Champion Hurdle 2011 Preview
2011 Champion Hurdle Preview It might seem a long way until Cheltenham in March – and it is! – but there are a few races where we can grab ourselves some early value in the ante-post markets. And the 2011 Champion Hurdle is one of them. So why would I think I can pick the winner of this ultra-competitive... [ Read On ]
Royal Ascot 2010 Ante-Post Portfolio
Such is the whirlwind opening of the British flat season: as the prestige of Epsom’s Derby meeting draws to a close, it is a mere ten days until the opening day of Royal Ascot. Mid-June in Berkshire is the place to be for racing enthusiasts, with arguably the best five days of the flat fare anywhere in the world. Finding... [ Read On ]
Two-Year-Old Angles for Early Season
The flat season will be the pre-eminent focus now, after the conclusion of the Aintree Grand National and, to get us off to a flyer (hopefully), I’ve got a couple of angles to conjure with in the early weeks and months. The stark contrasts of racing’s calendar are never better exemplified than at this... [ Read On ]
Cheltenham Festival: Handicap Chase Trends Analysis
Festival season is almost upon us once more, and the first – and perhaps finest – of the fiestas of jump racing, is the Cheltenham Festival. As well as the Championship events, and the champion novice races, there is also a series of handicaps over both hurdles and fences. It is the latter group of... [ Read On ]
Grand National Analysis Spreadsheet
As you may or may not know, I wrote a piece for my Geegeez website this week, outlining who I think might win the Grand National this year, and why. If you’ve not seen that, you can read it here: Grand National 2010 Preview. My scribbles were based on a chunk of research I undertook, using various filters... [ Read On ]
Racing Systems Builder Demo
If you’ve been toying with the idea of grabbing RSB, but weren’t sure whether it was worth it, I’m delighted to report that I’ve now been able to secure a copy of the demo version. This is exactly the same as the full version, but it has severe restrictions on the number of years of available... [ Read On ]
Racing Systems Builder Reports
The reports in this article WILL help you with researching horse racing systems. Whilst they’re specifically tailored towards use with the phenomenal RSB (review and download here), there is a lot of general common sense here, which I believe is especially beneficial to an audience such as subscribers of... [ Read On ]
Trainers In Form – early February 2010
Profitable Trainer Statistics, by Connor Gallagher Paul Nicholls has reigned supreme in the trainers’ championship over the past few years, but the official figures suggest we should be looking towards the less publicised yards when it comes to sourcing a profit from trainer stats. I don’t know about you,... [ Read On ]
Wolverhampton All Weather Draw Bias
Concluding the quartet of all-weather sprint draw analyses is Wolverhampton, hereafter known as Wolves to save my aching digits. Although not too much to get excited about overall, there is one angle into 5f non-handicaps which appears to be well worth keeping on the right side of… Again, thanks go to David... [ Read On ]
Southwell All Weather Draw Bias
Continuing our look at the sprint trips on the all weather courses, today’s post takes a comprehensive squint at Southwell’s five and six furlong distances, based on David Peat’s excellent reports. It’s fair to say that there is a dichotomy between the significance of the data, with the... [ Read On ]