[barnetman]

.. right-yo, I’ll knock something up over the weekend.

. we may not lose as much as the racing post mugs, but destiny is in our own hands and we’re not mercy to mug tipsters and pishy ratings.

Any joy yet with software.

[barnetman]

Thanks for that Dolus .. I’ll have a think about how to score those categories.

I’m going to use the sportinglife website for the data because the racing post now charges you money to look at it and not everybody takes racing that seriously.

With the time thing in mind I think it might be better to put something together that gives a yes/no .. or highest/lowest scoring so you can just type it in and print off the race.

Looking forward to using it.

Thanks

[barnetman]

I have vague memories of the Propunter software .. if anyone can remember the input data I’ll have a bash at making up an excel calculator for a bit of fun.

This could be good if anybody can remember it.

[barnetman]

I have owned two pieces of really good software which were getting great results for me & both were ruined by the Authors updating them.
I bought Pro Punter Gold by DGA Software for the Amiga-It was £150 I’m sure & had an impressive ROI in handicaps with over £10000 win prizemoney.
First time I used it was at the 1994 Derby meeting where I doubled up Erhaab & Balachine(derby & Oaks) & both won at 7/2 & 6/1.
It was tedious typing in almost all the stats, names, jockeys ect.
It had a great track record in better class races Nh & Flat, so much so that every bet I put on at my local bookie was given to the manager to peruse before deciding to ok it.I was told I was getting banned if I had any more good lifts from a girl I knew who worked in the shop.
Upgraded to a PC & got that version at a big discount £20 I think-& the results were not as good.
Apparently the workings were changed to incorporate better results in lesser races.Stopped using it as it was plain to see The package had been wasted.
I then heard great things about Profile NH (Aesculus press) and was fronted by Richard Hudson -Editor of Odds On magazine, who did books & finally a software version which was updated by disk or email.Again this was about £150 & £35 per month to update.
This identified traits in a horses form & although you were not to take the top rated blindly-I had 11 winners in a row from it.
After a hugely successful season I was informed the software was being upgraded & paid about £100 to do so.
Almost immediately I noticed the results were shockingly different & phoned Richard Hudson to tell him how disatisfied I was with the "improvements".He actually told me they full thing was going backwards & he regretted doing it.
I asked if I could return to the "original" version-but too much money & changes had occured to let this happen.I stopped the service.
I told Mr Hudson about Pro Punter as well & he said it was well named "Pro Punter Gold" & if I had the original Amiga version to keep it as it was the best on the market-not to bother with later incarnations.
Both these software programs are now off the market-Profile going fairly soon after the changes.
Now these were both operating well in the nineties-Why is there no similiarly good programs in the millenium-not to my knowledge.
Brimardon was taken to court a few times for false claims & I was advised never to buy it.
Please discuss
Thanks

Hi..

Could you tell me if you still have "Pro Punter Gold" by DGA. If you are willing to sell or trade, could you let me know.

Thanks

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