No worries evajb001,

Whatever floats your boat. :)

Best of luck!!

Hey mattio,

Was break even until ascot. 2 wins and 2 seconds for the day i think.

Heres today:

Kembla Grange - Race 6

No.
2 Inside Job

Kembla Grange - Race 7

No.
1 Enjoyment

Wodonga - Race 5

No.
1 Simmo

Wodonga - Race 6

No.
7 Sumakaray

Wodonga - Race 7

No.
7 Murdoch's Joy

Geraldton - Race 3

No.
7 Initial Concept

Geraldton - Race 5

No.
4 Crown West

Geraldton - Race 7

No.
2 Kneedeep

Townsville - Race 5

No.
3 Touch Of Elegance

Doomben - Race 3

No.
2 Bribie

Doomben - Race 5

No.
2 Lightfeet Lady

Doomben - Race 7

No.
8 Master Avatar

Warwick Farm - Race 3

No.
6 Braggart

Warwick Farm - Race 5

No.
2 Sheniyan

Sandown-Hillside - Race 7

No.
8 Henwood

Balaklava - Race 7

No.
7 Mossgiel Village

Bunbury - Race 7

No.
4 Phenomenal Anemone

Bunbury - Race 8

No.
1 Louisiana Lady


Note:

I'm also trialing laying all horses outside of my top 5 in qualifying races between odds of $4-$20 with a fixed liability of $20 using fake bankroll of $1000. Started it yesterday with only the 1 qualifying race and was up $2.44, will continue keeping this thread updated with how it goes.

Hi.

As a follow on from that other thread you won't find many if any sites that provide enough form for data testing unless you pay for the back dated form.

This is the reason i just live test my ideas as all the form i need is free on the day before or the day of the races.

Hi Shaun,

Think i'll just have to do the same in relation to including Trainer/Jockey performance into my ratings. It's just too important to continue leaving it out IMO unless someone can tell me otherwise.

The following macro is what I used to enable me to get the table I was after:

Sub Macro1()
'
' Macro1 Macro
'
'
With ActiveSheet.QueryTables.Add(Connection:= _
"URL;http://www.racingandsports.com.au/form-guide/meeting.asp?raceno=3&meeting=27664" _
, Destination:=Range("$A$1"))
.Name = "meeting.asp?raceno=3&meeting=27664"
.FieldNames = True
.RowNumbers = False
.FillAdjacentFormulas = False
.PreserveFormatting = True
.RefreshOnFileOpen = False
.BackgroundQuery = True
.RefreshStyle = xlOverwriteCells
.SavePassword = False
.SaveData = True
.AdjustColumnWidth = True
.RefreshPeriod = 0
.WebSelectionType = xlSpecifiedTables
.WebFormatting = xlWebFormattingAll
.WebTables = 36
.WebPreFormattedTextToColumns = True
.WebConsecutiveDelimitersAsOne = True
.WebSingleBlockTextImport = False
.WebDisableDateRecognition = False
.WebDisableRedirections = False
.Refresh BackgroundQuery:=False
End With
ActiveWindow.SmallScroll Down:=54
End Sub

EDIT: Would obviously have to adapt that code a bit to automate it more with the rest of my ratings but this was just to illsutrate the table I was after

Nice work today with 3 winners.

Warrnambool - Race 5

No.
6 Chestnut Valley

Warrnambool - Race 6

No.
3 Lord Wimble

Gosford - Race 7

No.
8 Oristana

Pinjarra - Race 7

No.
3 Flirt With Time

Port Lincoln - Race 5

No.
4 Nabali

Moonee Valley - Race 6

No.
8 Vizhaka

Moonee Valley - Race 8

No.
11 Diamond Diggler

Mt Barker - Race 8

No.
1 Can't Hartley Wait

Rosehill - Race 4

No.
6 Secluded

Rosehill - Race 5

No.
1 Cantonese

Rosehill - Race 6

No.
10 Classics

Eagle Farm - Race 8

No.
8 Someday

Morphettville - Race 1

No.
3 Cross Constance

Morphettville - Race 3

No.
2 Lightning Drew

Morphettville - Race 5

No.
2 Mornin' Sam

Morphettville - Race 7

No.
5 Hidden Value

Apart from Hidden Value they are all my top rated too mate, good luck!

same to you mattio, its been a rough trott lately.

Seems to be a case of a slow death recently. There hasn't been a big winner for a few weeks.

Have you been testing the overlay method as this would probably be doing better then just the top selction?

Im hoping a big winner comes in today and I did notice earlier that your big winners are usually on a Saturday.

Ascot - Race 4

No.
9 Ready Raider

Ascot - Race 8

No.
2 Luckygray

Ascot - Race 9

No.
3 Checkpoint

UB, it has been a slow death which is why i'm gonna stop betting it for the minute until I forward test some other things. One of them being the overlay's betting.

Bit unfortunate this hasn't played out given the backtesting was doing great and its seem to have gone pear shaped as soon as the cup carnival finished. Could this be because the horses with decent form just aren't pushing for the win as much at the moment as the quality of races are below par?

Could be something I look at starting up again April next year to see if it goes back into profit as thats when the backtesting started and thats when it was going gangbusters.

Ifs probably the forum curse. Happens to a lot of tests on here. Its happened to me numerous times.

Wouldn't you believe it UB, today when i've stopped betting it, there is an $11.60 winner at Terang race 6....