Morning News

Good morning...

Well. what do I say about yesterday?

Not a massive day but not much seemed to go wrong.

Both our First Page Strategy and our Place Betting Strategy made a profit and...

Had you blindly done the forecast in every race, you would have also been in profit.

I did some work on the Systems Selections script and have made some progress but...

I have found some other minor bugs that I need to resolve today.

For those of you waiting for responses to emails; I will get to you, I just have a bit of a backlog at the moment and the emails seem to be taking time to action.

Anyway, that's for later 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 23.81%.

Yesterday's Live Ratings, show a strike rate (for our top rated horse) of 22.22%.

Yesterday's - Link to Follow - results for All Races (including previously unrated races), show a strike rate (for our top rated horse) of 23.91% from all 46 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 98.05 units returned to 121 units staked. The Overall Profit Index was, thus, -18.97%

Top Rated Horse - There were 10 winners from the top rated horses from 42 Races. If you had blindly backed the top rated horse in all of the races you would have had 35.21 units returned to 42 units staked. The Top Rated Profit Index was, thus, -16.17%

2nd Rated Horse - There were 9 winners from the second rated horses from 41 Races. If you had blindly backed the 2nd rated horse in all of the races you would have had 43.96 units returned to 41 units staked. The 2nd Rated Profit Index was, thus, 7.22%

3rd Rated Horse - There were 3 winners from the third rated horses from 38 Races. If you had blindly backed the 3rd rated horse in all of the races you would have had 18.88 units returned to 38 units staked. The 3rd Rated Profit Index was, thus, -50.32%

Forecasts

There were 3 forecasts yesterday.

Lingfield (AW) 13:50:00 - The CSF paid £3.75

Killarney 17:50:00 - The CSF paid £5.42

Wetherby 18:40:00 - The CSF paid £36.57

Reverse Forecasts

There were 4 reverse forecasts yesterday.

Lingfield (AW) 14:20:00 - The CSF paid £4.49

Lingfield (AW) 14:55:00 - The CSF paid £7.73

Newcastle (AW) 16:10:00 - The CSF paid £9.89

Wetherby 20:40:00 - The CSF paid £21.35

Tricasts/Trifectas

There was 1 tricast/trifecta yesterday.

Killarney 17:50:00 - The Trifecta paid £17.80

Combination Tricasts/Trifectas

There were 2 combination tricasts/trifectas yesterday.

Wetherby 20:40:00 - The Trifecta paid £59.30

Killarney 20:50:00 - The Trifecta paid £40.50

Winners

From the 45 rated races there were 22 winners (from the top 3 rated horses.) 7 of those were at nice prices.

Course	Time	Horse	ISP	BSP
Newcastle (AW)	14:00	Tap The Honey (8)	10.00	11.50
Lingfield (AW)	17:00	Betsalottie (7)	6.00	7.61
Newcastle (AW)	17:45	Coto (4)	6.00	6.19
Wetherby	18:40	Slemy (9)	7.00	6.74
Huntingdon	19:30	Occasionally Yours (3)	10.00	10.25
Huntingdon	20:30	Hill Of Gold (4)	8.00	8.39
Wetherby	20:40	Back To Bond (5)	9.00	12.73

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.

First Page Strategy

1). Newcastle (AW) 14:00 - The Magic Pencil - Place Bet - Unplaced

2). Nottingham 14:10 - Book Of Poetry - Win Bet - NR

3). Lingfield (AW) 14:20 - Banish - Win Bet - 1st @ 3.7 BSP.

4). Lingfield (AW) 14:55 - Heart Of Lions - Win Bet - 1st @ 1.91 BSP.

Place Betting Strategy

Lingfield 13:50:00 - Monk's Stand - 1st - Betfair paid 1.24 for the place.
Wetherby 20:40:00 - Back to Bond - 1st - Betfair paid 2.72 for the place.

We made a profit of 1.862 points on the day and have made a profit of 3.369 points for May.

For the new strategy we made a profit of 2.679456 points on the day and have made a profit of 5.013471 points for May.

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 profit of 2.215704 points yesterday and we have made a loss of 0.407817 points for May.

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

Something to make you laugh

Things you would love to say out loud at work....

1. I can see your point, but I still think you're full of sh*t .

2. I don't know what your problem is, but I'll bet it's hard to pronounce.

3. How about never? Is never good for you?

4. I see you've set aside this special time to humiliate yourself in public.

5. I'm really easy to get along with once you people learn to see it my way.

6. I'll try being nicer if you'll try being smarter.

7. I'm out of my mind, but feel free to leave a message.

8. I don't work here. I'm a consultant.

9. It sounds like English, but I can't understand a damn word you're saying.

10. Ahhh...I see the screw-up fairy has visited us again...

11. I like you. You remind me of myself when I was young and stupid.

12. You are validating my inherent mistrust of strangers.

13. I have plenty of talent and vision; I just don't give a damn.

14. I'm already visualizing the duct tape over your mouth.

15. I will always cherish the initial misconceptions I had about you.

16. Thank you. We're all refreshed and challenged by your unique point of view.

17. The fact that no one understands you doesn't mean you're an artist.

18. Any connection between your reality and mine is purely coincidental.

19. What am I? Flypaper for freaks!

20. I'm not being rude. You're just insignificant.

21. It's a thankless job, but I've got a lot of Karma to burn off.

22. Yes, I am an agent of Satan, but my duties are largely ceremonial.

23. And your crybaby whiny-assed opinion would be...?

24. Do I look like a people person?

25. This isn't an office. It's Hell with fluorescent lighting.

26. I started out with nothing &still have most of it left.

27. Sarcasm is just one more service we offer.

28. If I throw a stick, will you leave?

29. Errors have been made. Others will be blamed.

30. Whatever kind of look you were going for, you missed.

31. I'm trying to imagine you with a personality.

32. A cubicle is just a padded cell without a door.

33. Can I trade this job for what's behind door #1?

34. Too many freaks, not enough circuses.

35. Nice perfume. Must you marinate in it?

36. Chaos, panic, & disorder - my work here is done.

37. How do I set a laser printer to stun?

38. I thought I wanted a career; turns out I just wanted a salary.

39. Who lit the fuse on your tampon?

40. Oh I get it... like humor... but different.

41. Stick your job where the sun don't shine

42. Hello I'm from renta-kill - were abouts is the rat you want exterminating"

43. I see !! your going to do it that way then - MMmmmm

Today

Today's early test ratings show 43 rated races from six meetings.

Have a great day's racing!

As always...

My kindest regards