Morning News

Good morning...

Well, not too much that I can say about yesterday's racing.

It was a quiet day and we got a pretty good strike rate but...

Nothing else stands out.

You may have noticed that the ratings came out quite early yesterday.

This is partly due to some of the improvements that I have implemented but also because there weren't many races and not too many horses in those races.

Anyway, 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 34.78%.

Yesterday's Live Ratings, show a strike rate (for our top rated horse) of 32%.

Yesterday's - Link to Follow - results for All Races (including previously unrated races), show a strike rate (for our top rated horse) of 30.77% from all 26 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 52.71 units returned to 71 units staked. The Overall Profit Index was, thus, -25.76%

Top Rated Horse - There were 8 winners from the top rated horses from 23 Races. If you had blindly backed the top rated horse in all of the races you would have had 21.79 units returned to 23 units staked. The Top Rated Profit Index was, thus, -5.26%

2nd Rated Horse - There were 4 winners from the second rated horses from 23 Races. If you had blindly backed the 2nd rated horse in all of the races you would have had 20.54 units returned to 23 units staked. The 2nd Rated Profit Index was, thus, -10.7%

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 10.38 units returned to 25 units staked. The 3rd Rated Profit Index was, thus, -58.48%

Non Handicap Races - Top Rated Horse - There were 14 non-handicap races yesterday. From these races there were 6 Top Rated winners. Thus, the Strike Rate (for Top Rated Horses) was 42.86%

Top Rated Horse - If you had blindly backed the top rated horse in all of the races you would have had 14.54 units returned to 14 units staked. The Top Rated Non-Handicap Profit Index was, thus, 3.86%

Non Handicap Races - Top Three Rated Horses - There were 14 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 78.57%

Forecasts

There was 1 forecast yesterday.

Wexford 14:35:00 - The CSF paid £13.01

Reverse Forecasts

There were 0 reverse forecasts yesterday.

Tricasts/Trifectas

There were 0 tricasts/trifectas yesterday.

Combination Tricasts/Trifectas

There were 2 combination tricasts/trifectas yesterday.

Carlisle 15:15:00 - The Trifecta paid £32.10

Huntingdon 15:35:00 - The Trifecta paid £8.50

Winners

From the 25 rated races there were 15 winners (from the top 3 rated horses.) 1 of those was at a nice price.

Course	Time	Horse	ISP	BSP
Carlisle	14:45	Carrigdhoun (9)	13.00	18.00

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.

Something to make you smile...

Performance Evaluations...

For everyone who has ever had an evaluation or performance review just remember, it could have been worse.

These are actual quotes taken from United States Federal Government employee performance evaluations:

1. "Since my last report, this employee has reached rock-bottom and has started to dig."

2. "I would not allow this employee to breed."

3. "This employee is really not so much of a has-been, but more of definite
won't be."

4. "Works well when under constant supervision and cornered like a rat in a trap."

5. "When she opens her mouth, it seems that it is only to change feet."

7. "This young lady has delusions of adequacy."

8. "He sets low personal standards and then consistently fails to achieve them."

9. "This employee is depriving a village somewhere of its idiot."

10. "This employee should go far, and the sooner he starts, the better."

11. "Got a full 6-pack, but lacks the plastic thingy to hold it all together."

12. "A gross ignoramus -- 144 times worse than an ordinary ignoramus."

13. "He doesn't have ulcers, but he's a carrier."

14. "I would like to go hunting with him sometime."

15. "He's been working with glue too much."

16. "He would argue with a signpost."

17. "He brings a lot of joy whenever he leaves the room."

18. "When his IQ reaches 50, he should sell."

19. "If you see two people talking and one looks bored, he's the other one."

20. "A photographic memory but with the lens cover glued on."

21. "A prime candidate for natural de-selection."

22. "Donated his brain to science before he was done using it."

23. "Gates are down, the lights are flashing, but the train isn't coming."

24. "He's got two brain cells, one is lost and the other is out looking for it."

25. "If he were any more stupid, he'd have to be watered twice a week."

26. "If you give him a penny for his thoughts, you'd get change."

27. "If you stand close enough to him, you can hear the ocean."

28. "It's hard to believe he beat out 1,000,000 other sperm."

29. "Some drink from the fountain of knowledge; he only gargled."

30. "Takes him 2 hours to watch '60-minutes'."

31. "The wheel is turning, but the hamster is dead."

Three from Lee...

Modern Life...

Today

Today's early test ratings show 34 rated races from five meetings.

Every race is rated.

Have a great day's racing!

As always...

My kindest regards