Morning News

Good morning...

Well, I've got the print out of yesterday's ratings in front of me and am struggling to find anything to say about the results.

There was only one race where we got things totally wrong but...

We only got it nearly right in three of the 17 races (where we got the combination trifectas.)

So, rather than waffle on

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 17.65%.

Yesterday's Live Ratings, show a strike rate (for our top rated horse) of 17.65%.

Yesterday's - Link to Follow - results for All Races (including previously unrated races), show a strike rate (for our top rated horse) of 17.65% from all 17 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 35.38 units returned to 51 units staked. The Overall Profit Index was, thus, -30.63%

Top Rated Horse - There were 3 winners from the top rated horses from 17 Races. If you had blindly backed the top rated horse in all of the races you would have had 8.62 units returned to 17 units staked. The Top Rated Profit Index was, thus, -49.29%

2nd Rated Horse - There were 4 winners from the second rated horses from 17 Races. If you had blindly backed the 2nd rated horse in all of the races you would have had 14.76 units returned to 17 units staked. The 2nd Rated Profit Index was, thus, -13.18%

3rd Rated Horse - There were 2 winners from the third rated horses from 17 Races. If you had blindly backed the 3rd rated horse in all of the races you would have had 12 units returned to 17 units staked. The 3rd Rated Profit Index was, thus, -29.41%

Forecasts

There were 0 forecasts yesterday.

Reverse Forecasts

There was 1 reverse forecast yesterday.

Exeter 16:40:00 - The CSF paid £3.68

Tricasts/Trifectas

There were 0 tricasts/trifectas yesterday.

Combination Tricasts/Trifectas

There were 3 combination tricasts/trifectas yesterday.

Southwell (AW) 14:55:00 - The Trifecta paid £21.30

Newcastle 15:15:00 - The Trifecta paid £30.00

Exeter 16:40:00 - The Trifecta paid £6.50

Winners

From the 17 rated races there were 9 winners (from the top 3 rated horses.) 2 of those were at nice prices.

Course	Time	Horse	ISP	BSP
Exeter	14:00	Bladoun (3)	7.00	7.98
Exeter	15:40	You Say What (2)	7.00	10.67

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

Newcastle 14:45:00 - Sweet Holly - Unplaced

We made a loss of 1 point on the day and have made a profit of 4.485 points for March.

For the new strategy we made a loss of 0.678 points on the day and have made a profit of 1.00683 points for March.

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 0.678 points yesterday and we have made a profit of 5.07483 points for March.

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

Something to make you laugh

Thanks to Lee for this one...

Ponderisms

I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned that most people die of natural causes.

Gardening Rule: When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant.

The easiest way to find something lost around the house is to buy a replacement.

Never take life too seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.

Life is sexually transmitted.

How is it one careless match can start a bush fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?

Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, "I think I'll squeeze these dangly things here, and drink whatever comes out?"

Who was the first person to say, "See that chicken there? I'm gonna eat the next thing that comes out of its bum.

If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests?

Do illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet Soup?

Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog's face, he gets angry, but when you take him on a car ride, he sticks his head out the window?

Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?

Today

Today's early test ratings show 27 rated races from four meetings.

Every race is rated.

Have a great day's racing!

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As always...

My kindest regards