Form work is often more about eliminating so called contenders that have too many form negatives. I have just noted the pre post prices for the meeting at Scone tomorrow and downloaded the form for the four main races for this magnificent meeting (well done, Scone: brilliant effort). Later this evening I will list the negatives I note about the main chances in each race as per the pre post betting. History shows the winners of three quarters of all races are in the first four or five in the bett

Form work is often more about eliminating so called contenders that have too many form negatives. I have just noted the pre post prices for the meeting at Scone tomorrow and downloaded the form for the four main races for this magnificent meeting (well done, Scone: brilliant effort). Later this evening I will list the negatives I note about the main chances in each race as per the pre post betting. History shows the winners of three quarters of all races are in the first four or five in the betting so theoretically three of the four winners should be in the list. For this exercise I will need to evaluate the following horses from the 3yo Guineas (Star Of Octagonal, All Legal, Will To Win, Slapstick), Quality Hcp (Border Rebel, Black Piranha, The Jackal, Black Prince, Prince Braeman), Jewel Classic (Renaissance, Illuminates, Melpomee, Serenissima) and Scone Cup (Snow Alert, Keepin' The Dream, Strat's Flyer, Keffiya, Parfumier).

If you are a favourites punter then your task is simple: you need to find the true favourites that tick all the boxes. There is no true favourite in the Scone Cup as the favourite (well, actually favourites) are 6/1 (Snow Alert and Keepin' The Dream) In the list above there are three races where there are horses that could be classed as a true favourites: they are Star Of Octagonal ($3.40), Border Rebel ($3.00) and Renaissance ($4.20). Just on the raw price of $4.20 I would eliminate Renaissance as a 13/4 favourite is a favourite with some risk attached to it. That leaves only two horses to consider: Star Of Octagonal and Border Rebel. Easy, isn't it. Alas, if it was only a case of backing the two shortest priced runners on the day or horses quoted at $3.50 or less then life on the punt would be SO easy but we all know the truth: it isn't.

I will be back later this evening and by then I hope to have some form thoughts of mine available for the Scone meeting which might point you in the right direction