I'm back - well sort of

Hey All,

It's been a pretty ordinary 6 months in terms of the punt - I lost the plot, I lost focus and most of all I lost money. So the time has come to turn things around again, do more work and get it right.

It's funny how little things come together and make things feel right - that's what's happened the last few days. First up I was chatting with a lady at work that I'd talked to about my ratings previously - she mentioned bringing them back. On the way out the door I bump into another guy from the IT area I worked in for a while, he asked how my racing was going. Friday night I get home from work and find I can get a free 60 day trial of Office 2007 - WAHOO - and early Saturday morning I dream I'm doing my ratings again. Yeah I know, probably just all coincidence but hey, maybe it's actually fate, a sign - do the work - get the results. We'll find out soon enough either way.

So yesterday, 10-4-10 (nice sense of balance in that date) I got started on trying to work out how Excel 2007 works and how I can use a database without the tools I lost when I had to reformat my computer. It took a bit of doing but I think I have it working again. I sure am glad I emailed myself (to an external account) copies of my spreadsheets and database so that I didn't have to start from scratch - I don't think I could've done that.

Anyways - I rated 4 races from Flemington for 2 on top winners, they were short but I had them shorter so even with the limited work I saw the results can come. From there, I thought about what to do and realised that I need to specialise and based on the very high probability that I'll be back in Melbourne from July, that's what I've decided to specialise on. So during the weeks I'll try and rate the quaddie legs (last 4 races on the card) from the feature Victorian meeting each day. Saturdays I'll rate most of the card - no jumps races though.

So today's venue - Wangaratta. Cranbourne would normally have qualified but there was less depth in the fields and the heavy track put me off. I won't always be able to post my selections on here but hey, you've come along for the ride this far and I don't actually have a bank to bet with :( so I might as well put the selections out there for someone to use if they want. So here they are, top 5 rated for each of the last 4 races this afternoon

Race 6

5 WANGANESE $2.2
7 DIXIE DOLL $7.9
2 BOTTLER RED $10.1
8 JOYBOY $12.5
4 SIVADIO $15.2

Race 7

10 ST IVES (NZ) $2.2
2 HAWKS BAY $8.9
4 TESTA JESTA $10.8
9 RONALD JOHN $13.7
6 ESCAPE ARTIST $15.3

Race 8

13 EXCEED US $2.2
8 REGULAR AUSSIE $9.9
6 ISSUS $10.5
10 BARTONELLE $15.9
3 LUCKY SIX $20.0

Race 9

2 HOMELANDER $2.0
1 PROSPECT $6.5
7 READY TO PLEASE $18.2
13 SNAKEY PRINCESS $23.3
6 HILLBILLY DANCER $23.9

Strange that my favourites all came out around the same price, that will change as the data builds. Hopefully there are a few winners amongst that lot.

Payday Thursday, I can't afford to put much towards the punt but I will slide something over to get me started. Until then, it will be a case of watching the results and learning from them - a tweak here, a tweak there until the results hopefully start to flow :)

It's great to be back, well sort of

All the best

p.s. lucky I'm not betting on the footballs this week - upsets everywhere!!! Well done Swannies though, it's looking like being a good season :)