10 hours work) I just gave up, switched the TV on and slobbed out.

Thus, no real, productive work got done yesterday.

I've just checked the Test Ratings; they are fine.

Just for fun, I've logged into my server; that worked first time.

However, I've just noticed that Advance Ratings didn't run so, logged into my server, I just manually kicked off the script and they are being produced right now.

This is why it's so important that I can log into my server; a small problem (which is easy to resolve) doesn't become a major catastrophe.

Had I not been able to log in, there would be no Advance Ratings which means...

There would be no R5, R6, R6+, R7 or R8 ratings today as they all rely on Advance Ratings.

As a result there would be no Investment Betting or Place Profits selections.

Now, I don't mind the occasional glitch - that goes with the job.

What upset me yesterday was watching the results of the glitch propagating through the system and me not being able to log in to fix the problem in time.

So, having fixed that tiny little glitch, perhaps, I'll actually get some work done today (and catch up with those emails that I didn't answer yesterday.)


Task List...

In order to be honest and truly transparent with you...

I will now be publishing my task list on the Morning News.

You will be able to see what I am working on and, more importantly, what progress I am making.

Here are the current tasks...

T01). Work out a number of strategies to utilise R8 and provide Focus Rating mem height="746"bers free Portfolio Betting selections across a number of different betting strategies (win backing, place backing, dutching, laying and, the other thing that I described that I don't know what it is called) on a daily basis.

T02). For Compass Ratings, display, on screen and via a email PDF, the twice weekly updated trainer/jockey win/place strike rates.

T03). For Compass Ratings, complete the eBook that explains all the weird and wonderful things that I have learned about Hong Kong Horse racing.

T04). Complete PaperTradeIt.com - a free site where you can privately log your bets and get Strike Rate, POI (to ISP and BSP) data and losing run analysis on those bets.

T05). Re-launch Intelligent-Betting.com - very good good things are happening there as we speak and it is becoming a vital (and also, very profitable) tool for those who like to think about their betting.

I'm trying to knock off the easy/quick jobs first in order to reduce the size of the list; the size of the list scares me sometimes and, believe me, I have twice as many jobs on the Admin/BAU (Business As Usual - things like automated scripts, backups and server log file analysis - stuff that all website owners have to do) task list to get through as well.


Focus Ratings

Here are the results in the Traffic Light Results PDF format... Yesterday's Traffic Light Results

Yesterday's Results, show a strike rate (for our top rated horse) of 23.26%.

Yesterday's Live Ratings, show a strike rate (for our top rated horse) of 21.74%.

Yesterday's - Link to Follow - results for All Races (including previously unrated races), show a strike rate (for our top rated horse) of 16.18% from all 68 Races (including previously unrated races.)

The Overall Profit Index. If you had blindly backed every top three rated horse in all of the races you would have had 94.44 units returned to 131 units staked. The Overall Profit Index was, thus, -27.91%

Top Rated Horse - There were 10 winners from the top rated horses from 43 Races. If you had blindly backed the top rated horse in all of the races you would have had 38.06 units returned to 43 units staked. The Top Rated Profit Index was, thus, -11.49%

2nd Rated Horse - There were 6 winners from the second rated horses from 46 Races. If you had blindly backed the 2nd rated horse in all of the races you would have had 19.68 units returned to 46 units staked. The 2nd Rated Profit Index was, thus, -57.22%

3rd Rated Horse - There were 9 winners from the third rated horses from 42 Races. If you had blindly backed the 3rd rated horse in all of the races you would have had 36.7 units returned to 42 units staked. The 3rd Rated Profit Index was, thus, -12.62%

Non Handicap Races - Top Rated Horse - There were 15 non-handicap races yesterday. From these races there were 4 Top Rated winners. Thus, the Strike Rate (for Top Rated Horses) was 26.67%

Top Rated Horse - If you had blindly backed the top rated horse in all of the races you would have had 15.31 units returned to 15 units staked. The Top Rated Non-Handicap Profit Index was, thus, 2.07%

Non Handicap Races - Top Three Rated Horses - There were 15 non-handicap races yesterday. From these races there were 9 Top Three Rated winners. Thus, the Strike Rate (for the Top Three Rated Horses) was 60%


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Investment Betting

There were no Investment Betting selections (using the new R8 based system) yesterday...

This is what the recent proofed results look like...

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EarlyBird Ratings

There were two Diamonds and Gold (Platinum) selection yesterday...

Lingfield - 14:30 - Andonno - 1st @ 1.53 ISP (1.56 BSP)

Thirsk - 17:30 - Bobby On The Beat - 7th

This is what the recent proofed results look like...

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Focus Ratings members can subscribe to these selections for free,

Just send me a mail and I'll set it up.

The selections normally come out about 5:30pm the evening before the day of the race.

PlaceProfits.com members - if you wish to receive the EarlyBird Ratings Diamond and Gold selections until the racing settles down and we start getting Place Profits selections again, just email me and I'll put you on the list.

You can see the independently proofed results for the EarlyBird Ratings Diamonds and Gold selections here... https://www.racing-index.com/tipsters/proofed/ebr-diamondsandgold.html


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Compass Ratings

Compass Ratings supplies horse racing ratings for the two meetings a week at Happy Valley and Sha Tin.

There is a meeting at Happy Valley tomorrow.

The ratings for that meeting will be sent out today.

If you are not a Compass Ratings member (it's free to Focus Ratings, Early Bird Rating and Place Profits members - you just have to ask to be added to the list) but want to try it out, send me an email.

Focus Ratings, EarlyBird Ratings and Place Profits members can subscribe to Compass Ratings for free.

Just email me and I'll set up your account.


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Advance Ratings

Advance Ratings had an average day yesterday...

Lingfield - 14:30 - Andonno - 1st @ 1.53 ISP (1.56 BSP)

Lingfield - 15:05 - Atacamena - 2nd


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Spotlight Ratings

Spotlight Ratings are ratings for International Graded, Group and Listed races.

Focus Ratings, EarlyBird Ratings and Place Profits members can subscribe to Spotlight Ratings for free.

Just email me and I'll set up your account.

Please let me know which service you currently subscribe to.


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Ante Post Ratings

Ante Post Ratings supplies advance ratings for top grade UK and Irish racing.

Currently Listed...

16th March 2021 – Cheltenham - Day 1 (5 races rated.)

17th March 2021 – Cheltenham - Day 2 (5 races rated.)

18th March 2021 – Cheltenham - Day 3 (4 races rated.)

19th March 2021 – Cheltenham - Day 4 (5 races rated.)

27th March 2021 – Doncaster – 15:10 – Unibet Lincoln – Class 2

New - 10th April – 2021 – Aintree – 17:15 – Randox Grand National Handicap Chase – Class 1

22nd May 2021 – Curragh (IRE) – 19:15 – Tattersalls 2,000 Guineas – Group 1

23nd May 2021 – Curragh (IRE) – 16:00 – Tattersalls 1,000 Guineas – Group 1

Focus Ratings, EarlyBird Ratings and Place Profits members can subscribe to Spotlight Ratings for free.

Just email me and I'll set up your account.

Please let me know which service you currently subscribe to.



Place Profits

Selections - New System

There are no selections today.

Selections - Original System

Original System (without the recent refinement to improve Strike Rate.)

There are no selections today.

Original System (with the recent refinement to improve Strike Rate.)

There are no selections today.

Original System (200% Confidence.)

There are no selections today.

I have updated the results (19th April 2021) and, from now on, be updating them on a daily basis and, thus, be keeping it up to date.

The recent results be seen here... http://placeprofits.com/results/


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Intelligent Betting

Intelligent Betting is a collection of tools designed to aid your horse racing betting process.

A number of systems are combined to create system selections.

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Something to make you smile...

You Get What You Ask For...

A group of previous kindergartners were trying very hard to become accustomed to the first grade.

The biggest hurdle they faced was that the teacher insisted on NO baby talk!

"You need to use 'Big People' words," she was always reminding them. She asked Chris what he had done over the weekend.

"I went to visit my Nana."

"No, you went to visit your GRANDMOTHER. Use 'Big People' words!" She then asked Mitchell what he had done.

"I took a ride on a choo-choo."

She said "No, you took a ride on a TRAIN. You must remember to use 'Big People' words."

She then asked little Alec what he had done.

"I read a book," he replied.

"That's WONDERFUL!" the teacher said. "What book did you read?"

Alec thought real hard about it, then puffed out his chest with great pride, and said, "Winnie the SH*T."


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Today

Whatever you are up to today...

Stay safe and healthy.

As always...

My kindest regards

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