Morning News

Good morning...

A reasonable day for us yesterday.

And the System Selections even went out on time!

We made a slight profit for our First Page Strategy and...

In the non-handicap races, the top rated horse had a strike rate of 45% and would have made you a profit of 39.5% on your stakes.

Anyway, I'll get to that, firstly 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 24.49%.

Yesterday's Live Ratings, show a strike rate (for our top rated horse) of 23.53%.

Yesterday's - Link to Follow - results for All Races (including previously unrated races), show a strike rate (for our top rated horse) of 23.53% from all 51 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 123.73 units returned to 146 units staked. The Overall Profit Index was, thus, -15.25%

Top Rated Horse - There were 12 winners from the top rated horses from 49 Races. If you had blindly backed the top rated horse in all of the races you would have had 46.73 units returned to 49 units staked. The Top Rated Profit Index was, thus, -4.63%

2nd Rated Horse - There were 9 winners from the second rated horses from 49 Races. If you had blindly backed the 2nd rated horse in all of the races you would have had 45 units returned to 49 units staked. The 2nd Rated Profit Index was, thus, -8.16%

3rd Rated Horse - There were 7 winners from the third rated horses from 48 Races. If you had blindly backed the 3rd rated horse in all of the races you would have had 32 units returned to 48 units staked. The 3rd Rated Profit Index was, thus, -33.33%

Non Handicap Races - Top Rated Horse - There were 20 non-handicap races yesterday. From these races there were 9 Top Rated winners. Thus, the Strike Rate (for Top Rated Horses) was 45%

Top Rated Horse - If you had blindly backed the top rated horse in all of the races you would have had 27.9 units returned to 20 units staked. The Top Rated Non-Handicap Profit Index was, thus, 39.5%

Non Handicap Races - Top Three Rated Horses - There were 20 non-handicap races yesterday. From these races there were 15 Top Three Rated winners. Thus, the Strike Rate (for the Top Three Rated Horses) was 75%

Forecasts

There were 5 forecasts yesterday.

Ripon 14:45:00 - The CSF paid £13.75

Cartmel 14:55:00 - The CSF paid £7.29

Downpatrick 15:00:00 - The CSF paid £7.78

Chepstow 15:45:00 - The CSF paid £9.54

Ripon 17:05:00 - The CSF paid £10.53

Reverse Forecasts

There were 3 reverse forecasts yesterday.

Chepstow 13:00:00 - The CSF paid £5.43

Chepstow 13:30:00 - The CSF paid £49.44

Epsom 16:55:00 - The CSF paid £26.74

Tricasts/Trifectas

There was 1 tricast/trifecta yesterday.

Downpatrick 15:00:00 - The Trifecta paid £33.80

Combination Tricasts/Trifectas

There was 1 combination tricast/trifecta yesterday.

Cartmel 14:20:00 - The Trifecta paid £21.90

Winners

From the 51 rated races there were 28 winners (from the top 3 rated horses.) 6 of those were at nice prices.

Course	Time	Horse	ISP	BSP
Chepstow	13:30	Knight Of The Air (3)	7.00	9.60
Ripon	14:10	Forster Square (2)	7.00	7.85
Ripon	14:45	Carnageo (1)	6.00	6.26
Epsom	16:55	Innocent Touch (1)	9.00	8.60
Epsom	17:25	Crowning Glory (8)	5.50	6.48
Cartmel	17:45	Perfect Poison (2)	8.50	12.50

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 12:30 - Mia Cara - Win Bet - 2nd

2). Newcastle (AW) 12:45 - Yarmouk - Place Bet - Unplaced

3). Chepstow 13:00 - Hushood - Win Bet - 1st @ 5.13

A total of 4.8735 points returned to 3 points staked.

So far this month we have had 82.688 points (after commission) returned to 91 points staked.

Place Betting Strategy

Chepstow 13:00:00 - Percy Thrower - Unplaced
Epsom 15:50:00 - What about Carlo - Unplaced
Newcastle 16:00:00 - Terhaal - NR
Downpatrick 16:45:00 - No more Monkeys - 3rd @ 1.65

We made a loss of 1.3825 points on the day and have made a loss of 34.0935 points for August.

For the new strategy we made a loss of 0.51867 points on the day and have made a loss of 22.362135 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 23.762205 points for August.

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

Something to make you laugh

Larry's Proverbs

1. A day without sunshine is like night.

2.. On the other hand, you have different fingers.

3. 42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot.

4. 99 percent of lawyers give the rest a bad name.

5. Remember, half the people you know are below average.

6. He who laughs last, thinks slowest.

7. Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.

8. The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese in the trap.

9. Support bacteria. They're the only culture most people have.

10. A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.

11. Change is inevitable, except from vending machines.

12. If you think nobody cares, try missing a couple of payments.

13. How many of you believe in psycho-kinesis? Raise my hand.

14. OK, so what's the speed of dark?

15. When everything is coming your way, you're inthe wrong lane.

16. Hard work pays off in the future. Laziness pays off now.

17. How much deeper would the ocean be without sponges?

18. Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.

19. What happens if you get scared half to death, twice?

20. Why do psychics have to ask you your name?

21. Inside every older person is a younger person wondering, 'What the heck happened?'

22. Just remember -- if the world didn't suck, we would all fall off.

23.. Light travels faster than sound. That's why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

24. Life isn't like a box of chocolates. It's more like a jar of jalapeno's. What you do today, might burn your butt tomorrow.

Today

Today's early test ratings show 32 rated races from five meetings.

Have a great day's racing!

As always...

My kindest regards