This topic has been thrashed and the concept/s so misunderstood where non programmer punters trying to communicate their idea to programmers, by the time it's partly understood, technology advances yet again. However, lets say you want to use automated methods, first realize it does not mean you win if you want to use your current method of manual selection. All it means basically the element of human error and brain strain is less to some degree. I am not a programmer, but have learnt just enough to illustrate what I would like to have had a programmer develop my real time working design, to do his/her job and leave the architecture side of things to the punter who and where the core ideas ideas comes from. Preferably the design would be stand-alone that can "communicate" directly from Excell or other spreadsheet makes. None of this web based stuff or members only stuff. 100 percent pure standalone that can get the info in real time and send the bet with precise accuracy.

Anyway, the first thing a AB sytstem requires is a daily race list of every horse, greyhound and trott race in time order. Excell VBA can do this. Then you need a timer that can read the time a race starts and match it with real time. If the time has passed race start time, then discard that race and look at the next race or races on that list.
Once you have that working accurately without a glitch, have it look at the next race thats not yet started. From there you build your first filter, for example is it the type of race you want etc etc etc....
sending the bet to tatts can and has been done, there are some basic ideas here no doubt. But you have to get your selection method working, unit amounts working, staking plan working, results sorted and how long to wait for results...what if theiris a protest and it takes forever..? Do you wait or do you set a limit of time and get on with next race on the list. ....all this tedious brain smashing logic may have to be coded, then tested again and again an so on. Once ya get it right, something changes and ya back to square 1 of whater stage ya at.

Does it have an end ? Meaning does the architecture ever need stop development and tweaking for a punter with basic VBA experience so to at the very least show a working proto type so it can be properly built by a proffesional. ? The answer to that is Yes, but who ?