Warren Block's Daily Report - Sunday, 25 January 2026
- BETTING ESSENTIALS - From the book . Chapter 10 - Selecting Essentials
- Matrix day-by-day results for Sunday and Monday racing
- Wizard Freebie - Wizard Personal Print
- Wizard Ratings, Raceday, Matrix, and Selectives Result
BETTING ESSENTIALS - From the book . Chapter 10 - Selecting Essentials
Given the emphasis professionals place on the factors, form and fitness should feature prominently in any assessment. These factors relate directly to suitability.
The Wizard Essentials report shows recent finishing positions and how a horse has performed at this stage of its preparation in its last three campaigns.
The significance of the form and fitness factors is highlighted in the following table which shows how the addition of fitness and form criteria into horse evaluation can impact on results delivered.
The ranges used are those that outperformed over three seasons. The stats show that even the strike rate of the already winningest runner, the race favourite, can be improved.
Looking at 2024-2025, the race favourite won 32.7% of races. If the race favourite had its last start within 1 to 21 days, its strike rate improved to 33.4%. If it also finished 1st, 2nd, or 3rd at its last start it improved further to 35.7%. Adding runs from spell into the mix, if it was having its 2nd to 4th run this preparation its strike rate now improved to 37.2%. Finally, if it was also the Wizard (WRat) top rater the strike rate improved again to 40.5%.
Matrix day-by-day results for Sunday and Monday racing
The tables show the results for the past eight weeks for the day on which racing occurred. So, today being Sunday, this Matrix DOW (Day of Week) report covers the past eight Sunday and Monday results. The day-after results are included so that they are available on race-eve, rather than only on race morning.
(The daily Matrix report aims to assist subscribers contain the number of bets to manageable proportions and improve the strike rate. The report is posted to our website between 10:30am and 10:45am each day with an update at 12 noon.)
Wizard Ratings, Raceday, Matrix, and Selectives results
We publish these full results daily so that subscribers can see the results of the Wizard's ratings options, and Report-content, and thereby formulate a selecting and betting strategy that suits them individually. The Wizard ratings should not be seen as "tips", rather as objective assessments that can be used to inform one's own judgement as to the relative chances of the runners in a race.
The full day-by-day results for Wizard (Wrat) top 4 rated runners, the Raceday Qualifier, and the Matrix (MaxR) 100 pointer, the MaxR top-two, the Matrix W1+MaxR100 Selective qualifier, and the Matrix W1+*EO+MaxR100 Selective qualifier. Also included are the overall results for last week and the last four weeks. The 2023-2024 column shows the WRat results for the full 2023-2024 racing season. This results summary is colour coded so that it is easier for readers to track the relative performance of the Top Rated (blue) and Top-Two Rated (green) ratings options on a daily, and longer term, basis. The best overall qualifier (yellow) is also highlighted.
The following table shows this week's results of alternative options with respect to possible Matrix Selectives combinations, as well as weekly summaries. These combinations are accessible via the Wizard MATRIX report which is posted to our website between 10:30am and 10:45am, and updated around 12 noon, each day.
(Key: The first of the two columns for each Selective combination shows number of qualifying races and the second column shows the strike rate. Headings: RWM is Raceday,Watch,Magic, RWM 2/3 means two or three qualifying, Rday is Raceday report qualifier, Magic is Magic report qualifier, R/M is Raceday and Magic, WR1 is Wrat 100, MR1 is MaxR 100.)
The following table shows where the winner of each race run yesterday was rated by WRat, WMod, WHcp, and WExpk and was the qualifier in the Wizard Raceday Report. (Note: The Wrat [W] winner results report on both the top rated and top-two rated winners.) The Raceday Report winners under the Top Rated column are from those races where there was only one Raceday qualifier, and under the Top 2 Rated on the rare occasions where there were two qualifiers in a race.
Header: WMHER = WRat (W), WMod (M), WHcp (H), WExpk (E), Raceday (R).
For a full explanation of the table click: How to read the Wizard Ratings Results