We still don’t have a proper handle on the Pakenham synthetic track yet we are havinjg no problem backing winners there. We have a 43% race strike rate in the Top Two and a profit of $11,000 plus this year based on $100 per bet. Even on the place we are ahead with a 45% place strike rate. Yesterday we had the winner of Race 2 @$23.40 race 3 $2.20 (won by 5 lengths) plus Race 5 was a winning C Plan race as well. That had me well in front for the day without even looking at any other race meetings. On the grass track at Pakenham there were the same number of meetings but our regular race strike rate was the same as elsewhere but a low average dividend made it a lossy venue. It shows that ounters do seem to have problems with asynthetic tracks which is a great reason for us to bet there. The Geelong Synthetic tarck has likewise been ghreat for us with a 47% race strike rate top two and $8960 profit for a $100 bet. At Devonport the other main synthetic track in Australia we made $3210 for $100 bets on half the number of races held there. Maybe this is something we can look at more closely.