Here are some sentences uttered by punters that in my view seriously damage their ability to find good priced winners:

1. “It finished too far from the winner at its last start”
2. “It’s carrying too much weight to win”
3. “WHO did you say was riding it?”
4. “I’ve never heard of that trainer”
5. “It can’t possibly win from that barrier”
6. “I know it won last start but it’s up in class here”
7. “It can’t beat the favourite”
8. “But it hasn’t won at this distance.”
9. “I don’t CARE what the track condition is, this has won in the wet before.”
10. “If it was a genuine chance, it wouldn’t be THAT price.”

I'm sure that if you can read between the lines and interpret the messages contained within, your selection criteria will be a lot better off. Mr Pareto would be proud of you.

Privateer

And if we apply pareto's rule, I am allowed to delete 20% of your quotes. Take out 3 and 8 and I'll agree with you mate.

1. Mark Read and Roy Higgins pick 4 - 6 chances in a race and then plead.."We picked the winner!"
Backing their selections would cause a serious loss of money.

2. "Look it's gone from $15.00 to even money favourite...a plunge, it must be a good thing."
It might win but you just lost all value.