The team at Punting Form are very excited to have released our new forum.  Head over and check it out now.

We are kicking off with two boards: One for general Punting Form and racing discussion and the other for exclusive discussion of all things System related.

Our Systems Builder has been stimulating a fair bit of discussion on other racing sites so hopefully we can transfer some of that chat back here. The forum will also be the spot for requesting new filter and criteria additions as well as for advertising the merits of your own public systems.

Enjoy the Punting For(u)m!

Sick of looking around to find out what the weekend bookmaker specials are?  Punting Form will be doing the work for you each Saturday and posting the best weekend offerings right here.

Luxbet

Place a Fixed Odds or LuxDiv WIN bet on any Group 1 race, and if your selection wins the race, Luxbet will give you a Bonus Bet equal to your stake up to $100 (First bet on each race only, odds must be greater than $1.50).

Sportingbet

2013 Rosehill Guineas Day - 20% Bonus on Quaddies at Rosehill Guineas. The Event: Rosehill Guineas Day - Rosehill (Saturday 30 March 2013). The Sportingbet Offer: Get a 20% BONUS on your first Quaddie at Rosehill on Rosehill Guineas Day.

Maxidiv Gold - Autumn Racing Carnival. The Event: All Group 1s & other selected races during the Sydney & Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival (Saturday 23 March - Saturday 27 April 2013). The Sportingbet Offer: Get a 5% bonus, on top of the MaxiDiv, for every length your runner wins by - up to 20%!

Centrebet

Rosehill Guineas Day Money Back Special. Place a bet on any race at Rosehill this Saturday and if your horse runs second to the favourite we'll refund your first bet up to $100 cash!

Betfair

$100 Bonus if you back three winners at Rosehill this Saturday.  Note: minimum stake $25, only applies to betsplaced through Tote Extra

We'll refund your stake up to $50 if your horse runs second by less than half a length.  Available on major meets throughout Autumn.

If the first leg of your Quaddie is the only leg that lets you down, we'll refund your stake up to $100.

A unique hierarchical structure consisting of Run Notes, Horse Notes and Race Notes has been implemented for Pro Form subscribers. This has the benefit of being able to organize and display 'user created' notes according to the relationships which exist between them.

Please note that the 'actual notes' shown in the following examples were created for illustration purposes only (not intended to be accurate or factual).

The 'note-action' icons to look for throughout our digital Formguide are:

• a pen icon indicating a new note can be added.
• a page icon indicating there is an existing note.
• a notepad icon indicating a new note can be added.
• a 'ticked' notepad icon indicating there is an existing note.

 

The Race Field Form Guide Page - Runner Details View:

The most fundamental note is a Run Note. Run Notes are always related to Horse Notes (the next level of hierarchy). Mouse hover and click actions are shown below:

The Race Field Form Guide Page - Race Details View:

The highest form of note is the Race Note. Race Notes always display any related Horse Notes (and any Run Notes related to the listed horses can be expanded or collapsed by clicking on the horse names). Mouse hover and click actions are shown below:

The Horse Details Page View:

The Meeting Details Page View:

Note: the example shown is for an un-resulted meeting (resulted meetings display in a similar manner with Race Notes and/or Run Notes being able to be edited or created).

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The maximum number of system hits that can be returned in the System Builder has been extended from 5000 to 10000.

This has been a heavily requested feature from our system users and as always we continue to do our best to meet any reasonable request.

We are looking forward to seeing even more successful public systems as a result of this update.

Wednesday system results and stats have not been published and systems have not been updated with yesterday's runners.  This is due to a delay in receiving the official results for a couple of meetings yesterday.

All stats and systems will reflect yesterday's runners after the update tonight.

It was the week of the jockey based system with Pie's Ryan Maloney system delivery and The Flying Apprentice highlighting a return to form for Jackie Beriman.  The Maloney system hit on 5 from 15 selctions for a return of $14.90.  The Flying Apprentice delivered on 3 out of 5 selections for a return of $19 including Dance For Cash at Bendigo yesterday who paid $14.

Our leading system The Honey Pot found a winner again to continue a very impressive winning streak covering several weeks in a row now.

Scaff's Jockey Challenge also produced the goods this week with 4 out of 10 selections hitting for a return of $5.

Also, if you haven't read it already, check out our  systems notification policy change that was put into effect last week.

There have been certain situations where system hit notifications have not matched the results reported in system history.  This has occurred with system hits being sent out but not reflected in results and also with runners appearing in system history without having ever been sent out as a notification. 

The cause of these discrepancies are criteria that can change from when the system hits are identified to when the race is actually run.  The primary criteria affecting many of our most popular systems is Starting Price.  Obviously the actual starting prices for a race are not available until the jump so we have used a Pre Post Price up to this point to determine hits.  If a system has a Starting Price constraint of less than $5 and the Pre Post Price is $6 the runner would not be a hit.  If that runner then actually starts at $4 and wins it will appear in the history of the system and subscribers have been left wondering why they didn't get the notification.

System integrity is huge priority for us so we are working hard to fix this kind of issue.  We are changing policy to notify subscribers of all system runners regardless of Starting Price (if Starting Price is a criteria).  Notifications of these type of hits will include a note which states the Starting Price required for that runner to be considered a hit.

In the near future we will be introducing similar policy to deal with late jockey changes, track condition changes and other similar variable criteria.



We have released a video introduction to our new Sectional Pro Form product.  Check it out here. 

The week has been a great week for Punting Form systems with several systems yeilding large returns for punters.  Last week's controversial System of the Week winner Gold Rush has spawned a worthy successor in Gold Rush 2. Showing massive returns for the last month the long term viability of the Gold Rush systems is unknown.  For members willing to take the punt Gold Rush 2 provide a massive 67 selection for the week and found 14 winners for a profit of $27.  It will be very interesting to see in Tylendale can keep it going next week.

Expert system creator Formulator has delivered with The Randwick Stables.  Four winners from 14 selections returned a profit of $28.  These winners included two big priced returns Saturday with Va Pensiero paying $14 and Grey Countess at Eagle Farm returning $18.

Also worth of mention is pie2251's jockey system based around Alex Hearn. Hearn was on fire picking out west picking up 3 winners from 10 selections including two double figure payers.

We have recently released a major update to our popular Odds Comparison Tool.

Improvements in speed and refresh time make our Odds Tool the fastest and most informative available for Australian Racing.  We have also added real time race status and a results feed.  You will always know exactly when a race has jumped, when a race is paying or whether or not there is a protest.  The Odds Tool also identifies the winner and place getters of every race displaying the best win and place price available at the time of the jump.

Over the next couple of weeks we will be adding some new bookmakers and allowing members to specify which bookmakers they want to see, both in the Odds Tool and for the embedded odds in the Form Guide.  We will also be releasing our fluctuations data with notifications of major moves in the markets...

Happy Punting.