Starting Points Revisited

Most research that is shared reaches an ‘endpoint’ or a conclusion – for example the researcher may finish an article with a ‘winning’ system or method. However, on many occasions these ‘winning systems’ have flaws; it might be because they have too many filters, which essentially has given a positive result through ‘back-fitting’. Back-fitting is a real problem when researching systems and it is what often gives racing systems a bad name. However, in this article I am going to focus on starting points – raw ideas that have the potential to produce winning systems or winning methods. I will be looking at a selection of specific race types and highlight some ideas that merit further investigation. They may not at this initial stage be profitable, but the potential for future profits is there. In addition, at worst, these raw ideas should offer a good way to narrow down the field.

I wrote a similar article recently using this ‘starting point’ idea, and with so many race types to explore, it seemed sensible to investigate further. The data for this piece has been taken from 2006 to August 22^nd 2011.

The article continues to examin in detail

- 3yo+/4yo+ selling races
- 3yo+/4yo+ claiming races
- 3yo only maiden races

BHB Ratings are one area examined in the research