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   This is the main menu page for our 'Racing Section' microsite.  There are buttons above, plus links below, to all our racing pages, plus a few links to some useful external pages.  Our prime interest is in high quality racing systems and also our merit ratings, called Capital Ratings.  Most of this section is, however, devoted to our free system for the Totesport    Racing Post Ten To Follow competition.  A few parts of our Racing Section are restricted to subscribers only.  A tool tip advising you of that will appear should you mouseover a restricted link or button.  We also have a limited number of exclusive racing systems for sale, details being down the right hand column of this page.   
 
  
Totesport/Racing Post Ten-To-Follow System
How to win the Ten To Follow
 
Results possible with our free online TTF System
JUMPS     FLAT   
 2007-8 NH     1st (£455,000 + £30K from bonuses (Dec, Chelt & Mar)     2008 Flat     No list  
 2006-7 NH   1st (£455,000 + Dec £10K)     2007 Flat   Not done  
 2005-6 NH   1st (£478,990)     2006 Flat   Not done  
 2004-5 NH   11th (+ Dec £10K)     2005 Flat   Not done  
 2003-4 NH   4th (£35,820)     2004 Flat   Not done  
 2002-3 NH   Unpl (£0)     2003 Flat   1st (£180,000)  
 2001-2 NH   1st (£302,605)     2002 Flat   2nd (£23,740)  
          2001 Flat   1st (£116,165)  
Total possible winnings from nine out of ten seasons the system has been online now exceeds £2,103,000.
 
Capital Ratings
Apart from our Tote Ten To Follow system, which is just one of a number of racing systems we are associated with, we also invented Capital Ratings which is a unique technique for comparing the top Flat horses from the current season (UK, Ir & Fr) with those from different seasons and even different generations.
The problem with conventional form ratings, commercial or official, is that they rely on human memory and somebody's opinion.  Because of that, as soon as you try to compare any party's ratings for the top horses of one season with the same party's ratings for the top horses of a previous season or, worse still, a previous generation, it seems as if little or no regard is ever paid to what we at Capital Ratings believe should be the most important factor of all - which is accurate comparability from year to year.  Capital Ratings were invented specifically to address that issue because we like to know, with some conviction, the answers to questions like... Was Mill Reef really better than Nijinsky?  If so, by how much?  Were either of them better than Dancing Brave (the unluckiest horse never to win the Epsom Derby)?  Again, if so, by how much?  Or, on the 2yo front, Arazi (1991) was simply incredible but how did it measure up against notable predecessors like My Swallow (1970), or Mill Reef as a 2yo (also 1970), or, indeed, against successors like Johannesburg (2001) or Rock of Gibraltar (also 2001), or New Approach (2007)?  We do not believe you will find more convincing answers to these questions than the ones provided by Capital Ratings, which you will see later, as you read on down this page.
Capital Ratings use the standard 140 point scale.  140 equates to a top weight for Flat handicap races of 10 stones (i.e. 140 lb.)  This is the same scale as used by the top commercial and official ratings, so direct comparisons can always be drawn.  The significant difference, however, is that Capital Ratings are not opinion-based - they are an impartial, mathematical summary of a horse's overall racecourse achievement.  The ratings thus generated thereby automatically ensure the champions from the current Flat season are placed, in terms of lifetime achievements, in a credible pecking order not only with one another but also with their peers from previous seasons and previous decades.  This is something which no other ratings seem to achieve with any real consistency or credibility.  What probably lets other ratings down in this respect is that their 'final' ratings are not published until after they have been massaged at committee meetings in order to please the differing opinions of different handicappers or even different nations.  In other words, the ratings are a compromise every year and that is what probably costs them any chance of real consistency with the ratings of previous seasons as they, in turn, were also a manipulated compromise.  Our ratings are quite different.  What you see immediately a season ends is what you get, pure and simple.  No tweaking, no manipulating, no committees, no compromises.  This stability is what also allows us to publish final ratings well before (usually months before) anybody else.  Those are the reasons why we believe Capital Ratings provide not merely an alternative guide but also a consistently realistic indication of the merit achieved by the top Flat horses.  You can judge this for yourself from the examples next from the last few years or, further down, from the last few decades...
  
  
Zip Tools : top tip from CR

  
 
Out of 48 zip tools tested by Capital Ratings, the one that came out top-rated was SecureZIP.  This tool is a clone of its better-known stablemate PKZip.  The difference is - SecureZIP is available for FREE for a limited period.  So get it while you can. More >>

 


  
Novice Chasers To Follow System

  
 
Plenty of excitement is always guaranteed when betting in the novice chasing ranks.
 
 
Full system £35   Interested?

 


  
DROPPED IN CLASS SYSTEM

  
 
It can be very satisfying looking for shock winners by trying to identify those 'dropped in class' job horses.

 
  Full system £40   Interested?

 


  
STALKERS SYSTEM

  
 
Some horses like to shadow the leading horse(s) before nabbing them in the dying stages.  This is a cheeky way to win a race - and is really frustrating for the hapless rider(s) who've dragged the stalking horse round.

 
  Full system £50   Interested?

 


  
The Smithurst-Martin TIME-SCHEME

  
 
A system for UK Flat racing based on following horses which have shown class, form and speed.

This system was invented by racing analyst D R Martin, based on the work of speed supremo J Smithurst.

 
  Price £165   Interested?

 


  
TRUEFORM SYSTEM

  
 
A system for UK Flat racing based on following 2yo's that win a race which has been run to true form.

This system was invented by racing analyst D R Martin using a novel method to identify 'true form' results.  Year after year it pinpoints some fascinating juveniles to follow, and always has a certain comforting, potentially profitable feel about it.

 
  Price £165   Interested?

 
  

                  
  Capital Ratings - Current    
 
2008 Flat Season      
    3yo's   CR
11111-221    New Approach   133
1123-111   Henrythenavigator (Ir)   127
10-201 Frozen Fire (Ir) 125
11-111   Vision d'Etat (Fr)   124
2-112   Tartan Bearer   124
11-111   Zarkava (Fr, f)   124
1-132 Casual Conquest 122
211121-113   Natagora (Fr, f)   122
2212-01   Kingsgate Native   122
         
 
      Group 1's underlined      
    2yo's   CR
111   Art Connoisseur   xx
11 Mastercraftsman (Ir) xx
11    South Central   xx
111   Cuis Ghaire (Ir, f) [kwush gar-ruh]   xx 
         
         
         
       
         
         
 
   Capital Ratings - Past  
  2007 Flat Season - Final ratings posted here @ 11.11.07  
 
Top ten 3YOs (2007)            CR          Top ten  2YOs (2007)                 CR
Authorized
Soldier of Fortune (Ir)
Lawman (Fr)
Eagle Mountain (Ir)
Literato (Fr)
Lucarno
Peeping Fawn (Ir, f)
Excellent Art
Finsceal Beo (Ir, f)
Cockney Rebel
133
127
127
127
125
125
125
123
123
123
   New Approach (Ir)
Rio de la Plata
Dark Angel
Ibn Khaldun
Natagora (Fr, f)
Saoirse Abu (Ir, f) [sersh a-boo] 
Kingsgate Native
Myboycharlie (Ir)
TheWayYouAre (Fr)
City Leader
131
125
125
124
124
123
123
123
123
122
 
  More 3YOs of 2007  Creachadoir 123 (inc. HK 2nd on 9.12.07), Darjina (Fr, f) 123.  
  More 2YOs of 2007  Listen (Ir, f) 122,  Strike The Deal 121,  Full Of Gold (Fr) 119, Henrythenavigator (Ir) 119,  Fast Company 119,  Fleeting Spirit (f) 118,  Sir Gerry 118,  McCartney 118,  Winker Watson (injd knee).  
     
  2006 Flat Season - Final ratings posted here 5.11.06  
 
Top 3YOs (2006)                 CR           Top 2YOs (2006)                          CR 
Dylan Thomas (Ir)
Rail Link (Fr)
Sir Percy
George Washington (Ir) 
Gentleware (Fr)
Darsi (Fr)
Alexandrova (f)
Stormy River (Fr)
133
132
132
127
127
126
125
123
   Teofilo (Ir)
Holy Roman Empire (Ir)
Dutch Art
Wi Dud
Eagle Mountain (Ir)
Simply Perfect (f)
Kirklees
Indian Ink (f)
130
130
127
122
122
122
121
121
 
  More 2YOs of 2006  Miss Beatrix (f, Ir) 121,  Conquest 121,  Authorized (Ir) 120,  Finsceal Beo (Ir, f) 120,  Hellvelyn 120.  
     
  2005 Flat Season - Final ratings posted here 30.10.05  
  Top 3YOs (2005)  Hurricane Run (Fr) 134,  Motivator 133,  Oratorio (Ir) 131,  Shamardal 131,  Scorpion 127,  Dubawi 127,  Divine Proportions (f, Fr) 127.  
  Top 2YOs (2005)  George Washington (Ir) 128,  Horatio Nelson (Ir) 127,  Amadeus Wolf 126,  Sir Percy 126,  Rumplestiltskin (Ir, f) 126.  
     
  2004 Flat Season - Final ratings posted here 1.11.04  
  Top 3YOs (2004)  Bago 133,  North Light 132,  Azamour 129,  Rule Of Law 129,  Ouija Board (f) 128.  
  Top 2YOs (2004)  Oratorio (Ir) 128,  Shamardal 126,  Divine Proportions (Fr, f) 125,  Motivator 122.  
     
  Last 37 years  
 
Top 3YOs                              CR           Top 2YOs                                     CR 
Mill Reef (1971)
Nijinsky (1970)
Dancing Brave (1990) 
141
140
139
   Johannesburg (Ir, 2001)
Rock Of Gibraltar (Ir, 2001)
Arazi (Fr, 1991)
My Swallow (1971)
New Approach (Ir, 2007)
Mill Reef (1970)
Teofilo (Ir, 2006)
Holy Roman Empire (Ir, 2006) 
133
132
132
131
131
130
130
130
 
  More Past 2YOs  George Washington (Ir, 2005) 128, Oratorio (Ir, 2004) 128, Hector Protector (Fr, 1990) 128, Dashing Blade (1989) 128  More detail >>  
 
   Some Useful External Links       
   Irish Cards - www.irish-racing.com provides full-colour, 7-figure form cards for today's and tomorrow's full UK and Irish racing programmes, plus cards for any 48-hour declaration racing in the UK or Ireland including All Weather meetings, plus 5-day declarations for Irish racing.  If you like to look ahead, this brilliant award-winning service is free to use and, unlike the Racing Post website, has no time-wasting splash screens nor irritating log-on procedures to go through, not even to see the day's news' clips.  More good news, compared with the other sites listed here, is that, if all you want to do is browse the site (i.e. not bet), it does not require you to enable Cookies nor JavaScript.  The site will endeavour to send you ActiveX controls and Java applets so, if you normally surf with those security issues blocked in your browser or firewall settings, simply leave them that way.

Racing Post - Absolutely super for online racing-news updates, and much more.  Their searchable racing database is vital for serious form students and researchers.  They thankfully no longer make you log on just to use the database - though it won't work unless you temporarily enable Cookies, JavaScript and Popup windows if you normally surf with them disabled.
   Odds Checker - the top source for long-range ante-post comparison tables for future big races.  If you don't want to place a bet, merely browse the site for information, the good news is JavaScript is the only browser risk that must be enabled - all other security risks can be left disabled if that's how you prefer to surf.

Boyle Sports - A good site for long-range ante-post information.  Gets a plug here for being a sponsor of the superb racing coverage we can all enjoy for free on Sky TV's excellent "At The Races" channel.  Well done by www.boylesports.com for that.

Paddy Power - The Paddy Power home page is another good starting point for long-range ante-post prices.

Stan James - The bookmaker gets a plug here for being an invaluable sponsor of the superb daily and weekend Get On programme we can all enjoy for free on the excellent At The Races TV channel.  Well done by www.stanjamesuk.com.
  


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