100% Pixie 100% I like that quote >> a keeper. what i know but summed up nicely.

If i had the best stat man in the world standing next to me in the ring with a good thing, & on the otherside a bookie rolling a horse in from say...$3 > $2. i wouldnt even ask the stat man who he was refering to.
The $3 > $2.... the stats are somewhere in there anyway but so too is the trainers opinion, morning blood test, track work, fitness and all the things we just dont see in the form guide. So happens the things we dont see in stats are the important things.