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Monday August 9th:

Hi Garry and the team,

Just wanted to say thankyou for providing Customer Service beyond expectations during the very unfortunate and stupid attack (our website and others wrer attacked by a cyberhacker and was donw for three days) against a very reputable company, you made the below point in your blog Garry,you wrote:

"The results have been quite excellent but I guess we will more likely judged on the nine Grandslam and single selections Saturday when we scored just one winner".

I disagree with the above I believe you will be judged as pulling out all stops to provide all your members with their subscription in an attempt to provide superior customer service, I think you and your team need to be congratulated, and I am sure over time it will return in increased purchasing of your ratings, also as far as spam is concerned there are many things we as the end user can do to help this, example adjust settings within your internet security software, ensure your menu tabs on your email program are visible when you view emails by doing this the tabs will highlight when you have received a spam email, outlook and many other free email programmes have this?

Thankyou again Garry
Kind Regards
Darrel

Monday August 2nd:

Thanks for giving me a mention Garry, I just hope Shoot Out stands up for the rest of the spring and through to the Melbourne Cup or I will have egg on my face!
We need to give those Japanese horses a run for the money.
Another one I am predicting to go well in Sydney also, is - Charing Cross, brilliant trial, should run very shortly! I think it is one of Gai’s. Put it in the black book! Also Decision Time, brilliant trial. I am a long term great believer in trial form. It has never let me down.

I will sign up for the full ratings around the 20th August, just before the big Warwick Farm meeting.
I love Warwick farm! It was the scene of my greatest selection ever – Pablo’s Pulse – won at 500 to 1, I had 1 dollar on it!!!! The poor little Asian rails bookmaker was retiring that day that I placed the bet with, poor bugger! I don’t think Pablo’s Pulse ever won a race again? Thanks for the seminar yesterday it got me revved up again!
I think you should consider holding them once a year as a refresher for anyone that’s serious about it, and to get old clients interested again. And thank Belle, she makes a great sandwich!

And thanks for dinner.

Cheers

Ed Covey.

Ed's right. We should have and will have a refresher Seminar, maybe a couple of times a year.

Thursday 29th JUly:

Get the party Hats out, Trumpets and your spinning Clacka cause today we are off at Darwin. We need to get the machine that counts the Aussie plastic dollar notes as well because Darwin Race 5/5 Phantom Verde the 2nd rated Winform horse at $21 fixed???? Oh what Joy.

Hally

Monday 19th July: Have purchased every issue of Horeseracingaustralia magazine 1-18 from day one and find that each one contains a wealth of information for finding that ever elusive winner. Great job Winfrom team. David George NSW.

and this one

Hi Garry,

Just a quick thanks for your book, Racing Pays More. Very interesting and informative book.

I am still VERY happy with the Powerbet program. I have lost a couple of series, but am still a long way in front. I am still fine tuning it to my own preferences, but mainly sticking with your rules.

I was just reading your weekend review email about Luxbet. From what I could gather, if I join Luxbet and deposit $200, they will match the $200? If that is correct, do I type something in their promotion box when I join? At the moment I use the NSW TAB and UNITAB, but mainly IASbet.

Thanks again

Regards

Greg

Tuesday 13th July: Enjoy your magazine greatly. Full of great information and articles which has certainly helped my punting. Keep up the excellent work. Murray Qld

Tuesday 27th April: Garry, I just read your email and would like to say thanks to Jennifer. I rang up and ordered 3 months of your ratings and even though she didn’t sound sure of herself (which she admitted) she was really helpful. I have always found all of your team helpful in everything I have ever asked especially Prue.

I have won over $200 today on your Powerbet system albeit with my own modifications but that has been on about 3 hours work. I think this is incredible and I would also like to thank you for introducing me to Roger Biggs Ratings which are the most consistent week in week out that I have ever come across. I have to work out how to bet your longer priced winners and use Roger’s Ratings on the C Plan and then I will be set.

Once again, thanks very much for all you and your teams help. Best regards, Paul F.

Friday April 23rd: Hally's back! Hi Garry and Princess Prue, Well I am back into it and enjoying the punt again. I must say I did need a couple of weeks break away though as usually I look froward to the days investments but towards the end of my last ratings cycle I was not enjoying it and I think those bob of the head finishes and the odd protest I lost had started to get to me a bit. I now going to have at least one day off a week as well as this seems to make a big difference to the mental attitude towards it all as well. Its good to be back into it .

I have sent a chq today for another 12 months of ratings, its a good deal getting in before the 30% increase. Powerbet with the new filters you have come up with Garry is exciting.

I have also eliminated the following tracks due to mainly the very poor strike rate of our top 3 there and in some cases very low div. - Benalla, Casino, Echuca, Flemington, Goulbourne, M'Valley(Night Only), Orange, Terang, Warracknabeale, Wadonga, York.

Hey Garry, if you think I should include any of these can you let me know and I will advise you on my proceedings by leaving them out, I am also thinking of bailing on Heavy tracks but I will wait for more data on that decision as well.

Great news about the discussion forum for the new site. Is there any chance it can be for subscribers of winform services only. My feelings are it would keep the quality of discussion high and keep alot of the shit stirrers out. Ideas and input will be great for the forum.

Dad and I are off to the 3 day Warrnambool Carnival for the 3 days again coming up in a couple of weeks.
It really is a special 3 days. I met a jockey in the old Grandstand last year in his seventies and he use to ride in all the jumps events as a young man and while he never won he did run some placings and he had some great stories to tell. Jumps races sure are a big topic at the moment and I hope we can keep them.

I hope you are feeling better now Prue.

All the best, Hally

Monday 1st March, 2010: Hi Garry, No I didn't get the first 4 or the trifecta, I usually take the Quinella with the first 5 but I didn't think much of the selections this time (I should have learnt by now as when I don't like them they usually come in) so instead I took a duet and lo and behold much to my surprise I got $175.70, so I am very happy, Keep up the good work. Valerie Millerchip

Tuesday 23rd February, 2010: Dear Garry and team, I've been doing Trevor's Chapter 6. Horses once again after a lay off and am eight days into the renewed action. Well! I am very ecstatic to report 61.68 units profit today mainly thanks to 50.5 and 3.9 winners, which are on top of two decent, wins last Wednesday.

The 50.5 winner is the third highest win price I've had- funnily enough the highest at 83.45 was a Chapter 6 horse also; both in Maidens thank you very much!

Using the Professional Staking Plan I have over doubled my betting bank in those eight days and am happily about to re-calculate my new betting bank- whew, what a problem to have- I'll take it any day.
I realise it won't always be this stellar; however in Racing I know you have great and disastrous days. I hope you're all well and please thank Trevor for me. James Day, Brisbane.

Wednesday 4th November 2009: Hi Garry & team, Thought I should extend my sincere gratitude for those wonderful Winform ratings and advice about free bets you gave Friday.I too got my IASbet letter informing of the free $200 bets relating to the rollover of the Canbet accounts. So Saturday I played some parlays. Should King Pulse have won (beaten by the barest after looking a certain winner 50 to go) total collect would have been $6k on those all ups. Not to be so kicked off Melbourne Cup day with a fraction less than $400 in the account. Used the money playing Tri’s and First 4’s in the Cup. I got Tri 18% return $1700. Had some ammo to work with now. I like taking the top 3 Winform raters in boxed quinellas especially in WA. Outlayed $30 on each of last 5 races in Ascot. Every bet got the cash with total return about $2.5k. With 3 races to go I noticed 2 premium selections bookend and the 8th race had a clear top rater so thought a $50 Trixie bet would be nice. Actually typed in $100 and thought don’t be greedy cut that outlay down by half from $400 to $200. The rest is history. $32.5K later courtesy of IASbet and their free bet, Winform Champion ratings and that very nice advice about playing those free bets. Thank you and Regards, Dave ter Hedde

Monday 12th October: Just a short note of congratulations on the $61 winner plus others. Lucky to have a few dollars fixed with Sportsbet Friday night. Should have had more on but we always say that when they win not when they get beaten. Once again keep up the excellent work. Regards, Bill Lamb and David Barnes

Thursday 17th September: I enjoy Horse Racing Australia Magazine very much. I am an old timer and not into the computer world. My bets are not big but I do enjoy the various tables you print and the staking methods. I am thinking of sending you a sample of my own staking method which I have developed over a number of years. From the checking I have done with 'The Best Australian Horse Racing Systems', I think I have developed a method that produces results above those in the book, keeping down the outlay on the dreaded "bad runs". But it takes me time to produce the sheets for checking. Thanks again, Graham Walker

Tuesday 15th September : Dear Prue, Thank you for 'The Best Australian Horse Racing Systems' book. It arrived okay a couple of weeks back and I studied the rules more closely over the next few days. Like any punter I am elated winning, but there is something extra to be said for winning a book. Thanks. Here in New Zealand there are not enough good races to properly analyse what seems a good system method. So, the book enabled me to clear up some ideas I had. The Prize Money rule I was never able to sort out. I have been interested in racing for many years so that is a real bonus. My humble comments for what they are worth are as follows:

Double Coincider: I think that the double form shows that a horse has potential. Putting together a viable system is a lot harder.

Simply the Best: I knew that the handcapper's number one rule is the best horse, but putting it into a viable system I found a challenge. The fact is that number one immediately lowers the start price if it has recent form. If it has genuine win potential, the recent form may not disclose it. Hence I have often seen win dividends of $4 to $10, and in hindsight it has still been difficult to select that winner. Most of the bettors have the same difficulty selecting, as shown by the high win payout price. It is a good feeling to be betting on a top weight but it is not so good if it doesn't win or the return is poor. So, a wider selection is the answer.

The Bolter: An intriguing system. I have observed many times, horses that literally seemed to take off and win. As you are aware one of the trade secrets is horses that can run 1400 metres or more are stronger horses. The trick is coming up with rules that capture this.

Formula 33: Looks very promising in that it is looking for strong horses but not attracting too much attention from the handicapper. The logic is definitely good.

That is how it looks to me in theory. Regards, George Nuemer

Friday 28th August: Hi Garry, Susannah, Prue and all at Winform, Just a short note to say thank you for your gift of The Best Australian Horse Racing Systems. Recently, I had begun reading the Professional Punters Diary on a regular basis and was surprised to see the comment last week that a client was extremely ungrateful for your generous offer of the book. Personally, I felt the book provided some interesting ideas both in terms of selection criteria and optimal staking options.

I hope that the negative comments from that 1 client does not discourage you from these types of future promotions as they are a welcome addition both as a reminder of how you value your clients and a point of differentiation between yourselves and other suppliers in the market place. Once again thank you. Regards, Greg Sadler

Monday 25th August: Correspondance between Peter and Centrebet:

Hello, This new race betting option is of great interest to me and I had been hoping to use it a fair bit.
I have placed one bet online using the option but now every time I attempt to place another bet the system says "This Price Type is Unavailable" Why is it so? Cheers Peter Kirkham

Hello Peter, Thank you for your email.
Best of the Best is a New Race Betting Option introduced for Centrebet's recreational punters.
Unfortunately our Bookmaker's have advised this option is not available to you and the first bet you placed on this market was accepted in error.
Apologies for any confusion this may have caused.
If you have any further queries please do not hesitate to contact us.
Kind regards, Corrin - Centrebet

Thanks for that explanation Corrin but I really don't understand why I'm being discrimated against as I've not won very much at all from race betting with Centrebet and I'd like someone to give me a call to explain why this is happening to me. Alternatively let me have the name of an appropriate bookmaker and time I could best call to discuss it with him please.

Hello Peter, Thank you for your email.
Your request was referred to our bookmakers.
Their response is that we reserve the right to limit betting options to certain clients.
They have also advised that they will not be making any contact over this issue and that Centrebet will not enter into any further correspondence on the matter.
If you have any unrelated queries, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Kind regards, Lily - Centrebet Supervisor

Tuesday 11th August: By the way congratulations to the Winform Team for your ongoing high professionalsim and credibility. It's indeed a pleasure being assosciated with you...Ross Alexander

Sunday 19th July: Dear Prue, Many thanks for the friendly and efficient service when opening our new account. I like Vicbet’s Website too! It is user friendly and Rod will certainly get a lot of our business. I am getting lazy with my punting (form study, I mean) and so believe I will make better use of your services in the future. Certainly Winform are, (in my opinion), the most reputable and trustworthy of any service in Australia. My husband is a sceptic preferring to rely on my hard yakka than to rely on more sophisticated ratings and selections services but I have assured him that we can expect honest, expert assistance. What we do with what we get is then up to us. Many thanks and good wishes… Susan

Tuesday 23rd June 2009: Garry, Abandoned meetings etc didnt worry me yesterday as my top rated winform Best Bet bolted in at $9.60. It was a standout on the day. Had $235 win on it for a $2256 collect. Keep them coming! Regards, Greg Horn

Friday 12th June 2009: Girls and Garry, Just wanted to tell you how well I am going with Best Australian Horse Racing Systems. I have been playing around with the staking and on a $1,000 Bank made over $650 on one plan and on the Double Coincider over $1,000. Very pleased with the results so far. Brian Isaac

Wednesday 10th June 2009: Hello Girls and Boy! The latest edition of Horse Racing Australia Magazine is the best edition so far! Each one betters the previous one! Regards, Ian Dalton

Wednesday 10th June 2009: I must say, money factory has delivered the answer to my prayers. I have a pretty good strike rate with the puppy dogs (26.3% @ $4.09), but until I got Money Factory, I was frustrated with my staking plan and busting banks frequently. Now I can finally see the light. Thanks again, John

Tuesday 9th June 2009: Howdy Gary and ladies, I record selections each day from the internet but do not bet them as I follow three other strategies. From 23/5 to 6/6 there have been 6 Best Bets for 6 winners and over $15 in dividends. Peter

Tuesday 9th June 2009: Hello Susannah, This must be my lucky day! By winning the book it must be a good omen. Maybe I'll start winning some $. Thank you and thank you to Winform. Julio Valeri

Julio is refering to The Best Australian Horse Racing Systems which he won in a lucky members draw.

Sunday 7th June 2009: Hi Garry, I stayed home specifically for Kalgoorlie today knowing Winform does so well there, and a good track must help.So far two C Plan winners which is great: Race 1 Twin City Gambler (won), Race 3 ( Not C Plan qualified as 1200m) Caribbean Cruise (won), Race 4 Power Torque (won). Thanks, Tom

Wednesday 3rd June 2009: Dear Garry and Staff, Here is some feedback regarding comments about Bet Angel and alternatives. I use a system called Bet Trader Pro that is provided by Racing Traders that has a free version that works extremely well. I have used this without any problems whatsoever on Betfair for some three years or so now. There is also a paid version which obviously is a better version than the free one however the cost is quite low.

Racing Traders is run by a mad pom by the name of Adam Todd who I sometimes think is as mad as a cut snake. The reality however is that he is an extraordinary nice guy, (yes even for a pom), and he is also a pleasure to do business with. His personal story is well worth a read.

In case you are wondering there is nothing in it for me in relaying this information to you except the benefits that may flow on to other members. Any technical questions regarding Bet Trader Pro please refer them to Adam whose email address is below.Hope the above information is helpful. Kind regards, Brian J Kennedy

Racing Traders Website: www.racingtraders.com and contact email for Adam Todd is: atodd@racingtraders.com

Wednesday 3rd June 2009: Dear Susannah, Garry and Gang, I appreciate very much my winning a copy of 'The Best Australian Horse Racing Systems' as notified with my latest edition of 'Horse Racing Australia Magazine'. I nearly missed seeing the offer as the sheet of paper was slightly stuck within the envelope and was only apparent to me as I was discarding the envelope today..

As you would know I am a long-time "member" yet am only a "sometimes client" - spending much time refining my own methods, inspired somewhat by the efforts of yourselves. Against this backdrop your "lucky prize" to me represents a most generous gesture, which I trust will be repaid to you by my future support.

Thanks once again - I look forward to studying this book. Sincerely, James R Young.

Thursday 21st May, 2009: Thank you very much Prue all working great All accolades again to you and your great crew use me anytime as an example off a complete success story of your wonderfull service and knowledge of all requrements to be a successfull full time punter. Regards, Alex (Bali)

Wednesday 1st April, 2009: Hi Garry, I hope you had a bet on the horse I pointed out to you. You noted to me it's best form was second up. It continues a great run of success for Trevor's horses, eh?
Keep up the excellent work, James Day. (James is using Trevor Johns' Book Racing My Perfect Investment)

Wednesday 1st April, 2009: Dear Susannah, It was with great surprise that when I received the lastest Winform Newsletter, it also contained a letter from yourself informing me that I had been a winner in your random prize draw and that I had won a copy of The Best Australian Horse Racing Systems. Thank you to yourself and everyone else at Winform for this prize and I look forward to reading it and having the opportunity to put into practice the systems within the book.
Once again thank you, Kindest regards, John Dwyer.

Tuesday 24th March, 2009: Hi Garry, my betting accounts are still recovering from Saturday's Premium selections whitewash- I believe you when you say it's a long term thing. I owe you a huge thank you for asking me if I was on the 40/1 winner from chapter 6 of Trevor's book, when I rang you 16 days ago. I wasn't and tend to be flighty about sticking it out through losses and profits. One weakness of mine. Anyway after hearing of a $26 winner since then with the same strategy, 8 days ago, I decided to grit my teeth and start using that strategy since 20th of this month. Well today was a great day as I backed Echuca R4 # 11 Leconfield. It won paying $84.35 win and $14.43 for the place! That's the best dividend I've got in all my years of betting. I hope you're well and your house preparations are going OK. Keep up the fantastic work. James Day.

Monday 9th March, 2009: Dear Garry, Prue and Susannah, Thank you for the addendum to the 'Make Racing Pay More with Powerbet Series'. The latest addition to my library is much appreciated especially as it is free (to Powerbet owners) and has sparked a few ideas on different methods of tackling certain monetary brackets that some systems appear to range in. The main focus of this e-mail is the quality of the latest Horse Racing Australia Magazine I have received, I am always happy to receive information in print, so that I can refer back to it at at a later date at my leisure, but the information and presentation of this latest magazine is truly professional and not only shows Garry's commitment to his clients, but also the committment of Prue, Susannah and the Assosciates of the Horse Racing Australia Team which is shining through in this latest publication. Regards, Roger Sumner

Wednesday 4th March, 2009: How about the return of the Singles today. 10 units out and 19 return with a 50% strike rate is that good or what. Really we should have had 6 had Mr.T.Turner on Vain Strike before the turn at Ascot understood that he had a lapful of horse under him and that perhaps letting the leader get 15 lengths in front was not quite a good idea and we storm home for 2nd, not good TROY. Had been a bit quiet of late the old Singles but what about that little slap across the back today, this all leads and builds to what I believe will be a sensational day for the Singles this coming Saturday, get ready the volcano is a rumbling and a shmok'n. Cheers, Hally

Sunday 1st March, 2009: Garry and Team, Just a quick bragging email. Hope to celebrate with you next time I'm in NSW. Which should be real soon...

Thursday 26th February, 2009: Hello Garry, Just to let you know I've begun betting the Pplay and PP selections and have the Powerbet program working well. Good results last week with Swiss Ace ($37 !) the highlight on Saturday. This week has started slowly but I have learnt from your writings to be patient, and the winners will come. The Autumn Horse Racing Australia Magazine has arrived today and looks like another good read. Cheers Ron

Wednesday 25th February, 2009: From the Media & Communications Executive at the Sydney Turf Club: Hi Prue and Garry, I just wanted to say I have received the magazine and it looks fabulous. Thank you for giving our Festival such fabulous coverage (that we are so very proud of). Kind regards, Larissa

Sunday 15th February, 2009: Hi Garry, I am writing to thank you very much for the time you spent talking to me the other day. As always you were very informative and straight to the point. To be honest, I have been looking at Powerbet for a long time. As mentioned, I do quite well with Money Factory but I believe that times are changing. There is so much information out there for the average punters. I see ‘Market movers’ at TAB and all such things – which I believe leads to grinding down the prices of some of my ‘high strike / true favourites’ selections. Some of my selections which I put on in the morning and expect around $2.60 which I place on ‘best price TAB’ – end up around $1.80 (at a price I would have never accepted).

I have some nice systems with GTX which have around 19% wins@ $6.50 average price with plenty of action. I had been using this with $20 flat stakes with reasonable success. Most are based around fitness and have good ratings.
This price range - is where I believe the value is now. Well, Of course it is early days, but I have started testing your product and can see some wonderful results. I am following your idea regarding ‘4*4 selection plan’ using some of my GTX systems which I have been previously been placing $20 flat stakes on.

I made $2,249.80 from 185 bets with a win strike rate of 21%. I used $10 starting units and found that my average bet size was $22 (pretty close to what I was flat staking!). I came close to losing a bank once (a bank is 10% of your total bank) – but apart from that, I was in no danger. It always brings a smile to my face when I can see a run of 18 losses in a row followed by a winner at $7.80 clean up the series. I have also been working on some of my historic figures and have considered Trevor John’s angle of calling it quits - when down 33% (ie $330 of $1000 bank). So far, from what I see - is that it is better to press on and play right up to the end of the series. Of course I am expecting to lose some banks. I expect to have at least a run of up to 40 losses in a row in every 2000 or so bets. But I am calculating on the fact I will be ready for them when they do come. Ready to hand this over to the Mrs now. Thank you for the documentation (very well put together), and thanks again for my new equipment to keep me ahead of the average punter.

I enjoyed reading your $2 re-coup bet story.(This was in one of the magazines) I perhaps can see where the base of this wonderful plan developed from. Also, please forward my thanks to Prue for her time and great service (as always). Regards, Mark Burkhardt

Sunday 25th January, 2009: Howdy Garry and Winform Team, Albany Race 4 No. 6 Kings Tribute is Top Rated by Winform Ratings at 56.8 Wnet and Wodds at $1.50. Heads above any other horse in the field. All of the Top Four Selections were great value and a small investment was a 200% guarantee. Kings Tribute wins and pays $19.10 and once again I declare that a very comfortable living can be made just by following the supreme Winform Ratings in WA and NT. What about the Premium and Single selections today. Six in total and every one of them won. Sunday afternoons on the punt continue to be very enjoyable and profitable. Cheers, Hally

Friday 23rd January, 2009: Hey Garry did you see that one. Permatilla was top rated and Tahnee Topaz second rated. Tahnee Topaz scored all the points after research and with the top Jock Rawiller on you had to make this a key bet, but top rated Permatilla started at around $42 win and $10 the place and lets face it all previous runs for this horse were all quite competitive. This was not a total donkey and well on the overs I thought, came home nicely for a 2nd. Mate a couple of lengths behind the winner and at least a couple of lengths ahead of the rest of the pack but was amazing was the $10 place tote. That's as good a return as what you would expect with on the win punt and be very happy with and we only needed to land in the top 3. How could a Fella not have just a little E/way. Goes to show you can still make great Doh Ray Me following the ratings for value and betting E/way or place. What a start to 2009 and the ratings to date have been exceptional with some great value races and how good was Pinjarra yesterday, I can still see Star Buck leading most of the way and past the post at $21 after blowing from $10. This is without a doubt the most enjoyable Hobby a bloke can have. Hally

Thursday 15th January, 2009: What a day for me to run Powerbet! 'Grand Slam Lady' came 1st with huge odds on Betfair.
Kingston Town has got nothing on you guys. You're a freak Garry! John Azzopardi

Monday 12th January, 2009: Prue, I just wanted to say thanks for the service I have received in ordering all products from your company. I ordered two books through you for two of Roger Biggs Books and within one working day I received them in the mail today. From Sydney to Brisbane in one working day is no mean feat. Thanks again. Regards, Paul Fuller

Saturday 10th January, 2009: Howdy Garry, The smile does not get much bigger than what's on my face right now. Three Gslam bets in total for a winner at $15.50 and when your into the Money Factory at about bet 14 in your second series the bet size dictates a most beautiful profit and the slam comes through with that over $10 job that many of us new including yourself just sat waiting in the wings. Awe Man what a delight the computer just hums and the bookies spit chips. Chomp Chomp Chomp. Magnificent start to the New Year and two bets later the singles salute with an all the way lead on Rikbat at $8.00 and then Toowoomba turns it on with a nice collect with Petro Vannucci and a final single bet at Toowoomba in race 7 for the after dinner port salute at $5.70. We did not have a huge strike rate today but the collects all fell at a great time and at great prices and it was really a work of art day. Cheers, Hally

Saturday 10th January, 2009: Hi Prue, Thanks for the books & the missing magazines. Congratulations on a very informative book. You looked at the subject from so many angles. It made me realise once again what a wonderful creation we have inside our cranium. When we study 'Form' our brain has to consider so many different factors and come to a final conclusion. I find it advantageous to feed the brain with information such as yours, by reading it over and over again. I am also finding a further advantage in comparing your figures with the Tables in Garry's "Favourite Book". Thanks for the replacement copy. I had lost my original copy. It is good to brush up on the ideas once again. Be Happy! Tom Clippingdale.

Wednesday 17th December 2008: Hi All, Congratulations and thanks for that top rated winner in the last at Cessnock. A losing day was turned into a very nice one. Greg Reid

Hi Winform Team, Excellent result (again) for Powerbet today. Cessnock R9 No. 10 Jomidale....Top rated and won at 120/1 Beautiful! and I've just paid for my subs renewal. Garry, you are the king! Cheers Bob Byrne

Saturday 13th December, 2008: Hi Guys, After reading your coverage of the recent racing forum , I must say thet I am a little concerned with this V'Landys character. I have never had much time for his arrogant attitude but I am a little concerned with his comments that the average punter wouldn't know what the deductions were. I feel this bloke is out of touch with the real issue and in my opinion the most important one and that is to increase the punting turnover and not look at ways of taxing the main player ( the punter ) which is what will happen unless he is prepared to swallow his ego and work with others instead of against them. The industry cannot survive without punters and owners, yet every body expects these main players to bail them out for years of incompetence. I must say that I enjoyed your article and well done to Garry for asking the question "what about the punter". Cheers Guys. John Clibbens

Tuesday 9th September 2008: Hi Winform Team, Excellent result for Powerbet followers yesterday. Wangaratta R5 Heyday. IAS fixed price 34/1. My hard luck story is that I took the $34 only to see the race postponed for half an hour or so and Heyday drifted out to about 50/1! Still, who’s complaining about a 34/1 winner. Bloody terrific! Keep up the good work you guys. Cheers Bob

Friday 12th July 2008: Garry, I have had a GREAT run on the punt last 2 weeks. Having said that... Is it just me or how bloody silly is racing becoming lately. Today is typical of what has been happening a lot of late. 10 race cards everywhere... and because of the 1/2 time difference most races are starting at 10am SA time! and don't get me wrong I am a early bird .up 6am everyday sharp. But breakfast punting is just getting silly.

If you throw up a best bet at say a Geelong I like to take advantage of Top Fluc. That means most mornings if a bet was to be placed on Race one then it needs to be phoned though about 9:30am! You are only just getting the ratings sorted by that time.

Last Sunday I went out to Breakfast at a coffee and when I opened the Sunday mail it came to my attention that 2 races had already run at Hobart! The dog races start about 8am in the morning these days... What ever happened to Thursday nights. who would want to be at the track in winter at 8am having a beer & bet ?
You would have to be a desperate. And I read a report recently that there WILL be wall to wall punting on Friday nights on thoughbreds. You better set up a bed in that office it looks like. What are they aiming for? Remember when life was easy and you would just go to the races or football on a Saturday afternoon. Regards, Greg Horn

Thursday 19th June 2008: Of all the plans I have purchased over the years the C Plan strategy would have to be about the best I have seen. It is straight forward, simple and successful, but I suppose the most amazing thing about is that you only included it in a previous book as an afterthought. May you keep having afterthoughts! Regards to your and the Winform Team. Kevin

Monday 16th June 2008: Horse Racing Australia Magazine is easily the best racing magazine on the market. Keep Up the good work. Grant

Saturday 31st May 2008: Hi Garry, Great winner for Powerbet....Bendigo 6-7 Quadruple. Top rated and paid 40 to 1. Cheers Bob

Thursday 22nd May 2008: Hi, I purchased and recieved the book: 'Race Winning Strategies' .As soon as I opened it the first 3 pages fell out and now I have read 30 pages the first 18 pages have now come apart and I have had to tape them together. At $295 for the book I would have expected it to be made properly. After that I hope it is a good read. Just thought I would let you know... Cheers, R.

Reply: 'Dear R, Thank you for your email. It is disappointing to me also to know that your book arrived, in such poor quality, considering that we took the time choosing a good print quality and paid near next to $30 per copy.
To make things easier, I have secured another copy in the mail for you this morning, which is in a padded postal pack which should minimise the damage to your book.
I do apologise for any inconveniences, and I hope that this read is more enjoyable for you.

Should you have any questions about any of the Winform products or services, please phone our office direct on: 02 4950 1747 or email me on: direct@hunterlink.net.au Have a great weekend'. Prue

Sunday 18th May 2008: Hi Garry, I just felt I had to write this. I just want to convey my thanks for the job you are doing with the Best Bets and Feature race. I am only a very small punter but I do enjoy it. The selections for Best Bets has improved since you do your extra filtering and, as I bet each way I am having great success. Yesterday when your Feature came in I thought no way are you going to win this, and you didn't, but I still put money on them, and lost, but I also put the first 5 on for my quinella. Thanks for that it paid $158 and thats about the 4th big payout this year so I am laughing. It has paid for the next years subscription and given me lots of money to play with. Thanks again and keep up the good work. V. Millerchip

Tuesday 18th March 2008: Garry, Love the new book, I tested the C plan strategies today my first bet I recovered the cost of the book and after only 4 bets my profit goal obtained. Spend the rest of the afternoon watching a movie. Brilliant! Regards, Kieran

Monday 10th March 2008: To all at the Winform Team, reading Saturdays entry in the 'Professional Punters Diary' I can't see how or why someone would ask for their money back because of one bad week, I see this as a long term thing and if your in it for the short term to make a quick buck well you shouldn't be punting. Anthony

Monday 10th March, 2008: Hi Garry, Wanted to say congratulations on a second week of outstanding results. Very impressive. Kerry

Friday 29th February 2008: Dear Tegan, I read with interest your article on the Ratings Based Handicapping article for New South Wales. I agree that this is the best way to handicap a horse, unfortunately I believe there are flaws. I have spent hours formulating ratings for races in all states along with NZ, UK, HK and Singapore for my own betting and feel that I can put forward constructive criticism to the racing authorities. Sincerely Rob

Friday 29th February 2008: Hi Guys, Thanks for the Mag. I have just read the continuing saga of Brenton Burford (my hero). Was interested to read about bet selector in your magazine as this is the software program I use. I had reason to ring your office yesterday to enquire about Professional Staking Plan and I must say that Prue and another girl who's name escapes me could not have been nicer. I have posted my order off and you should recieve it soon. Thanks again guys and may your winners be many. John

Thursday 28th February 2008: Hi Garry, Prue and Susannah, Thankyou for sending me 'Racing My Pefect Investment', 'Market Forces' and 'Racing Pays More' books and Parlay Magic Software. I have started betting everyday using the stategies in Market Forces, and am having succes! John

Friday 25th January 2008: Here is Greg's Reply: Dear Louis, Thanks for your email regarding your concerns with Ratings Based Handicapping. One of the significant benefits of RBH was the intention to provide transparency of weights allotted, these weights being derived from the handicapping template. This was a significant driver in the Boards decision to move to an automated RBH system in March 2004, such that integrity and accuracy of handicapping assessments were to be achieved.

Trainers would be able to obtain their horses ratings and refer to the RBH Template on our website and in the calendar when planning a horses program. By referring to the template they would know in advance the precise weight their horse would receive in each specific ratings race.

The template was originally designed to accommodate a diverse cross section of tiers within the NSW horse population, with a one size fits all approach off a rating derived off a single number line. The concerns regarding these technicalities associated with such an approach were raised by the handicapping panel at the time, and have resulted in a thorough analysis by the Racing and Analytical Departments following a trial period of Ratings races in late 2006 and early 2007. The analysis took a considerable amount of time in the last 12 months.

In addition, the implementation of AR103 (effective1.1.07), which stipulates the top weight allocated for handicap flat races must not be less than 58kg, has led to more races being scaled to conform to the rule, thereby rendering the current template deficient as an accurate weight forecasting tool. Compounding this and adding to the confusion is part 2 of this rule requiring weights to be further raised at acceptance time to 57kg, should the topweight decline to accept. It is now possible that a horse can have 3 different allocated weights for a race:

(a) the weight the template states prior to nomination,
(b) its allocated weight upon weight release after scaling to achieve the 58kg top weight and
(c) the amended weight, if weights are raised.

During the trial period, statistics were collated by the handicappers, highlighting examples such as the one you have given with Sea Eye Pea, whereby some horses coming from the country sector to the metropolitan sector were disadvantaged under the way the template had been designed.

Despite the use of displayed ratings internationally, no major racing jurisdiction in the world ties its handicappers down to allocating weights off a displayed template. The transparency argument can be countered by generating a set of weights that have integrity, fairness and thus promote competitive racing, as opposed to the situations that have arisen with the derivation of some sets of weights relying purely on the template. This does not necessarily mean the abolition of the template as such, but rather using it such that a rating figure determines eligibility, but not necessarily weight.

Ratings have proven to be a reasonable guide in handicapping horses where they have substantially established their rating in a single sector, be it metropolitan, provincial or country. It is proposed that where nominations for a race are drawn from a single sector, that the handicapping of the race be done with reference to the performance of the horse in that sector. In effect, the handicapper has exercised discretion in issuing the rating figure the horse brings into the race. We proposed that the handicappers retain some discretion to vary the weight a horse carries where its rating was achieved at a distance or class substantially different to the race being handicapped.

Frequently, nominations draw horses that have substantially achieved their rating from racing in different sectors and the weight applicable to the rating differs across several classes of race depending on the sector. In these instances, the handicappers will not be tied to using the RBH template in their assessments, but rather be given the discretion to allocate a weight according to the sector in which the horse is nominated, having regard to where the horses rating has been derived. This is similar to the current method used to re-rate horses that come from interstate or overseas.

The Board has resolved that the role of rating figures be used as a means of establishing the eligibility of horses to contest races, however the handicapper has discretion to vary the weight of any horse, which, in his opinion, would be more competitive with a discretionary allowance or penalty, based on where the rating was earned. Ratings should be published in accordance with the handicappers assessment of the relative ability of a horse compared to other horses in that jurisdiction.

Furthermore, the Handicapping panel, led by Senior Handicappers Colin Denson and Greg Pearson has attempted to tweak the current template to more accurately address the variances in horses accumulating penalties across sectors, and carrying the same rating.

We are currently planning a series of consultative sessions across the State in the next month whereby the feedback of participants (like yours) will be welcomed. Like anything that is new, it is important that education of the way the system operates, quells any inaccuracies in information that may be currently out there. Once this occurs we will report back to the Board with regard to the future policies of both handicapping and programming. Regards, Greg

Tuesday 15th January 2008: Below is a copy of an email Louis Mihalyka of Laurel Oak Bloodstock sent to Greg Rudolph from Racing NSW about his concerns with the new Rating Based Handicapping. This email was sent over a week ago now and we are still waiting to see the reply from Greg; we will post it on our website when we recieve it.

Hi Greg, I appreciate that you would be flat out with bigger issues at the moment but I have some serious concerns about an aspect of ratings based handicapping that should be addressed as it could have long term implications on NSW Racing as trainers and owners become more familiar with it.

The concern is how country winners are treated relative to city winners under the ratings system. I have attached an ever so brief summary of a couple of instances that highlight the problem. (Click here to see summary)

The problem became apparent to us when our filly Sea Eye Pea won a 70-rating race at Cessnock worth $4,500 to the winner and went up 4 rating points from 67 to 71. While that in itself was not a problem and I even argued in the handicappers favour with trainer Gary Portelli after she was handicapped on 59.5kg in 71-rating fillies race at Randwick on New Years Day.

Before Cessnock, Sea Eye Pea was rated on 67 just as her stablemate Weekend In Paris had been before she resumed in a 75 rating handicap at Wyong on 19 December. The latter earned $2600 and went up 1 rating point to 68. I argued with Gary that it was not unreasonable how we were weighted relatively because as we earned $4500 and the other filly $2600 we were entitled to get more but perhaps we had one rating point more relative to Weekend In Paris.

However the real problem became apparent after the race. For winning a $29,500 first prize, Weekend In Paris received 5 rating point increase. Sea Eye Pea received 4 points for a Cessnock $4,500.

I looked at a few other results and noticed that another of our horses Steel Titan received 5 points for $9,750 first prize for winning in Canberra, the same as Weekend In Paris received for winning at Randwick. That seems totally unfair.

While the ratings seems reasonable relative to other horses when comparing country to country and the likewise the city handicapping, they seem totally out of whack when comparing country to metro form. For horses to be handicapped equally when the prizemoney is so massively different will discourage owners from racing in the country. If we had a better grip of the system, if a suitable race like the New Year's Day event was coming up for Sea Eye Pea, we would have been better off given her a first up run somewhere where she could not win and turn up at Randwick just as fit with a 66 rating (original 67 likely less 1 for a first up unplaced) and give herself a better shot at $29,500 first prize rather than severely cruelling our chances for that richer race because we earned $4500 with a soft option (I have disregarded BOBS factors here as that should not come into account in the handicapping). As it was there were only 6 runners at Cessnock so you should not be dissuading horses from going to country races.

Further highlighting the unfairness is comparing Sea Eye Pea to a horse such as Angel Girl who won at Rosehill last Saturday. Her last two starts have yielded a city 3rd and a Saturday win earning $37,000. Sea Eye Pea has had a Cessnock win and a city 3rd earning $8,950. Going on the before and after comparative ratings Sea Eye Pea would only meet Angel Girl 2 rating points or 1 kg better off relatively if they met before and after their two races.

Perhaps a good example of why it would be better off not winning than earning $4,500 for a country win, is Three Swallows. He nearly fell first up and finished unplaced. He went down 1 rating point and then came out and won $29,500 on New Years Day, and accordingly went up 5 points which does not seem unfair in the circumstances. But again after the two races he has earned $29,500 compared to her $8,950 and comparatively we would meet 1 rating point different than before our last two starts.

The relatively harsh penalty for country horses trying to win through the grades compared to their city counterparts will have the effect of owners: Not starting in the country Move to Queensland where they do not have ratings racing but have one, two or three metro wins.

I have used the comparative examples with Sea Eye Pea but from what I see they apply across the board for all country winners relative to city winners. I welcome your feedback as I want to support NSW racing but not to the detriment of our owners. Best Regards, Louis

Wednesday 9th January 2008: I am very sad to see George Moore died. He was the best by far in my book. Over the years I have heard the smarties talking about George in a derogatory manner, along the lines of he was only good because of T.J Smith. I have seen George Moore ride incredible races at every race meeting, and I used to attend them all when I lived in Sydney. I well remember a race which is indelible in my memory. It was a midweek, and the race was a 10F graduation with the usual field of poor horses. From the top of the straight, two horses started a war to outplod the other, Sir Bradford and Kerricola. George Moore lifted his horse hands and heels all the way down the straight, and I mean lifted. It would have been an exhausting ride and it wasn't a T.J Smith horse either.

He always had his horse in a position to win on the turn if it was good enough, backmarker or otherwise. More often than not he would go for inside runs where angels feared to tread, leading to the George Moore whistle stories. I can truly count 'bad' rides on one hand. Trevor Johns.

Editor: There was a little article about George Moore in the Winter 2006 edition of Horse Racing Australia Magazine, on page 29.

Friday 30th November, 2007: Thanks Prue, Got the book today (Trevor John's: 'Racing: My Perfect Investment') and have already finished it. I will read it several times again but some really great information!

I’ll get the software and put it on my computer, may have to start work a little later in the day, or I might give up working altogether and just punt from now on! (I’m sure my wife would let me do that). Cheers Bob

Thursday 8th November, 2007: Dear Garry & The Team, I normally do my own ratings using my own added variants from the Autumn 2006 Edition of Horse Racing Australia Magazine, but due to work commitments I thought I would give your special 'Two 4 One' Ratings deal for Oaks and Emirates Stakes days a go.

I would now like to congratulate you and your team and thank you for your top 4 selections for race 8 even though your comment was: “leave me out of this one” and at first I was going to take your advice, but lucky I did not as this was the trifecta that paid the jackpot of the day with a return of $2657 with IASbet for an outlay of $24.

So once again I would like to thank you and congratulate you (as I am sure you get more complaints than congratulation from some of ill informed punters who are looking for the quick fix) on the ratings supplied and I look forward to receiving the information for Emirates Stakes Day. Good luck & good punting, Kindest Regards; John.

NB: Just a quick note to let you know that out of all of the punting and racing magazines on the market, Horse Racing Australia ( I am a subscriber) would rate as the best and the most informative and I look forward to your next edition.

Wednesday 31st October, 2007: Hi Garry, What an email! At first I thought it was a joke. Last Saturday I won about $350, including the Mooney Valley Treble. Today, I stopped after winning $594. I have been using Powerbet software with your Top 2, for a month & find it very good. Previously, I was using Powerbet manually. I have found you & your team very supportive & your products excellent. I have a thirst for knowledge in all things racing, so I also enjoy your punting diary. Regards, Jenny

Tuesday 30th October, 2007: Hi Garry and Team, Moonee Valley was a disappointment but don't let a grumpy punter bother you. Your service is the best available and I'm with you all the way. Dennis

Monday 29th October, 2007: Mate, they are the worst tips I have ever received from any on line Racing web site, you call yourself a tipster? What a joke, I certainly will not be using/recommending you to any of my friends

Your 1st pick only got one winner, your 1st or Second pick only got 4 winners out of 10. All your five picks in each race only got four quenellas and one Trifecta’s which was really hard to get considering you put Mrs. Andretti as the outsider, And flicking through the rest of the main meetings you did not do any better.

Please take me off your list as my own tips are a hell of a lot better then what you come up with, a RIP OFF, is what you are. If you were sincere and honest you should refund everyone’s money for Saturday Garry.

Garry Robinson's Reply: Hi Garry, I received a very short sighted complaint from you about Saturdays Moonee Valley ratings.

We supply ratings for every race meeting every day seven days a week and are renowned for our success in finding longshot winners. Four winners in the Top two is just fractionally over our long term average but whereas many services do the same none come anywhere near our average dividends which is above $5 consistently for the past twenty one years. The fact that the winners prices at Moonee Valley Saturday were less than average is just a “blip” in ten races whereas our record is over hundreds of thousands of races.

On Saturday for example, we had a $41 winner at Kembla, a $20 top rated winner at Rockhampton, a $12 winner at Yarra Glen, a $8 and a $9 winner at Ascot, an $11 winner at Hobart, a $2262 Trifecat at Rockhampton and a $3248 Trifecta in the last at Townsville as well as the First Four $8722.

The Trifecta in the Kembla Grange race paid $4947 and was in the Top Four.

As I said, your view is rather short sighted and as one of Australia’s longest serving and most respected form analysts I do take offence at your remarks.

In keeping with even handedness, however, I have published your complaint as we publish not only the good feedback we get but also the bad. Respectfully, Garry Robinson

Monday 22nd October, 2007: Garry, I would just like to congratulate you and your Team on your excellent level of service in regards to reminding me of the: Double Deposit Day at Sportsbet. No other organisation i have been involved with has taken the time to inform me of free bets and information as often and informatively. It is glaringly apparent as to how you received the Award for Excellence and I feel it is more than well deserved and totally represents your Mission Statement. Theres no 'I' in Team, your all doing a fantastic job. Regards; Roger

Sunday 21st October, 2007: Thanks Garry & the Winform Team. Using some elimination rules for false favourites, found in your books I took: 'Master O'Reilly' in the Caufield cup, using my $500 free bet from Sportsbet at 11 to 1 fixed.What a fantastic thing to see the 'Master' storm home by over 2 lengths. This sure makes up for the losses in photos and protests. This business has its ups and downs but I know if you stay in it and stick to your rules you will win.

Many thanks for your help and inspiration over the last few years. My punting has definitely improved since being a member at winform. All the best for the rest of the Carnival. Regards; Robert

Saturday 20th October, 2007: Hello Garry and the Team, Took your advice and got a $200 free bet. Put it on: 'Master O'Reilly' at top fluc. Result was $840 net profit after a 48 cents (to the dollar). deduction. Thank you. Kind Regards, Tony

Sunday 10th October, 2007: Hi Garry, Just thought I'd like to thank you for the feature race yesterday, I must admit I wasn't that impressed with your selections but still went ahead and backed them, including the first 5 for the quinella, you can imagine my surprise this morning to find out that it came in, paying $857. I had to get my husband to check the price as I thought my eyes were playing up. Thanks again and keep up the good work! Valerie

Saturday 22nd September, 2007: Good Morning Team, Oh joy,oh joy. It was wonderful to get the good-priced winners with the UNItab selections today. Best Regards, E. Goodwin

Tuesday 4th September, 2007: Hi Garry and Team, Just a quick email to say 'CONGRATULATIONS' on your Australian Achiever Award. Well Done. Cheers Greg

Thursday 30th August, 2007: Morning Team.Received the latest Horse Racing Australia magazine and believe it to be the best yet. I have read it from cover to cover and believe it will benefit me as a keen punter. 'Punt Smart with Quinellas' and 'How To Find A Future Winner' by Garry are excellent articles. I 'am keen on last start winners and have had good success in the past. Thanks for the update on the Equine Flu as it is affecting Australia, as you say there will be some positive consequences come out of it at the end of the day. Have a good day. Dan P.S. Bback to my second read of the Magazine.

Wednesday 1st August, 2007: Hi Garry, Many thanks for going to all the trouble to retrieve my TAB dividend. Not many people would have done the same. I hope you back many winners in the future and thanks once again. Regards Frank.

Wednesday 18th July, 2007: Hi Garry, Decided to try your new Powerbet strategy today. The winners came regularly, and at good prices. Gave it away after Race 7 Geelong. Just over $400 clear profit.You little beauty! Regards; G. Wilding

Comments about The Key To Winning Consistently: Good Morning David, Firstly, I would like to congratulate you on producing one of horseracing's superb publications. You state your truths simply and confidently and I have read it over four times and will continue to do so. Some of the photographs are well chosen. What the book has brought home to me is that I have been a lazy punter for the concept is simple but involves a lot of hard work.Yours faithfully; E.G. -Western Australia

Dear Garry, Thank you for being astute enough to make available to the mug punter the new book. Excellently put together, David certainly has thought it through. Having come up with a deal for newbies, could be an idea to do something with the other top strategy. Best Regards Bill Fraser.

Hi David, I’ve just received delivery of your book from Winform Publishing yesterday and I must congratulate you on a wonderful publication. I may have a couple of questions for you after I’ve studied your different strategies. But in the meantime I was just curious and wondering what the translation of the Russian caption was below your photograph on page 1. I’m guessing that it could be a dedication to someone you know. Kind Regards, Joe NOTE: The Russian text is a dedication to David's wife.

Tuesday 12th June 2007: We would like to thank everyone for their kind feedback after the weekends flood and storms- it's greatly appreciated. Thanks; The Winform Team

Comments: To Garry & the Team, Extremely well done under the great difficulties you've encountered, and much appreciated. Hope it gets sorted quickly and without complications. Regards, R. Connolly

You are all safe and well, that is the main thing. Cheers; Ken

Glad to hear you are all safe and well. Certainly something I wouldnt want to go through and there are many people giving you all up there plenty of thought. Best of luck; Heath

I wondered why things where a little slow and now I know. Hope everything is OK now.Here's hoping for a better run for both of us in the next few weeks. I read where the flooding could have been a lot worse but that's not much consolation when you're up to your knees in mud. is it? Good luck with the clean-up. D. Phillips

Good to hear that the worst did not eventuate, bad as the situation was. Experience of a given situation has always been a great help, so well done Garry, a Captain always sees to his crew first, hope your home was ok and your family. Keith

To The Winform Team, Commiserations on being flooded, I think you have done a terrific job keeping the show on the road under extremely trying circumstances! Well done for that & hoping that you & your possessions are ok. Kind Regards; G. Tarplett

Get dry soon people. We used to own a service station in Jesmond, so I know Wallsend and its flooding capacities. Regards; John

Hi, Good luck to you guys and glad all are safe. Tony

Don't worry the races or betting just get your lives back on track. We did pray that the girls and Garry where okay. My niece has been living in the back room of where she works in Hunter Street for three days no power at her unit. B & D

Sounds like the weather we get up here in Townsville in the wet. L. Parker

Good news nobody got hurt. Plenty of time for winners; Alex

Hi, Good luck to you guys and glad all are safe. Tony

To All, My thoughts are with you all after what has happend. Glad to hear none of you suffered any pyshical damage during the weekend. While you are running a business, nobody should be complaining about not recieving any services. Take your time and get organised. We understand your predicament. With Regards;
F. Cubbit

Sorry to hear of your hard times. Hope you are all safe and that there wasn't too much damage . Regards, Denis.

Sunday 10th June 2007: Hi Garry, You and the team are having a bad time at the moment, but it will stop and you will then be able to talk about the rotten floods and rain in 2007. in the meantime keep your spirits up and the better days are just around the corner. Cheers W. Harvey

Saturday 9th June, 2007: To Garry and Team, I sincerely hope that there was no serious damage to your vehicles and other goods from the downpour you had.From the news reports it looked for all the world like the cyclones we get up in the north. My best wishes to you all. K. Scott

Monday 23rd April 2007: Hello Garry and the Team, I recently found myself in Denmark W.A. for a month with plenty of time to spare. As there was no racing coverage on radio, and an internet delay time on my wireless card that made racing investment on my computer impractical I ordered some reading material from your bookshop expecting about a ten day delay from time of order. As I ordered on the Monday preceding Easter maybe two weeks wasn't unrealistic. To my great surprise the books and disk ordered lunchtime on Monday were delivered across the continent to my door at lunchtime on Wednesday. 48hrs. Unbelievable. A big thank you to Jenni and whomever else was involved, it made Easter very enjoyable. Keep up the good work. Brian.

Sunday 22nd April, 2007: Hello Garry, Your service and information since becoming a Winform Member has been a great help, allowing me to develop my own selections and using Money Factory to manage my bets.

Since attending your week long seminar in September 2004 I have been using your Winform Selections, strategies and to great benefit not to mention the Horse Racing Australia Magazine, full of good information and will renew my subscription. With regard to Windows Vista, have any of your members been running Money Factory using Vista as I remember you mentioning in a news letter that there maybe some problems. Can you please let me know as I could be upgrading, networking from my home PC to a laptop. If there are any known problems regarding Vista I’ll probably stick with XP Pro as an operating system. Regards and all the best to you all at Winform, Les.

Winform's Professional Punter (Les) from New Zealand, amazing setup...

Friday 20th April, 2007: Garry, I thought I might comment on your recent punters diary article "on tightening of the best bets formula" (you wanted feed back from members). Mine is, " If it isn't broken don't fix it " the Best Bets have been making about 70 units profit a year ..... Sensational! & its only a $100 survive! The Best Bets have always performed.I wished I had just only bet that for the last 10 years Greg. Thursday 12th April, 2007: Garry, sorry I have been meaning to draw this to your attention for a month or so but have been busy. Firstly, I have to say that the Money Factory has proved to be a great product. In fact on a Place Selection method betting in earnest which always focuses the mind it has doubled the level stakes profitability to over 100 % POT which is pretty impressive and whilst I still use level stakes on selection methods that dont lend themselves to its magic I think it is a useful tool in any punters tool kit. Usual proviso's to using it sensibly of course.Cheers. Happy punting, hope that you are making a fortune. Robert M.

Monday 3rd March 2007: Please wish Garry my best wishes for his birthday. People like him and yourselves represent the professional, fun and honest side of punting fraternity. Keep up the great work, and thank you for all your efforts. Angelo.

Thursday 1st February 2007: Just a quick note to say thank you. I recently subscribed to your Best Bets Service and in the first week (24th to 31st January 2007) I have shown a profit of $155 (I am only betting the Metro Best Bets). At only $25 on each selection I had not expected to pay for my subscription of $149 in the first week! While I know I can't expect five out of six winners every week, it is certainly a good start!

Thursday 18th January 2007: Hi Garry & Team, Just want to tell you, that my Betezy Account now stands at $399.00. I have doubled the $150-00 Free Bet, by making small investments. I take the top rated under $2-00 for a $5-00 Win. Top four boxed for the trifecta =.01 = $2.40 = 10% of the best price. Fields 8-12 all have at least 3 starts. No Slow or Heavy tracks. Naturally Winform Selections. Keep up the good work. Once again thank you very much for the free bets, Kindest Regards; Michael L.

Friday 15th December, 2006: Hello Garry, I ordered Market Forces via the internet yesterday arvo and received my copy today in the mail. Talk about excellent service! Thanks. Just had my first read through and I'm looking forward to trying the method out.

Thursday 14th December, 2006: Dear Winform, Just a quick note to say Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone there at Winform. I also wanted to thank you for your Best Bets this year, I work for The Cancer Council NSW and we have been using your Best Bets every week since March for our work betting syndicate to pay for our Christmas Party. Thanks to your selections we have made 70% profit over the year! And we are looking forward to a great party tonight. Thanks again, Shayne Connell

Wednesday 8th November, 2006: 'Congratulations in order as well for your Winform Ratings. Trifecta in the first 4 rated runners. Pretty good effort.' R. MacMillan

'Hi Garry & Staff, Just a quick message to thank you all for my Melbourne Cup Trifecta & Quinella success, it paid very well here in Adelaide. I did a lot of deliberating before finally deciding to box all selections for $15 Q & $120 the Tri and even had thoughts of adding a few selections of my own, but I'm very glad didn't now. Thanks again the best $11 I've spent in a long while.' Tony.

Tuesday 31st October, 2006: Hello Gary, We just wanted to Thank You and your team for your prompt and professional service in setting us up last week with the Premium Service. It was an excellent week to start with, great returns a good positive start. We look forward to seeing you at the seminar in a few weeks. Regards, G & K Horn

Monday 30th October, 2006: Hi Garry, Ros, Tegan and Staff, Enjoyed the Seminar yesterday. It was very good to meet people with the same interest (punting and enjoying the great food that Crown Casino put on). Regards; S. Clark

Monday 30th October, 2006: Like the new look Garry. Very crisp - loaded fast also although I can not remember speed ever being an issue. Cox Plate interesting race this year, one of the more interesting fields for quite a few years. R. MacMillan

Thursday 26th October, 2006: Hi Guys , I've got a complaint !
Too many winners! I can't get a decent bet on the Singles with Money Factory. Could you please pick a few slower horses so I can build the bet size up ? Regards Paul.
P.S. I've also been using Powerbet since last Sunday's Sydney Seminar & WOW! What a week.

1st May, 2006- Questions & Answer Question:
Your article in Horse Racing Australia Issue #1, page 40-41 does not tell you that many of these casinos are linked and will only pay the bonus once. When you deposit money in a related casino they do not highlight this information. Then when you attempt to remove your own money after being denied the bonus, they can throw the gaming regulations at you and demand photo ID, bank statement and utility bill for a minimal $50. This may occur even if you have used Neteller to deposit money. I wonder why they do not demand the 100 point ID before depositing? . Karl

Answer: Dear Karl, The casino stripping has worked for the last couple of years with many of our readers having done well. There are numerous Casino sites and I am not surprised to hear that many are linked. The ID thing is standard practice for all government authorised sites. It is probably just as well as I wouldn't like your chances of getting paid by a non legitimate enterprise. You would do well to search the net for non linked sites. Garry Robinson

21st March, 2006: Hi Garry, Just a note to say thanks for the continuous correspondance over the past. I hope it continues, as you can see I have entered my free $50 bet, that i hope to win on. I enjoy a bet whenever i am able to. I hope this $50 becomes a good investment. Keep up the great work! I. Clifford

13th March, 2006: Thanks Garry,Congratulations on picking Roman Arch as one of the top two selections in the feature race. And the Best Bets for Saturday were also spot on as were the footy selections. My Unitab account has had a serious injection of funds thanks to you and 'Roman Arch'. Many thanks and best wishes with the new magazine. Sincerely Brian K.

Hi Garry, Thanks for the complimentary copy of "Horse Racing Australia" magazine. I found the peripheral news and items of most interest. In particular the "Double Coincider" method is one I haven't seen before. Has it performed with consistency since it's inception? It doesn't appear on initial investigation to be over optimized.
I'm probably a minority here, but why sports betting? Has gallops lost the punter's interest? Cheers Andris

7th March 2006: We make no comment on the contents of Peter's correspondence other than to say, 'be wary of any such offer'...

Hi Garry, Thanks for your informative report in the Autumn 2006 edition of Horse Racing Australia Magazine on the Scams doing the rounds at present. I too have received similar glossy promotional material and have refused to pay out the exhorbitant prices they want for them stating that I haven't got the required amount of money. "Put it on your credit card" is the usual response. When I advise that I haven't a credit card the price suddenly drops by a couple of thousand.

I thought you may be interested in a new one I received last week, this time via email after the original phone call enquiring if I would be interested in an investment opportunity. This latest one comes from XXX Marketing Pty Ltd with their Thoroughbred Wagering Systems for Australia and Hong Kong. They claim that they stated trading in Hong Kong approx 2 years ago as they have better returns than in Australia.
You can purchase a 1, 2 or 3 year Licence with the prices being $5250, $8250 and $11250 respectively. She then lost me by stating that you get a $2000 discount on the 2 year licence and a $4,000 discount on the 3 year licence but I'm not sure how that works.

Again I stated I didn't have that sort of money she stated that I could be put on a waiting list for an old 1 year licence that someone has upgraded which would reduce the cost greatly. I will be interested to see how soon they ring back with a better offer!!

Their claim was that if I started with a $1500 bank in January 2005 the closing balance would have been $26,000 Very tempting but will not be taking them up on their astounding offer.
Regards, Peter Gibson