Snug Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 Only paper-trialing for now but lets see how this goes. Rules are pretty simple: All handicap races with 5 runners or more. Selections are based on the top horses, carrying more weight because theoretically they're supposed to be the best animals. Selection is the one out of the top three or four (depending on runners and place terms) and one of the top has to be 2 or three runners clear of the others in the general betting, at the time of posting. (You'll get the gist and I'll try and explain with the first few runners. Will be a lot of selections so we'll just see how we go with 1 point win on everything BOG. Feel free to join in and comment and chip away... Silverkode 3.30 Curragh 3-1 (10 runners = 3 places. Number 3 and numbers 1 & 2 are 5th fav or bigger) Miss Power 4.05 Curragh 3-1 (9 runners = 3 places. Number 2 and numbers 1 & 3 are also 5th fav and bigger) Zeftan 4.40 Curragh 5-1 (12 runners = 3 places. Number 1 and numbers 2 & 3 are both outsiders) Remarkable 3.00 Ascot (28 runners = 6 places. Number 4 and numbers, 1, 2, 3, 5 & 6 are all 8th in the betting or bigger) HOPE YOU GET THE IDEA WITH THE OTHERS... Classic Seniority 4.45 Ascot 13-2 Mutadaffeq 5.20 Ascot 10-1 Original Choice 3.10 Chester 5-2 Desert Dream 5.25 Chester 13-2 Company Asset 5.00 York 9-2 Essenaitch 5.15 Salisbury 15-2 Esprit De Corps 8.15 Salisbury 10-3 Live Dangerously 8.00 Lingfield 15-2 12 points staked BillyHills 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trotter Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 I remember a book I read many, many years ago called 'Always Back Winners' ..... so long ago that I can't remember who wrote it But the 'system' was based on backing top weighted horses at certain tracks which the author believed did not inconvenience horses carrying more weight. Typically these would be turning tracks with sharp bends which slow the field down and allow weight carriers to keep up with the lower weighted horses without using up too much energy, which they can then use to unleash their superior class in the finish I suppose the basic idea would work under any conditions in which the pace of the race is likely to be slow, ......... so maybe small fields, soft ground, lack of front runners etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbettle Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 Trotter, I read the same ages ago. I think it's a system by Peter May, maybe found in his 2013 book, "In Search of the Winning System". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trotter Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 14 minutes ago, gbettle said: Trotter, I read the same ages ago. I think it's a system by Peter May, maybe found in his 2013 book, "In Search of the Winning System". No, I've had a google since posting and it was 'Always Back Winners' by Stewart Simpson Seems to be out of print now but copies turn up on Ebay and Amazon It would have been way back in the 1980s that I read it ! gbettle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snug Posted July 31, 2017 Author Share Posted July 31, 2017 Just one winner on day 1 so currently -9 ponts, but in hindsight, it might have been worth giving the day a miss as the ground changed considerably that day due to the rains. Ah well, onwards and upwards. Didn't check yesterday, sorry, as took a day away and went walking and drinking with the other half. Good day! Reinforced 2.00 Ayr 13-2 Aprovado 4.30 Ayr 3-1 Pour Lamour 8.00 Wolverhampton 11-2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.