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Weekly Eyecatcher Report

Weekly Eyecatcher’s Report It was Guineas weekend in Ireland and Gleneagles proved he is the best three year old mile colt in the UK & Ireland when he won the Irish 2000 Guineas. The more interesting of the two classics was the fillies’ version which I think was a cracking race and will prove to be very solid form. It…

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Why You Are The Most Important Part Of Being A Successful Bettor

As a group of people, bettors spend far too long trying to find the next best thing. We’re always on the hunt for the dream. The dream where you can sit back and do very little work, place bets and make very big profits. It’s a dream that is very tempting. But it’s also a dream that is never going…

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How To Keep Bookmakers Accounts Open

I’ve been asked quiet a few times in the last two weeks by our readers how is the best way to avoid closures by bookmakers and about shifting their betting over to Betfair. In all honesty although I’ve had many accounts closed I wish I’d known what I know now in order for this to never of happened. Of course…

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Turn Your Power Ratings Into Odds Lines

A few weeks ago I wrote this post about how to make your own power ratings using a slightly different approach. At the end I promised that I would write another article following on that showed you how to get from what you finished with in that post to your oddslines. And that’s what I’m going to do today. If…

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How Important Are Recent Finish Positions

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The Secret To Choosing The Right Bet Type

In the past I’ve written posts about different bet types. Which bet types are most suited to different strategies and which bet types reduce, or increase, risk levels. But I need to apologise. Because I’ve failed to write a blog post about the most important aspect of choosing the right bet type. The bet type that most suits your personality.…

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The Dante Festival: Three Days of Top Springtime Racing in York

If you’re looking for a way to usher in springtime and warm weather racing, head to York in May for the Dante Festival, where top trainers, jockeys and horses will gather for race results that set the tone for the rest of the season. The three-day festival, held May 13-15 in 2015 will feature exciting sprint and staying flat races,…

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The Football League Divisional Play-Offs

The football season has ended for most teams from the Championship, League 1 and League 2, but for twelve teams there will be three victorious as they seek to grab the final promotion place available from their division. The divisional playoffs have been around for quarter of a century, well this is the 27th year to be exact, and although…

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Power Ratings, A Different Approach

Following my article about working out the minimum odds you should bet at last week there were a lot of requests for a follow up about how to calculate power ratings. The truth is, there are loads of ways to calculate power ratings ranging from overly simplistic to overly complex. Which is the best? Well, to be honest… none. At…

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How Often Do You Visit The Race Advisor Tipster Proofing?

We have been proofing tipster services on the Race Advisor since 2013 and have proofed over 200,000 selections. So I though it was time to check in with you and see how often you use this feature? [socialpoll id=”2268648″]

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How To Make A Power Rating

There’s no doubt that ratings are a great way for you to analyse a race. In fact, they’re probably one of the best ways. But I’m a self-admitted ratings fanatic! So with the admission that I love ratings. The question is… is there anything better than a rating? And the answer is yes. A power rating Power ratings are combinations…

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Work Out The Minimum Odds You Should Take In Less Than 5 Minutes

Recently I’ve been reading through some old betting magazines. And it was during one of these forays into a magazine that I read Alan Coldricks article on how to convert ratings into odds. It’s very difficult to determine whether a horse is offering value odds, even if you are using a reliable set of ratings. There are a variety of…

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Become a Master of Disguise

You’ve finally cracked it. After years spent funding the bookie bigwigs’ summer holidays, you’ve become a member of the 1% that actually makes money from sports betting. Perhaps that was down to help from Race Advisor, perhaps you simply learned from your own mistakes – it doesn’t really matter how you achieved it, the fact is that you now generate…

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Who Will Win The Grand National 2015?

For the first time in years I’m not able to analyse the Grand National because I have to pick my mum up from the airport, and so I want to ask you for your help. Please let me know who you’re going to be betting on by selecting as many runners as you like below. I’m going to pull up in my…

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Staying Races – How You Can Come Out a Winner

While a lot of hoopla gets made over the U.Ks and Australia’s Thoroughbred turf sprints, it’s still the staying races like the Melbourne Cup that offer the top purses and bring in the biggest crowds. Staying races can be just as exciting as sprints in different ways. Whether the winner goes wire-to-wire or closes in the stretch from behind, a…

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The Cause of 99% of Betting System Failures

Using betting systems is probably the most popular form of finding selections. Also, amongst horse racing fans, the actual building of the systems is very popular. The only problem is that most betting systems fail to make the profits that they’ve promised to deliver. And the primary reason for this is… backfitting. Well, that’s the name that most people use.…

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The Mindset Of A Losing Punter

Becoming long term profitable as a bettor means that you need to change your mindset. There’s no doubt it’s very tough to do, but for most people it’s essential. The psychological shift from looking for winners and profit on a day to day, or even week to week, basis to focusing on profits over three, six and twelve months is…

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Lincoln – A Brief History

Overview Horse racing is one of the most popular sports in the U.K today, and one that receives some of the highest volume action in sports wagering. One of the great aspects of horse racing is wagering on different horses, ranging from the favorite to the long shot. Horse racing odds work by taking the odds a horse is to…

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Do You Have What It Takes?

If I told you that finding winners is the easiest part of being a profitable sports bettor, you’d probably laugh at me right? After all, how can that possibly be true. Without winners you don’t make any profit. It’s a simple equation… Find winners = making money Well there’s one thing that’s true. 99% of punters would agree with this…

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The Weekly Profit Puller

I often get asked for tips from various people especially when they’re going racing or have a friend that is going. It doesn’t annoy me but it does concern me at the same time! When replying to people who ask for the tips I always make sure that I add a disclaimer to the information I provide which is as…

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