Strategy

SOUTHWELL'S EGDE isn't a place you'll find in the National Trust guide as a place to visit during the summer months, its what I class as an EDGE over your everyday punter, who likes to bet on the All Weather racing and in particular on the Fibresand at Southwell. Of the 4 All Weather tracks, Southwell is unique, in that all the other 3 AW tracks have a Polytrack surface, compared to Southwell which has a Fibresand surface.... more

Last Comment: 21 May 20:31

Systems

With the Grand National Aintree meeting now behind us, the majority of punters will be turning their attentions to the 2013 Turf Flat season getting into full swing. The start of this years Turf season has been a bit hit and miss, with the Lincoln meeting abandoned after one day and then re-run the following weekend. The Newmarket Guineas meeting at the start of May, will for me, be the proper start of the 2013 Flat Turf season. ... more

Last Comment: 17 June 12:02

Cheltenham

Friday ( Day 4 ) the final day of the Cheltenham Festival see's the biggest entry of the 4 day's, with two novice hurdles and two handicap hurdles, that doesn't come as any surprise. The vast majority of those, have multiple entries during the week. As well as the quantity of entries, there also looks to be some quality entries.... more

Cheltenham

Thursday's ( Day 3 ) entries look fairly thin on the ground, with the exception of the Pertemps Final Handicap Hurdle, which see's 7 entries with outside chances. The Jewson Novice Chase, has 3 entries, with a couple near the front of the betting market, Irish raider Argocat, sired by Montjeu is around a 14-1 shot and Captain Conan, who's Dams Sire is Sadler's Wells is currently 2nd Fav, around the 9-2 mark.... more

Last Comment: 14 March 08:09

Cheltenham

Wednesday's ( Day 2 ) entries for the Festival see's more of a Quantity list of entries as opposed to a Quality list. With the first of the big handicap hurdles, supplying no less than 16 entries, most of which also hold engagements later in the week, in the other handicap hurdles.... more

Last Comment: 13 March 00:27

Cheltenham

Following on from my initial Blog using Cheltenham's Course Characteristics and comparing them to similar Turf Flat tracks, I was looking to find some similarities, in horses bred to appreciate a test of stamina, in a bid to highlight any Sires or Dams Sires breeding, that may provide some clues to runners during the Festival.... more

Last Comment: 11 March 14:17

Cheltenham

With the Cheltenham Festival just over 2 weeks away, punters up and down the land are gearing up with their form study in a bid to find some winners this year. There are many great Blogs on this site, with differing insights to help punters out, over the week. The vast majority of punters will be looking at past Cheltenham form and current form as their starting point.... more

Systems

The PARETO PRINCIPLE, also known as the 80-20 rule, was named after Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto, who noted in the early 1900's that 80% of the land in Italy at that time was owned by 20% of the population, he was also a keen gardener and also noticed that 20% of his pea pods contained 80% of the peas. PARETO's PRINCIPLE or the 80-20 Rule states that roughly 80% of effects will come from 20% of the causes.... more

Last Comment: 21 May 11:27

Systems

As well as following the Mark Johnston 3yo runners during the month of January, I will be following a couple of other trainers, who have also been very productive during the month of January in recent years. The two to follow are STUART WILLIAMS & IAN WILLIAMS Stuart Williams has been most productive with his younger horses, running in sprints, whereas Ian Williams has been seen to better effect with his older horses, running over longer trips.... more

Last Comment: 26 January 10:45

Systems

Last year I posted this info; to follow a certain trainer during the month of January, in races confined to 3yo's only. On January 1st, all those horse's that were 2yo's on December 31st suddenly become 3yo's the following day, even though their actual date of birth might not see them reach actual 3yo status until usually, February or March but with some as late as May.... more

Last Comment: 31 January 10:47

Horse Racing

I did a Blog a couple of months ago regarding Jockeys to Follow and recently noticed that Timeform are now turning their attentions to rating jockeys as well as horses.... more

Last Comment: 20 December 22:55

Horse Racing

In the 4th and final chapter of this series on AW racing, its the turn of Kempton to come under the spotlight.... more

Horse Racing

In the 3rd of this series on AW racing, its the turn of Wolverhampton. Only one Sire to watch out for at Wolverhampton, from November till the start of the flat turf season, which is NEEDWOOD BLADE Sire = Needwood Blade Track = Wolverhampton Distance = 6f to 8.... more

Last Comment: 17 November 11:15

Horse Racing

Following on from the Southwell AW race stats, these are the Sire's - Trainer's - Jockey's to keep an eye on at Lingfield during the winter months. The table's are done using the same format as those for Southwell. A couple of Sire's to watch out for at Lingfield, from November till the start of the flat turf season.... more

Last Comment: 28 November 01:16

Horse Racing

With the flat turf season approaching its final days of 2012, those with little interest in national hunt racing, will be turning their attentions to the AW racing over the winter days. I'm a great lover of the AW racing, especially the low grade stuff, as I feel, this is where the best opportunities lie, to make some profit.... more

Last Comment: 14 November 12:10

Horse Racing

The Keys to Success Almost all punters within racing ( and other sports ) seek out the elusive Key to Success, its a bit like trying to find the Holy Grail, some people say it is out there but no one has ever seen it, or if they have, they aren't letting on to others where to find it.... more

Last Comment: 27 November 10:52

Horse Racing

There's an old saying in racing that Good Horses Make Good Jockeys and while there is some truth in that saying, it should come as no surprise to see the top jockeys ride most of the winners and are also in the most demand by owners & trainers.... more

Last Comment: 02 October 16:49

Horse Racing

John Gosden managed to saddle another winner on day 2 of the meeting, with a good performance from the unraced 2yo Seek Again, Andrew Balding managed another placed effort in the same race with You Da One. Day 3 of the Cambridgeshire meeting looks the toughest yet for punters and I will be watching more than betting on today's card.... more

Horse Racing

After a good start to day 1 with the John Gosden yard landing 3 winners from his 5 runners, hopefully day 2 can be just as rewarding. Staying with the most profitable Jockey and Trainer angles for today. Spencer & Fortune didn't manage to grab any glory yesterday but Fortune has 5 rides today, including one in the Silver Cambridgeshire for Andrew Balding, the stable which sent out last years winner.... more

Horse Racing

Newmarket's Cambridgeshire meeting gets underway today, with 3 days of some top class racing, which includes some very tough handicaps, culminating on Saturday with the showpiece handicap, the Cambridgeshire itself. This meeting is also a showpiece for the Fillies, featuring three Group 1 races confined to fillies & mares. Thursday's feature race is the Group 3 Tattersalls Stakes, which is supported by a couple of Listed races.... more

Last Comment: 27 September 21:37