Morning News

Good morning...

Another good day for the ratings, generally, yesterday,

After all, a strike rate for the top rated horse of 37.84% is nothing to sniff at but...

The number that really interests me is the Strike Rate (for the Top Three Rated Horses) which was 91.67%

Now, that must get you dutchers excited.

So, 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 37.84%.

Yesterday's Live Ratings, show a strike rate (for our top rated horse) of 37.5%.

Yesterday's - Link to Follow - results for All Races (including previously unrated races), show a strike rate (for our top rated horse) of 35% from all 40 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 87.96 units returned to 113 units staked. The Overall Profit Index was, thus, -22.16%

Top Rated Horse - There were 14 winners from the top rated horses from 37 Races. If you had blindly backed the top rated horse in all of the races you would have had 45.4 units returned to 37 units staked. The Top Rated Profit Index was, thus, 22.7%

2nd Rated Horse - There were 8 winners from the second rated horses from 39 Races. If you had blindly backed the 2nd rated horse in all of the races you would have had 26.63 units returned to 39 units staked. The 2nd Rated Profit Index was, thus, -31.72%

3rd Rated Horse - There were 5 winners from the third rated horses from 37 Races. If you had blindly backed the 3rd rated horse in all of the races you would have had 15.93 units returned to 37 units staked. The 3rd Rated Profit Index was, thus, -56.95%

Non Handicap Races - Top Rated Horse - There were 12 non-handicap races yesterday. From these races there were 5 Top Rated winners. Thus, the Strike Rate (for Top Rated Horses) was 41.67%

Top Rated Horse - If you had blindly backed the top rated horse in all of the races you would have had 14.8 units returned to 12 units staked. The Top Rated Non-Handicap Profit Index was, thus, 23.33%

Non Handicap Races - Top Three Rated Horses - There were 12 non-handicap races yesterday. From these races there were 11 Top Three Rated winners. Thus, the Strike Rate (for the Top Three Rated Horses) was 91.67%

Forecasts

There was 1 forecast yesterday.

Stratford 16:40:00 - The CSF paid £5.99

Reverse Forecasts

There were 5 reverse forecasts yesterday.

Stratford 14:20:00 - The CSF paid £1.97

York 15:05:00 - The CSF paid £42.95

York 15:40:00 - The CSF paid £9.17

Fontwell 18:30:00 - The CSF paid £8.08

Hamilton 19:40:00 - The CSF paid £3.14

Tricasts/Trifectas

There were 0 tricasts/trifectas yesterday.

Combination Tricasts/Trifectas

There were 3 combination tricasts/trifectas yesterday.

Stratford 14:20:00 - The Trifecta paid £2.20

Killarney 17:20:00 - The Trifecta paid £15.30

Hamilton 19:40:00 - The Trifecta paid £6.90

Winners

From the 40 rated races there were 27 winners (from the top 3 rated horses.) 4 of those were at nice prices.

Course	Time	Horse	ISP	BSP
York	14:30	Queen Kindly (8)	5.50	8.87
York	15:05	Firmament (15)	9.00	9.60
Killarney	18:20	Le Vagabond (4)	5.50	5.78
Hamilton	19:10	Neuf Des Coeurs (4)	5.50	5.55

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). Chepstow 14:10 - Sheilas Palace - Place Bet - Unplaced.

2). Stratford 14:20 - Bagad Bihoue - Win Bet - 1st @ 1.34

A total of 1.273 points returned to 2 points staked.

So far this month we have had 56.0215 points (after commission) returned to 52 points staked.

Place Betting Strategy

Killarney 19:20:00 - Akito - Unplaced

We made a loss of 1 points on the day and have made a loss of 13.71 points for August.

For the new strategy we made a loss of 0.678 points on the day and have made a loss of 6.734913 points for August.

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 and we have made a loss of 7.983789 points for August.

The spreadsheet of all of the results is available at… http://focusratings.com/data/PBSAug16.xls

Something to make you laugh

The Mind of a Blonde.

A DEATH IN THE FAMILY

A blonde goes to work in tears.

Her boss asks, "What's wrong?"

She says, "My mom died."

He told her to go home, but she said, "No, I'll be fine."

Later that day, her boss finds her crying again.

He says, "What's wrong?"

She replies, "I just talked to my sister, and her mom died, too!"

Today

Today's early test ratings show 45 rated races from seven meetings.

Have a great day's racing!

As always...

My kindest regards