Morning News

Good morning...

Well, I've got to put my hands up...

It was a pretty dismal day yesterday.

However, there was a nice Tricast (and a decent combination Tricast) so it's not all bad.

And, had you done the Trifecta or the combination Trifecta in every race you would have made a profit.

So, as I've got nothing positive to say, 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 16%.

Yesterday's Live Ratings, show a strike rate (for our top rated horse) of 14.81%.

Yesterday's - Link to Follow - results for All Races (including previously unrated races), show a strike rate (for our top rated horse) of 14.29% from all 28 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 44.45 units returned to 75 units staked. The Overall Profit Index was, thus, -40.73%

Top Rated Horse - There were 4 winners from the top rated horses from 25 Races. If you had blindly backed the top rated horse in all of the races you would have had 10.2 units returned to 25 units staked. The Top Rated Profit Index was, thus, -59.2%

2nd Rated Horse - There were 2 winners from the second rated horses from 25 Races. If you had blindly backed the 2nd rated horse in all of the races you would have had 6.25 units returned to 25 units staked. The 2nd Rated Profit Index was, thus, -75%

3rd Rated Horse - There were 3 winners from the third rated horses from 25 Races. If you had blindly backed the 3rd rated horse in all of the races you would have had 28 units returned to 25 units staked. The 3rd Rated Profit Index was, thus, 12%

Non Handicap Races - Top Rated Horse - There were 8 non-handicap races yesterday. From these races there were 2 Top Rated winners. Thus, the Strike Rate (for Top Rated Horses) was 25%

Top Rated Horse - If you had blindly backed the top rated horse in all of the races you would have had 3.2 units returned to 8 units staked. The Top Rated Non-Handicap Profit Index was, thus, -60%

Non Handicap Races - Top Three Rated Horses - There were 8 non-handicap races yesterday. From these races there were 4 Top Three Rated winners. Thus, the Strike Rate (for the Top Three Rated Horses) was 50%

Forecasts

There was 1 forecast yesterday.

Brighton 14:30:00 - The CSF paid £13.85

Reverse Forecasts

There was 1 reverse forecast yesterday.

Brighton 16:30:00 - The CSF paid £7.22

Tricasts/Trifectas

There was 1 tricast/trifecta yesterday.

Brighton 14:30:00 - The Trifecta paid £85.50

Combination Tricasts/Trifectas

There was 1 combination tricast/trifecta yesterday.

Brighton 15:30:00 - The Trifecta paid £123.80

Winners

From the 27 rated races there were 9 winners (from the top 3 rated horses.) 3 of those were at nice prices.

Course	Time	Horse	ISP	BSP
Carlisle	14:15	Foxy Boy (9)	7.00	8.05
Brighton	15:30	Magnificent Madiba (3)	6.00	6.60
Thirsk	17:35	Norwegian Highness (9)	15.00	20.01

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

20/08/2016

1). Killarney 13:20 - King Of Aragon - Win Bet - Unplaced.

2). Curragh 13:40 - Bean Feasa - Place Bet - Unplaced.

3). Killarney 13:50 - Msmilan - Place Bet - 3rd @ 2.44

A total of 2.318 points returned to 3 points staked.

21/08/2016

1). Curragh 14:15 - Ambiguity - Place Bet - Unplaced.

2). Worcester 14:20 - Stephanie Frances - Win Bet - 1st @ 1.45

3). Brighton 14:30 - Pucon - Win Bet - Unplaced.

A total of 1.3775 points returned to 3 points staked.

22/08/0216

1). Brighton 14:00 - Amelia Dream - Win Bet - Unplaced.

A total of 0 points returned to 1 point staked.

So far this month we have had 64.087 points (after commission) returned to 61 points staked.

Place Betting Strategy

Carlise 16:15:00 - Issak - Unplaced
Thirsk 18:05:00 - Midnight Man - Unplaced

We made a loss of 2 points on the day and have made a loss of 20.3775 points for August.

For the new strategy we made a loss of 1.356 points on the day and have made a loss of 14.618358 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 1.356 and we have made a loss of 14.736669 points for August.

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

Something to make you laugh

A Dog's Life

If your dog is fat, you aren't getting enough exercise.
- Unknown

Some days you're the dog; some days you're the hydrant.
- Unknown

Whoever said you can't buy happiness forgot about puppies.
- Gene Hill

In dog years, I'm dead.
- Unknown

To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs.
- Aldous Huxley

A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.
- Robert Benchley

Did you ever walk into a room and forget why you walked in? I think that's how dogs spend their lives.
- Sue Murphy

I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves.
- August Strindberg

No animal should ever jump up on the dining room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation.
- Fran Lebowitz

Ever consider what they must think of us? I mean, here we come back from a grocery store with the most amazing haul -- chicken, pork, half a cow. They must think we're the greatest hunters on earth!
- Anne Tyler

I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult.
- Rita Rudner

My dog is worried about the economy because Alpo is up to 99 cents a can. That's almost $7.00 in dog money.
- Joe Weinstein

If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons.
- James Thurber

You enter into a certain amount of madness when you marry a person with pets.
- Nora Ephron

Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.
- Ann Landers

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.
- Robert A. Heinlein

In order to keep a true perspective of one's importance, everyone should have a dog that will worship him and a cat that will ignore him.
- Dereke Bruce, Taipei, Taiwan

Of all the things I miss from veterinary practice, puppy breath is one of the most fond memories!
- Dr. Tom Cat

There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face.
- Ben Williams

When a man's best friend is his dog, that dog has a problem.
- Edward Abbey

Cat's motto: No matter what you've done wrong, always try to make it look like the dog did it.
- Unknown

Money will buy you a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail.
- Unknown

No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does.
- Christopher Morley

A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.
- Josh Billings

Man is a dog's idea of what God should be.
- Holbrook Jackson

The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.
- Andrew A. Rooney

He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion.
- Unknown

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you; that is the principal difference between a dog and a man.
- Mark Twain

Things that upset a terrier may pass virtually unnoticed by a Great Dane.
- Smiley Blanton

I've seen a look in dogs' eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
- John Steinbeck

Today

Today's early test ratings show 33 rated races from five meetings.

Have a great day's racing!

As always...

My kindest regards