Advice
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Nov- 2015 -18 November
The Friendly Horse
The Friendly Horse I wonder how many of us, who enjoy horse racing, ever think about WHYĀ there is a mostly cooperative relationship between horse and jockey? Very few animals are able to adapt to domestication or develop a cooperative relationship with humans. Cats and dogs are obvious examples of species who have adapted to domestication. On the face of it,…
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16 November
Do Trainers With Only One Horse At A Meeting Make Profits?
Training a horse is a very expensive process as well as being incredibly hard work. Basic expenses include bedding, feed, stall rent, an exercise rider, supplements and a variety of other equipment. Then there is the small matter of transporting the horse to meetings and paying the jockey. In simple terms, trainers are dependent on purse winnings (and betting winnings)…
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11 November
A 10 Step Guide To Finding Selections On All-Weather For Horse Racing
I believe that All-Weather (AW) horse racing offers one of the best opportunities to create a winning system. When you know what to look for, it has the potential to be the most profitable of all types of horse racing on offer. Those who hate AW racing say it is too unpredictable but the opposite is actually the case. Then…
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2 November
Help! Iāve Got Two Systems With The Same Selection
I donāt think Iāve written about this since 2010, so I thought it was about time to come back and tackle this issue. It might be something that will effect todays horse racing! If you run more than one betting system or strategy then you will, without a doubt, have faced the problem of more than one approach giving you…
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Oct- 2015 -26 October
How To Create Standard Times
A few weeks ago I wrote this post about how to calculate the going allowance. There was a lot of interest in how to create speed ratings, and so with that in mind Iām going to look at the first part (and probably most important) of creating your own speed ratings. That is how to create standard times. To start…
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19 October
Are You A Backer Or A Layer?
The majority of bettors place bets on something to win. Obviously that make sense, itās where betting began. But over the decades and centuries more complex bets came about that involved requiring multiple wins or combinations of wins. Then the betting exchange was invented and the possibility of laying came about. Now the most common bets are backing to win…
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Sep- 2015 -28 September
How To Make A Profit During Changing Seasons
Weāre coming into that time when we move from flat to national hunt racing. Twice a year this is considered the time by pretty much everyone in the business to be amongst the hardest to make a profit. The reason? Because the flat horses are finishing up their last runs at the end of the season and the national hunt…
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21 September
How To Calculate Going Allowance
I was recently browsing through some of the posts on the Race Advisor and I came across this one. In it I take a look at what exactly a going allowance is and why you would want to use one. Itās a pretty good read if I do say so myself š If you create, or have been thinking of…
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12 September
What Happened To Horse Racing During World War II
My mother called last week to tell me about some possessions of my late Grandfather she had found. Whilst reminiscing about the āgood old daysā of traveling to Australia and living there for 6 years, being taken to Brighton on seaside jollies on their return and going to the track with her father, my mother exclaimed that sheād like me…
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7 September
Information Overloadā¦ Where The Hell Do You Begin!
Thereās a lot of information about how to make a profit from your betting. Heck, thereās thousands of articles on the Race Advisor alone and hundreds of them contain different strategies. A few weeks ago I wrote up a strategy that we use and I was left a very pertinent commentā¦ āThanks for all the help but there is so…
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Aug- 2015 -31 August
Testing Your Factors To Find The Best (in the same way as the pros)
A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post about how to choose factors that predict winners. If you havenāt had a chance to read that then you can here. One of the ways that you can determine the most important factors to use for a set of race conditions is by using a chi score. The question isā¦ How…
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24 August
Where The Heck Do I Start To Be A Profitable Bettor?!
It was a comment on a recent blog post that has inspired today’s post. There are many strategy based articles amongst the couple of thousands published here on the Race Advisor and his question wasā¦ Where do I start? There are so many possible avenues, things to investigate and different ways to approach your betting then it can be very…
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19 August
York Meeting Trainer Stats
TheĀ Ebor FestivalĀ is a four-day race meeting held atĀ York, each August. The 2015 Ebor Festival is due to take place from Wednesday 19th to Saturday 22nd August. Each of the four days has big races: Wednesday feature race the Group 1Ā Juddmonte International over 1m 2f, and is considered by some the best race in the world and in 2012 was won…
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18 August
Weekly Eyecatchers
Mullionheir 7/1 was a winner for the eyecatchers at Newbury and Farquhar was a good second at the Newmarket also at 7/1. Before I look at this weekās tracker horses, I did mention last week that I had a few more horses ādrinking in the last chance saloonā and I would only be looking at them as bets under certain…
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17 August
How To Choose Factors That Predict Winners
When you start to analyse a race do you know what factors you should be using? Do you know which are the most important for the race you’re analysing? All races are not made equal. Which means every race is likely to have different factors that are important. If you think about factors you probably can initially only think of…
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10 August
The Simple Guide To Making Profits From Racing
The fastest way to become a profitable bettor is to use common sense. Something about horse racing and sports betting makes most people lose all their ability to see clearly. Most people. If youāre reading this post then that already means you are not most people because those guys are in betting shops throwing their money away on a lucky…
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6 August
What Would You Like To See More Of?
I’d love to know what you’d like to see more of onĀ the Race Advisor. Please spend a few seconds letting me know by selecting your choices below. [socialpoll id=”2282729″]
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3 August
Look For The Worst And Make More Profit
All of us want to pick winners in the best races. Thereās no greater feeling than having your pick in the Grand National come storming and taking the race. Itās an awesome feeling. But the truth is these races are horse racing at itās hardest! Think about it. The best trainers in the world want their horses to run in…
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1 August
Another Look At Placepots
Today, as it’s the last day of Glorious Goodwood, I thought I wouldĀ go back over a popular post from last year where I looked at Placepots and how best to play them. Using this technique we can half the cost of doing a perm and yet still cover all of our fancied horses. Here’s the first bit…. The placepot is…
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Jul- 2015 -27 July
The Top Ten Posts of 2015
There are thousands of articles on the Race Advisor, and that means it can be quite easy to miss some of them. So todayā¦ I thought I would share with you the top ten most popular posts of 2015 so far. 1. Finding Winners From The Daily Stat Pack – This does what it says on the tinā¦ how to…
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