John,
I agree with the basic method you have described. VDW stated that the numbers part of the method were basically to identify 3 possibles which would put the odds in your favour. The hard part for most is then applying racing knowledge to see if any of the 3 is worth a bet in the race conditions on the day. You will still need a proper racing paper, own records, or website to do that and I am sure that there are few worthwhile methods these days where you can just use an ordinary newspaper to have any chance of success. One newsaper method that consistently gets 60% winners in the top two is the Fineform Formula. Logically, VDW method should be more succesful than that, but many have found difficulty, whilst others make it work. That was the reason in asking if any wanted a topic opened to discuss the method.
Robert<br>:cool: