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Royal Ascot 2012 Day 2 – Live

Yesterday we tried the first ever live posting for the first day of Royal Ascot. It was a great day and although we didn’t make a profit, we broke even on the day. Thank you to all the feedback from everyone, I was overwhelmed by the response and pleased that you all found it both enjoyable and of use in…

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The Top Ten Horse Racing Websites [INSIDE]

3 days until Ascot, and I am really starting to get excited now. Since not being able to get ante-post bets on of a decent size for a while, I have stopped analysing these big prized races until the morning of the race, the same as my other selections. This allows me to take advantage of any last minute changes.…

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Royal Ascot 2012 Day 1 – Live

This is the first in a live blog post on the Race Advisor where we are going to be looking at Royal Ascot as the day progresses. I am going to be updating this post with thoughts on each race throughout the day and I hope you will get involved by leaving comments below. The first race starts at 2.30…

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Stop Yourself From Tweaking!

It is a curse of bettors that they have a desire to permanently tweak. There must be something in the genetic make-up of us that wants us to try and make something that is already working, work better and, I have learned over the years that… …you shouldn’t! I put this down to the human emotion which tries to make…

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Top Ten Horse Racing Websites

About a year ago I wrote the first post outlining the top ten horse racing websites at the time. You can see that post at http://www.raceadvisor.co.uk/top-ten-horse-racing-websites-2 I thought that it was about time to take a new look at the top ten websites online. Times change and while some of the sites are the same, there are 4 new ones…

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Days Since Last Raced – Should you care?

Out of all the possible factors that exist in horse racing, the one that seems to appear more in forums, systems and discussions than any other, is recent finish position. There is a common belief that this factor is crucial in determining the current physical ability of a horse. Of course, this does make logical sense. After all, if a…

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ROI vs turnover, which will you choose?

I am writing this weeks newsletter on Friday night because I am going to a wedding tomorrow. On the blog this week the article that I wrote puts ROI against Turnover. Which of these do you use? Do you know why you use them? Are you using the right one? Find out more here. Over the last few months, we…

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ROI vs Turnover

When we are looking at the selections we are betting, we often want to tweak them to try and make them generate a greater profit. In fact I don’t actually recommend doing this, but it is a completely natural reaction. After all, the reason we bet is to make a profit, and obviously we want this to be as big…

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Epsom Investec Derby and more…

The Epsom Derby takes place today at 4pm, but I will take a look at that a bit later. First of all, I have finished the series on value betting by breaking down a profitable bettor and what makes them successful. You can read about it here. I am very excited about our tipster and system testing area going live…

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Epsom Investec Derby Preview 2012

This is a nine runner, 1 mile 4 furlong race with a massive prize pool of £999,999. As you would expect, all these runners are excellent horses and, of course, they are all aged 3. First of all I am going to look at what I consider to be the two key trends that we should make a note of.…

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Betting system reviews, the key to value and more…

There is always plenty of racing to look forward to on Saturdays, which is great. Sadly, today I won’t be able to watch this afternoon’s racing as I am visiting some elderly relatives but, I do hope to be back in time to watch some of this evenings racing. Thank you to everyone who added their votes to the survey…

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Breaking Down A Profitable Bettor

Profitable bettors always follow similar styles. Over the last few weeks we have been looking in details at what value means, how to calculate it and why you need it to be profitable. All profitable bettors will look similar to… Decides on whether they are a planned or default value bettor (often done without realising by choice of methods to…

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Understanding The Maths Behind Value

The third part in our sports betting value series looks at the mathematics. You can read the first part here and the second part here if you have not yet had the opportunity to. I warn you, there will be some maths today, but I will do my best to make it as simple and easy to understand as possible.…

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Understanding Value Continued…

What a day of racing we have today with 7 meetings and nearly 700 runners! There is plenty to get stuck into. Thank you to everyone who let me know what you would like to see more of on the Race Advisor. As it stands the 3 most requested additions to the Race Advisor are… > More racing statistics >…

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The Difference Between Planned Value and Default Value

In this, the second part of our series on value in sports betting, we are focusing on the difference between planned and default value. If you haven’t had a chance to read the first part then I suggest that you do by going here first. Planned and default value are not official terms, they are something that I have made…

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Finding value, do we need to?

By the time you read this, I will already be on a plane on my way back to the UK. The wonders of modern technology mean that I can send you this email from the sky! Because of that, I am going to keep the email short this week. I hope that you got a chance to read last weeks…

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What Is Value

I received an email from a reader last month that prompted me to write a series of articles this month that focus on value in odds and the reasons for its importance. Without value in odds it is impossible to make a profit. This is not just me giving my opinion but a mathematical fact and if you can understand…

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How To Narrow the Field For Big Races

Another week has gone and this time next week I shall be back in the UK. I shall enjoy my last week away but it will be nice to get back for a bit. Last week I promised you some betting concepts for this week, and I have them for you but we will come to them in a little…

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All About Jockey Series – Silvestre de Sousa

Guest post written by The Jag Continuing our look at leading jockeys in the world, today we are looking at Silvestre de Sousa. Silvestre de Sousa is one of the up and coming flat race jockeys at the present time, and has been slowly working hard to get to the stage where he is being noticed in high places. He…

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