Kind words, Ian, and thank you for them.
My only 'edge' is my brain, and I hope that doesn't come across as arrogant as it isn't meant to.
I don't have any inside info or any connection to anyone involved in racing. I know a couple of guys who have 'a leg' or whatever in a horse but I would NEVER ask them how it is likely to get on if I see it engaged somewhere. (I'd be embarrassed to do so, to be honest.)
When I say, "My only 'edge' is my brain", I mean that I really only bet when I've studied a race and when I think the bookies have made a mistake in the odds. I use my own (tweaked from Ken Hussey's originals) standard times and calculate my own going allowances but race times play only a minute part in my thinking.
I can respect the likes of Timeform and RPRs as a reference point but am much more trusting of ORs as a guide and I take things from there.
I suppose if someone were daft enough to be of a mind to check my ratings for a race and then work back to see how I arrived at them then I'd wish them good luck but I do think they'd end up in a bit of a warren since my mind doesn't necessarily work like other people's, as those who have read my conspiracy theories will well know, and I have my own ideas regarding linking lengths beaten to handicap pounds.
But that's about it for me, really. I do my own thing and once my bets are on I don't mind sharing as it's meant to promote discussion and stimulate opinion.
