Blogs: Horse Racing

This is a look at how the favourites have feared at the festival inan attempt to see if there are any particular stats or trends thatcan help us as the greatest sporting occasion approaches, for thispiece I will only be

Wouldn't it be nice to have a betting system, so fool-proof asto provide a profit every year at the Festival?The "previous Cheltenham festival form" line isbandied about every year with aplomb in looking for winners and Iam certainly not going

Most of my best ideas come from a random thought out-of-the-blue.This one was no different. I was actually looking at some in-playodds on football when this sprung to mind...How many 1.01 gubbings have there been at the Cheltenhamfestival?First of all,the

Are female racehorses at a disadvantage when racing againstmales?I did some research on this subject following a discussion onthe horse racing forum, and I was surprised to find that althoughthe gender bias is widely acknowledged by the racing fraternity, itdoesn't

Rock On Ruby Takes A New Challenge2012 Champion Hurdler Rock On Rubyrecorded a facile victory over fences yesterday at Plumpton and indoing so became the first former winner of the Champion Hurdle towin over the larger obstacles since 2005.Harry Fry

The Cheltenham Gold Cup has always been an important race inthe National Hunt Calendar and some famous names have crossed theline to rapturous applause and celebration.Here are some memories of some great winners of the blue ribandevent of jump racing

Fontwell Park Racecourse - West Sussex's Hidden GemWelcome to the start of what I hope will become a series of reviewsfor Britain's race courses, or at least the ones i have been too. Ishall cover those I have actually visited

I'm not sure how others feel about this flat season so far and I'minterested to hear from other followers of 3yo form about howthey've been getting on. For me it's been a bit of an odd season sofar, normally by

Dosage Profile of 2013 Coventry Stakes contenders in comparisonto previous winners of the race Dosage Profile (Brilliant -Intermediate - Classic - Solid - Professional)The dosage profile is a series of five numbers which shows how manypoints this horse has inherited

I recently wrote a blog about finding many well handicapped 3yos togo to war with over the flat season (read here HowTo Make Money From 3yo Handicaps) and I've recently done myfirst look through the 3yo handicaps to date in