Pirate53

get the fire brigade.jimmys on fire
ps, im goin to ayr on sun if you can get me some like that lol

No pressure then?
My selections are purely down to a ratings method I use which without giving too much away does bias towards class more than anything. The Nap is a selection that is well ahead of the other runners in certain criteria and still represents a bit of value when the market is formed at around 6pm the day before.

I think for the time being I will stick with the Naps as it is only one bet a day. A bank of 496 will cover me for having no winners in any month. Probably two accounts should cover me even though the highest bet will be 31 Pts. If a bookmaker cannot take a bet of £31 he should not be a bookie. . As BH says :
the stakes are not that high really. Doing the naps using the last day as a stop-loss is the way to go.
The thing about placing the bets manually is that you would need to get over the fear of losing and trust the system (probably easier said than done when we had a loss of 408 pts in a day).
These losses can come at any time and the danger is when you start a system, will we come in at one of these rare loss days, which would also be a disaster for the confidence. 
I will continue to log the stats for each day here and will start a new thread for the Naps, back dated to the 25th June.
My profit depends on you BH, keep them coming. 
 
 

I find this really interesting. Only problems I can see is that a) placing the bets manually would be impossible as your psyche wouldn't allow you to! and b) you'd have no bookie accounts left after a couple of months.
The only way (imo) that this can work is if its automated on Betfair. Any Excel buffs out there that can write a trigger spreadsheet for Gruss?
The other thing is bank size. If a set of circumstances can happen in theory, then one day it surely will. With that in mind I think a bank of 3000 pts would be required. Having said that, I'd give it a go.

Yesterdays Result: 17 Bets, 5 wins (inc 1 DH), + £19.40, + 9.7pts.
Todays Sels:
Kempton

18.10

Whitecrest

  1

23.00

Bath

20.00

Harry Beau

  1

15.00

Bath

20.00

Aware

  1

9.00

Bath

21.00

Platos Code

  1

7.00

Bath

20.30

Sublime

  1

9.00

Thirsk

17.30

Little Miss Lola

  1

26.00

Thirsk

15.30

King Robert

  1

9.00

Bath

20.30

Born To Please

  1

15.00

Worcester

17.20

Get Home now

  1

7.00

Worcester

14.50

Midnight Monty

  1

5.00

Thirsk

15.30

Englishman

  1

10.00

Bath

18.30

Sfumato

  1

6.50

Bath

19.30

Ivegotthepower

  1

4.50

Bath

21.00

Holyroman Princess

  1

21.00

Kempton

20.40

Nuzha

  1

7.50

Kempton

19.40

Marmajuke Bay

  1

12.00

Thirsk

16.30

Mutahaady

  1

11.00

Worcester

15.20

Pure Affection

  1

7.00

Bath

20.00

X Rated

  1

7.00

Thirsk

16.30

Thomas Cranmer

  1

17.00

Worcester

15.50

Doubly Clever

  1

8.50

Kempton

21.10

Tailors Row

  1

9.00

Worcester

14.20

Norse Light

  1

10.00

Perth

17.10

Bingo D'Olivate

  1

34.00

Sunday Result: 23 Bets, 3 wins, + £15.60, + 7.8 pts. Thank you Mighty Whitey in the last!!

Answering the second part of your query first; The stake are not that high really and I reckon you would get the bets on with Betfair, minus a bit of commission. Its not like some loss recovery systems where your putting 4 figures on.
I tend to agree with you about actually being brave enough to keep going during a long losing run. I personally would find this difficult hence why most of my staking plans have a stop loss. Maybe this could be implemented? I'm sure some punters would have no problem in splitting the emotion side from their punting lives.

I find this really interesting. Only problems I can see is that a) placing the bets manually would be impossible as your psyche wouldn't allow you to! and b) you'd have no bookie accounts left after a couple of months.
The only way (imo) that this can work is if its automated on Betfair. Any Excel buffs out there that can write a trigger spreadsheet for Gruss?
The other thing is bank size. If a set of circumstances can happen in theory, then one day it surely will. With that in mind I think a bank of 3000 pts would be required. Having said that, I'd give it a go.

Day 5
Staking Plan  3, 2, 1, 4,  5, 5, 6, 7, 8,  for a total outlay of 41 Pts
We had 2 winners
Welcome Ben  5  Pts @ 6\4 returned 12.50
Spice Girl  8 Pts @ 9\2 returned 44
Total Returns for the day 56.50 for a day 5 profit of 15.50 Pts.
Total Profit for month: 98.61 Pts
Total Profit: 184.49 Pts

18:10 Chepstow: FORTUNE'S PEARL @ 9.00 William Hill

Hamilton 15.00 Starplex 1pt win @ 11/1 Bet365

Hamilton 15.00 Starplex 1pt win @ 11/1 Bet365

Hamilton 15.00 Starplex 1pt win @ 11/1 Bet365

great priced winner, good stuff

Hamilton 15.00 Starplex 1pt win @ 11/1 Bet365

glad to have made it as i was 3oth with 4 days to go

Good start!
 

Won

Day 1
Staking Plan  3, 2, 1, 4,  for a total outlay of 10 Pts
We had 1 winner:
US Navy Flag   4  Pts @ 13\2 returned 30
Total Returns for the day 30 for a day 1 profit of 20 Pts.
Total Profit for month: 20 Pts
Total Profit: 105.88

Chester 2.20 - Reflektor - win at 15/2 bog bet365

Cracking day for the ratings today
4 winners at Salisbury (inc 7/1) , 2 at Carlisle (8/1& 12/1) and 2 at Worcester so far.

 

Todays Sels:
Wolverhampton
17.45
Einstein
  1
23.00
Windsor
18.20
Tesko Fella
  1
21.00
Wolverhampton
14.45
Lawless Louie
  1
6.50
Chepstow
17.00
Top Me Up
  1
6.00
Southwell
21.10
Dun Scath
  1
12.00
Windsor
20.50
Bombay Dream
  1
8.50
Windsor
20.20
Wefait
  1
15.00
Wolverhampton
16.15
Viola Park
  1
5.00
Wolverhampton
17.45
Hernando Torres
  1
9.00
Southwell
20.10
Owners Day
  1
15.00
Wolverhampton
15.15
Midnight Blue
  1
17.00
Chepstow
14.00
Pinnata
  1
29.00
Wolverhampton
15.15
Arty But Poor
  1
19.00
Windsor
20.50
Mercers
  1
7.50
Windsor
20.20
Ingleby Mackenzie
  1
26.00
Southwell
20.10
Clemency
  1
13.00
Windsor
19.50
Lightening Dance
  1
5.00
17 bets, 4 wins, +£62.88, +31.45pts.

When I looked at Royal Ascot selections, most were false arbs, i.e. only an arb because one bookie (usually Betbright!) had pushed the price out. Hard to weed these out but they shouldn't count because no money is pressuring the price.

Salisbury 14.45 Edged Out 1pt win @ 11/1 Betfred

My old dad (northern shop and greyhound bookie) used to say: "Even when you make a mistake, they still have to win."
If I'd backed at 33/1, I wouldn't be able to resist laying back (at least stake recovery) at 4/1.
Good luck with it.