gold coast merchants were exposed later ...

you read it .. but read it wrong kami .. but that's ok you weren't alone

I was actually looking for a database back then ... Southcoast ratings was about $2500 and a yearly update cost I think

I didn't take theirs

or the $10,0000 one .. or the $7,000 though

but I laughed at the sales pitch

stop the hate imo .. and start reading the form .. best way to win (or break square) at the track

now back to the booze and the cars you

I can't remember .. and I'm only supposing they were the same people that rang me on the old landline

when I read about about 6 months later I put two and two together

however .. there was little wrong as such with what I could glean from the girl

she said they had a comprehensive database (?) .. and all I had to do was push a few buttons and it would tell me what horse would win

so just a programming extraction of data to come up with an odds-rating

but I choked when she said $10k

and burst into laughter when she said I could have a $7k version if I really wanted

when they got busted I think it was because they produced glossy literature as well saying that you couldn't lose etc and it was guaranteed to win for the rest of your life ... I never got that far with my sultry sounding caller


I did later however .. buy a quarterly subscription database service (up in Briz local) .. wont say who .. all about 10 years ago just prior to me joining betfair

the ratings were open and transparent .. but when I investigated .. I found a hole in their 3yo ratings
(I had done all my own ratings exclusively on Sydney racing for about 7 years but wanted full Australia data)

I found they had not accounted for a development in 3yo's as they progressed through their 3yo season (similar to what admiral rous suggested in the wfa scale changing month by month for younger horses as they developed)

my mob was using a 3yo rating from 6 months ago when it was racing today for example .. I ipointed out that the horse may well have developed during that period and theo old 3yo rating was stagnant

I received no reply .. and cancelled the service renewal

these databases can all be fair dinkum and above board (even the gold coast one) .. who knows until they look

but for someone to suggest that you were guaranteed success for a lifetime .. that was there undoing as far as the investigation found as I remember