Formgrids

Remarkable tool.

To all concerned really really good.

That's for sure Sly, David does a great job.

we used to have all uk, hong kong, uea, usa as well as southern african racing with something like 750 racecards and about 6600 race results per month on usa alone,, so was massive work which we done for about +- 2 years with the intent of adding most other countries racing so to create a world database of racing so as to follow horses where ever they raced in the world, but we needed a wee bit of help from the powers to be in the industry,, the fat cats in control of the future of sa racing receiving big salaries who are well satisfied to promote anything in the game except the heart of it for punters in other words superior information because they don’t feel they need to cater for the small minority of big professional players because the mass of turnover is made up of mug money, punters who bet on event outcomes with or without data,,,all it consists of for the racing operators is takeout of turnover,,,not the development of the game,,ask any of them and they will argue that local racing is in great shape,,, in a recent conversation with a gold circle top brass i said that information is the most important thing to give to the punter and he said "no he doesn’t agree with that",,,,i have been knocking on doors for nearly 6 years now while all the time still running formgrids and working in another industry to make ends meet,,the racing operators as well as the racing trust don’t see the value in helping us with the production of their own product. Maybe we should lobby for the money in unclaimed tickets etc that in effect belong to the punters to be utilized for these pro punter improvements,

I have now left a note for NK of telly track to call me regarding an interview, that he, myself and Andrew Bonn are trying to get going which will show punters how to use formgrids until we find a sponsor for “inform with formgrids”

Thanks for your support guys

All the best mister A on a truely ´´exceptional´´ site!

A world database would been something to see!
Well done for what you have achieved so far.

I can just endorse what was said, an excellent database. I use it to determine the strength of the field in which the horse last ran.
More often than not the winner comes from a strong formline. I can just not believe it is free but hope it will stay that way. Thanks David

thanks guys,,we waiting for Nico to call and maybe we can do a 10 min on tellytrack to give others a chance to understand the use of formgrids, otherwise we might try orginise a venue that one player has offered,,anyone welcome,,we will make it a racing workshop,,understanding handicapping,,,conditions of races,,,,merit rating,,,WFA,,form study etc,,,we will keep you posted

things are on the go for a racing workshop to be held soon at turffontein racecourse,Vee moodley ex jockey club handicapper now racing controll manager said and they are all for the education of racing players and they welcome and will support this workshop 100%,, he commented that formgrids takes handicapping one step futher ,,Clyde basel also said the RA will give their full support and Patrick davis of Phumelela said he will get back to us but sees no problem in assisting us,,,main topics so far are are

Understanding of handicapping
Understanding of merit rating
Understanding of conditions of races
form study
use of formgrids

Great news David, step in the right direction for all parties.

thanks if there is any other racing topic you can think of to add to the workshop please comment

If you could just do a brief summary and send on the winners, would save a lot of trouble.

Understanding the criteria on acceptance for a maiden, think it was Frodo, suggested for U be the Judge.

yeah wouldnt that be nice