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Hi JennyK JennyK

His name was Gordon R Hall, which also fits into the G R Lincolnshire Letter Theory, when he tried to get attention again for himself as VDW, as the Letters had dried up for VDW

Do you have a view on whether G.R. Lincolnshire was actually Gordon Hall or not? Chesham Chesham posted his/her letter. Does the analysis of the races mentioned in the letter conform to your general theory of VDW selections with regard to class, form and consistency?
 
Leodis Leodis a few snuck in that shouldn’t have done towards the end , ended up 66% strike rate and 29% R.O.I

Tabbarak 2.0 1st
Desert Encounter 3.0. 1st
Getawaytoeurope 2.60 1st
Raffle Prize 2.25 2nd
Legends Gold 2.10 1st
Fort Myers 2.26 1st
Cape Byron 3.30 1st
Tango 2.02 1st
Magical 2.56 1st
Mighty Spirit 2.16 1st
The Bay Birch 2.32 4th
Fiddlerontheroof 2.0 2nd
Shattered Love 2.0. 1st
Documenting 2.0. 1st
Apples Jade 4.6. 3rd
Gronkowski 2.0. 3rd.
Blackjackkentucky 2nd
Somervilleboy. Fell.
Knight in Dubai 1.80 1st.
Cheddleton 1.85. 1st
Botox Has 1.85 1st
The Gipper 1.86. 5th.
Henry Senior 2.48. 1st
Trincomalee 2.40 2nd
Beaufort West 2.0 1st
Frodon 3.5. 1st
Yala Enki 2.90. 1st
Bristol De Mai 9/4. 2nd
Cerebus 6/1 E.W 3rd
Solar heights 1.80. 1st
Ramses De Teillee 11/10 1st
Lauralina 4/5. 3rd
Dubai Love 11/10 2nd


Might start a thread and see if I can repeat it.
 
In the May edition there is the first part for AI draw bias multipliers.
am I allowed to put any of these up as don't know about the copy right laws.
Any publication is copyrighted, unless sourced from the 'public domain' libraries or has expired, Michael231 Michael231

Not sure if a member posts their own personal articles/work on here would be classed as PD or Copyright.

Regards
 
Leodis Leodis a few snuck in that shouldn’t have done towards the end , ended up 66% strike rate and 29% R.O.I

Tabbarak 2.0 1st
Desert Encounter 3.0. 1st
Getawaytoeurope 2.60 1st
Raffle Prize 2.25 2nd
Legends Gold 2.10 1st
Fort Myers 2.26 1st
Cape Byron 3.30 1st
Tango 2.02 1st
Magical 2.56 1st
Mighty Spirit 2.16 1st
The Bay Birch 2.32 4th
Fiddlerontheroof 2.0 2nd
Shattered Love 2.0. 1st
Documenting 2.0. 1st
Apples Jade 4.6. 3rd
Gronkowski 2.0. 3rd.
Blackjackkentucky 2nd
Somervilleboy. Fell.
Knight in Dubai 1.80 1st.
Cheddleton 1.85. 1st
Botox Has 1.85 1st
The Gipper 1.86. 5th.
Henry Senior 2.48. 1st
Trincomalee 2.40 2nd
Beaufort West 2.0 1st
Frodon 3.5. 1st
Yala Enki 2.90. 1st
Bristol De Mai 9/4. 2nd
Cerebus 6/1 E.W 3rd
Solar heights 1.80. 1st
Ramses De Teillee 11/10 1st
Lauralina 4/5. 3rd
Dubai Love 11/10 2nd


Might start a thread and see if I can repeat it.
You should start a new thread. We don't get to hear much from you, lately :)

If I remember correctly, you were focusing on improving RPR's with the selections. How strictly did you adhere to Lee's approach, if at all?

Regards
 
7:37 Newmarket.

a field of 10 reduced to 6.

Horse AR

Storm Star 321
Hickory 186
Principality 146
Tuscan Hills 135
God Of War 83
Brocklesby Bill 57

3 top on class ( My ratings) Hickory, Brocklesby Bill, God Of War

3 top on form (My ratings) Brocklesby Bill, Hickory, God Of War.

Hickory and God Of War are going up a fair bit in weight and while not insurmountable it is a negative.
Brocklesby Bill is coming down in weight as you would expect of a horse going up well in class but he is ridden by a 7lb claimer
and being a 3yo is probably on an upward curve form wise. At 9/1 on Betfair at the moment may be worth a bet win and place.
 
Leodis Leodis

I wasn’t really following Lee’s approach, I was going with the thinking “Some stick out like a sore thumb”

I thought if they stick out like a sore thumb it will stick out to anyone including ratings compilers so the starting point was ratings clear. Much like the spells it all out horses.

Then I went through the VDW form factors etc to confirm the ratings.
 
Hi JennyK JennyK



Do you have a view on whether G.R. Lincolnshire was actually Gordon Hall or not? Chesham Chesham posted his/her letter. Does the analysis of the races mentioned in the letter conform to your general theory of VDW selections with regard to class, form and consistency?
He was almost certainly one and the same , he had strong family connections with Lincolnshire Mother was from there. Also used the same GR in front of the latter post and G Hall from records was GR Hall. I think the motive was to resurrect an interest in VDW again.

Again backfitted to suit

Form and Progression


Wildwood Flower's Peak Form: Wildwood Flower was a three-year-old filly who was noted to have "done nothing but progress all season." She entered this race showing further improvement following a very strong showing in the Vodac Stewards' Cup three weeks earlier. In that highly competitive Stewards' Cup, she fared best of all the three-year-olds and best of the ten horses drawn on the stand side, staying on strongly. Her earlier summer victories also highlighted her as a game filly with plenty of pace who was steadily creeping up the weights.


Samwar's Campaign: Samwar was also progressing well overall for his trainer. However, the combination of his 7 lb weight rise and his difficult, weaving trip from the rear was simply too steep a hurdle to overcome against a rapidly improving filly who received a flawless run on the rail.

I think if Samwar had of won he would have named that one as on of his bets

The sensible play if one had looked the race prior, would have been a Dutch bet
 
I think ( Long time ago ) Matt Kent contacted me by phone regarding him wanting my racing post Database so he could run some

neural networks etc, i told him that they hadnt produced much for me, never did get round to him having a copy of the DB
 
He was almost certainly one and the same , he had strong family connections with Lincolnshire Mother was from there. Also used the same GR in front of the latter post and G Hall from records was GR Hall. I think the motive was to resurrect an interest in VDW again.

Again backfitted to suit

Form and Progression


Wildwood Flower's Peak Form: Wildwood Flower was a three-year-old filly who was noted to have "done nothing but progress all season." She entered this race showing further improvement following a very strong showing in the Vodac Stewards' Cup three weeks earlier. In that highly competitive Stewards' Cup, she fared best of all the three-year-olds and best of the ten horses drawn on the stand side, staying on strongly. Her earlier summer victories also highlighted her as a game filly with plenty of pace who was steadily creeping up the weights.


Samwar's Campaign: Samwar was also progressing well overall for his trainer. However, the combination of his 7 lb weight rise and his difficult, weaving trip from the rear was simply too steep a hurdle to overcome against a rapidly improving filly who received a flawless run on the rail.

I think if Samwar had of won he would have named that one as on of his bets

The sensible play if one had looked the race prior, would have been a Dutch bet
I suppose given VDW did whole pieces on making a book and even said that's what he did in the KG Chase the year Desert Orchid first won and one of the Old Newton Cup bets, perhaps a lot of his bigger priced winners were books?

There's just a huge variance in what he said sometimes and what he claims he did. As just one example he said the idea of endless big priced winners was fantasy land and also that there would only be the odd big fish now and then, but then claimed to have found not just one big priced winner in a day but two and then another two the very next day, just by sending out for a daily sports paper and having a look to see what was on offer.
 
Nellsman Nellsman

The GR Lincs. selections came up on the forum 2 to 3 years ago, I think in the context of whether they could be of a piece with the six selections VDW gave at around the same time in a contribution to a booklet by Jock Bingham (Travado, Rivage Bleu etc).

I'll dig out my notes on the GR Lincs examples and see whether they conform to the rather tighter sense I have of VDW's main approach (that he used with the 1978-89 selections) than I had 2 to 3 years ago. If they don't, it doesn't mean GR Lincs was not another pseudonym Gordon Hall used, because they might be from the same approach as the Travado six, which I've not been able to work out.

I'll post again when I've done so.


T Tufnel

I see Loblolly has just gone in. Well done.
 
Nellsman Nellsman

The GR Lincs. selections came up on the forum 2 to 3 years ago, I think in the context of whether they could be of a piece with the six selections VDW gave at around the same time in a contribution to a booklet by Jock Bingham (Travado, Rivage Bleu etc).

I'll dig out my notes on the GR Lincs examples and see whether they conform to the rather tighter sense I have of VDW's main approach (that he used with the 1978-89 selections) than I had 2 to 3 years ago. If they don't, it doesn't mean GR Lincs was not another pseudonym Gordon Hall used, because they might be from the same approach as the Travado six, which I've not been able to work out.

I'll post again when I've done so.


T Tufnel

I see Loblolly has just gone in. Well done.
Thanks. Even a broken clock gets the right time now and then.
 
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