Morning News

Good morning...

A strangely disappointing day, yesterday...

Although, had you done the combination Trifectas in every race,

You'd probably be rather hungover today!

However, hungover or not, we actually made a profit on the Place Betting Strategy yesterday...

And that's a good reason for a glass, or two!

Anyway, enough of that, let's get on and take a quick look at yesterday's results in more detail....

Yesterday's Results

Yesterday's Results, show a strike rate (for our top rated horse) of 14.71%.

Yesterday's Live Ratings, show a strike rate (for our top rated horse) of 14.29%.

Yesterday's - Link to Follow - results for All Races (including previously unrated races), show a strike rate (for our top rated horse) of 13.89% from all 36 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 80.48 units returned to 103 units staked. The Overall Profit Index was, thus, -21.86%

Top Rated Horse - There were 5 winners from the top rated horses from 34 Races. If you had blindly backed the top rated horse in all of the races you would have had 16.23 units returned to 34 units staked. The Top Rated Profit Index was, thus, -52.26%

2nd Rated Horse - There were 5 winners from the second rated horses from 34 Races. If you had blindly backed the 2nd rated horse in all of the races you would have had 25 units returned to 34 units staked. The 2nd Rated Profit Index was, thus, -26.47%

3rd Rated Horse - There were 7 winners from the third rated horses from 34 Races. If you had blindly backed the 3rd rated horse in all of the races you would have had 39.25 units returned to 34 units staked. The 3rd Rated Profit Index was, thus, 15.44%

Forecasts

There were 0 forecasts yesterday.

Reverse Forecasts

There was 1 reverse forecast yesterday.

Newbury 12:30:00 - The CSF paid £3.252

Tricasts/Trifectas

There were 0 tricasts/trifectas yesterday.

Combination Tricasts/Trifectas

There were 3 combination tricasts/trifectas yesterday.

Newbury 13:00:00 - The Trifecta paid £290.00

Chelmsford (AW) 17:10:00 - The Trifecta paid £3636.30

Chelmsford (AW) 17:40:00 - The Trifecta paid £50.30

Winners

From the 35 rated races there were 17 winners (from the top 3 rated horses.) 5 of those were at nice prices.

Course	Time	Horse	ISP	BSP
Southwell (AW)	12:15	Amazing Blue Sky (8)	13.00	17.36
Thurles	12:50	Rightville Boy (4)	6.50	7.34
Newbury	13:00	Harrys Farewell (4)	10.00	13.00
Southwell (AW)	13:20	Arcane Dancer (5)	5.50	6.31
Chelmsford (AW)	17:10	Crowning Glory (3)	12.00	16.00

The Portfolio

There was neither a Banker's Bet nor a Chancer's Bet yesterday.

On the Portfolio Page there is now a link to the Banker's Bet Proofing Page and, also to the Chancer's Bet proofing page.

You may subscribe to my Portfolio. To do so, you need to go to your Members Page and change option 4 on the Your Profile bit.

If you haven't subscribed, the button will say Yes - just click on it and you'll be signed up.

Place Betting Strategy

Taunton 13:10:00 - Star Foot - 3rd - Betfair paid 6.99 for the place.
Thurles 14:00:00 - Rebel Turn - Unplaced
Newbury 14:10:00 - Kilala Quay - Unplaced
Southwell 14:30:00 - Freeze Style - Unplaced

We made a profit of 2.6905 points on the day and have made a loss of 38.943425 for November.

For the new strategy we made a profit of 0.468159 points on the day and have made a loss of 46.6107033 points for November.

I have added a new section to the spreadsheet to indicate the results should we ignore the odds on selections.

For the refined strategy (the one that you should be using) we made a loss of 0.468159 points on the day and have made a loss of 45.250737 points for November.

The spreadsheet of all of the results is available at… http://focusratings.com/data/PBSNov.xls

Something to make you smile

One from Derek H....

Larry finally found the nerve to tell his fiancee that he had to break off their engagement so he could marry another woman.

"Can she cook like I can?" the distraught woman asked between sobs.

"Not even on her best day," he replied.

"Can she buy you expensive gifts like I do?"

"No, she's broke."

"Well, then, is it sex?"

"Nobody does it like you, babe."

"Then what can she do that I can't?"

"...Sue me for child support . . . ."

And one from me...

Headache

The doctor said, 'Joe, the good news is I can cure your headaches. The bad news is that it will require castration.

You have a very rare condition, which causes your testicles to press on your spine and the pressure creates one hell of a headache. The only way to relieve the pressure is to remove the testicles.'

Joe was shocked and depressed. He wondered if he had anything to live for.

He had no choice but to go under the knife.

When he left the hospital, he was without a headache for the first time in 20 years, but he felt like he was missing an important part of himself.

As he walked down the street, he realized that he felt like a different person.

He could make a new beginning and live a new life.

He saw a men's clothing store and thought, 'That's what I need... A new suit.'

He entered the shop and told the salesman, 'I'd like a new suit.'

The elderly tailor eyed him briefly and said, 'Let's see... size 44 long.'

Joe laughed, 'That's right, how did you know?'

'Been in the business 60 years!' the tailor said..

Joe tried on the suit it fit perfectly.

As Joe admired himself in the mirror, the salesman asked,'How about a new shirt?'

Joe thought for a moment and then said, 'Sure.'

The salesman eyed Joe and said, 'Let's see, 34 sleeves and 16-1/2 neck.'

Joe was surprised, 'That's right, how did you know?'

'Been in the business 60 years.'

Joe tried on the shirt and it fit perfectly.

Joe walked comfortably around the shop and the salesman asked, 'How about some new underwear?'

Joe thought for a moment and said, 'Sure.'

The salesman said, 'Let's see... size 36.'

Joe laughed, 'Ah ha! I got you! I've worn a size 34 since I was 18 years old.'

The salesman shook his head, 'You can't wear a size 34. A size 34 would press your testicles up against the base of your spine and give you one hell of a headache.'

Today

Today's early test ratings show 34 rated races from five meetings.

Have a great day's racing!

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As always...

My kindest regards