The Shortlist, 20th May 2014

Firstly, many thanks for the many messages of support for The Shortlist. It’s great to know people enjoy it and value it to such an extent. The problem with it is that it’s quite time-consuming because I get side-tracked into checking pace and full form filters when I originally intended it to be ‘merely’ a view of the RAR.

I’m giving some thought to how I can potentially automate my main RAR thought process into a ‘The Shortlist report’, which would be available to subscribers only. This should be possible and, if it is, would mean a Sunday service as well.

I’ll keep you posted on that.

Monday was a very good day, with three winners and two second places from six picks, and a profit of 7.25 points.

Tuesday’s very short The Shortlist is below.

Today’s racecards are here.

7.00 Yar – Colinca’s Lad – 12/1 Hills

REMINDER: THERE IS NO SHORTLIST ON SUNDAYS

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The Shortlist is a simple concept: I go through the Race Analysis Reports each day to find horses which I consider to be of interest. I then publish that list of horses here. Some will win, many will lose. It is hoped that the winners will cover the losers and leave a bit of gravy on the punting platter. Now, before I go on, I need to make (labour!) a really important point. And it is this: the Race Analysis Reports are deliberately interpretive.

That is, different people will highlight different horses depending on whether they’re using the win or place statistics, and which columns they sort on (based on which elements they consider most important in a given race). So, these will be the horses on MY shortlist. Feel free to do with them what you will. You may have a different shortlist, and you are most certainly encouraged to go and play with the numbers to find what works best for you.

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