That @markfin has been talking about me behind my back on the forum,so I thought I ought to respond
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I do respect successful trainers as an approach to finding selections to support. The reason being that you are more likely to get better odds in comparison with backing form runners. I couldn't do better than post an excerpt form an old free e-book by Tim Drakeford that I have posted on the forum before:
'You may have heard the old saw that fast horses win races. This is a tautology, because by definition, of course, the fastest horse in the race on the day always wins. The trick is to find the one which will be fastest on the day before the race is run! To me, this trick has three aspects. First, the horse must have the
ability to win the race. Second, the horse must be able to show its
form - that is, to live up to its innate ability. Thirdly, and absolutely vitally, the animal must be
fancied by the people connected with it. If they are definitely not trying, then the horse will not win, and if they are not trying very hard it is less likely to win than might otherwise seem the case. These are the questions, then, that the punter must answer before choosing a runner on which he might bet -
Does the horse have sufficient ability to win a race of this type?
Are the circumstances right for the ability to be shown on this occasion?
Do connections expect the horse to win or go close?
If the answers to these three questions are an unequivocal "yes", then the punter has found the right sort of horse on which to invest his money."
These are my top trainers with the best overall strike-rates updated to 11 May.
20. M Murphy
19. M Appleby
18. J Gosden
17.C Appleby
16. R Varian
15. W Haggas
14. G Boughey
13. M Stoute
12. J&T Gosden
11. M Johnston
10. C Hills
9. C Cox
Considering York these are entries today adding an increment for for a runners result last time this season to the trainer 'leader board' figure: win =10 pts, 2nd = 7, 3rd = 6, 4th = 3.
York (going forecast GS light rain) market odds from 10.20
1.40 My Frankel 23 (9/2), Tagareer 19 (13/2) (others Shandoz 16, Ilarab 15)
2.40 Molatham 16 (13/2), Nahaarr 15 (15/2)
3.10 Mystery Angel 24 (6/1), Noon star 23 (7/4) (others Teona 16, Senita 12)
3.40 Bowman 21 (12/1), Rifleman 12 (9/2), Sadiqaa 9 (11/1)
4.15 Jadlaaan 11 (5/2)
4.50 Lydford 22 (/2)