Advice

Trainer Focus – Which Trainers Are Most Likely to Provide You with Profit in July?

There are many potential ‘angles’ that you can cover when seeking a profit from horse racing. You can look at a variety of criteria including favourites’ performances when dropping down in class, horses returning within seven days, and a specific horse’s results over a certain type of going. It is possible to go through hundreds of pieces of data just…

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Horse Racing Tipsters – Are They Worth Your Time & Money?

This is a somewhat awkward topic I have chosen to cover since I work for a website that offers tips on horse racing! I am personally not a tipster and admire anyone willing to risk their reputation to try and help punters earn a profit at the expense of the bookies. However, for every reputable tipster with a proven track…

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Royal Ascot – A British Kind of Race Meeting

For racing traditionalists, there are few meetings on the calendar to match the 5-day extravaganza that takes place at Ascot every June. Known as ‘Royal Ascot’, the meeting has been the course’s centrepiece since 1711 after being founded by Queen Anne. Entry to the festival comes with a guarantee that you’ll see world-class action as there are a total of…

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Van Der Wilding

We’ve spoken a lot recently about the Van Der Wheil since we launched a leading piece of software for using it. However, what we haven’t spoken about much is Van Der Wilding. This is an approach that Michael Wilding, the founder of the Race Advisor, created and used to excellent effect. Since he wrote about it, over 3750 people have…

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How to Find Front Runners for Back to Lay Opportunities

This was something I’ve wanted to write about for a while but the notion of getting value from front-runners on the Betfair Exchange became embedded in my mind after the Chester Cup. I had backed the well-known front-runner My Reward at 14/1 and saw its odds tumble to around 9/1 by the off. Within 20 or so seconds, when the…

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Who To Watch – Week Beginning 21st May

A slightly quieter week in store with regards to the fact there is no major festival like we’ve had with Chester and York. But some good action nonetheless with Sandown’s Brigadier Gerard evening on Thursday which will be shown on ITV4 and also the Temple Stakes at Haydock on Saturday which will hopefully feature the return of the explosive Battaash.…

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The York Dante Festival: Can Trends Help You Go Off The Beaten Track For Profits?

The trouble with festivals is that the feature races are exceedingly competitive. Take the main event at the York Festival, the Yorkshire Cup for example. Less than a week from the race, there are 11 horses at odds of 16/1 or less in an event where 13 of the last 21 favourites have failed to win. However, the last four…

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Who To Watch – Week Beginning 7th May

The action starts to come thick and fast now following a brilliant Guineas weekend with Chester’s May Festival taking place this week. Saturday is a busy one with the Victoria Cup at Ascot, Classic Trials at Lingfield and the Swinton Hurdle at Haydock. Trainers Charlie Appleby – Horses are in rude health at present, operating at a 31% over the…

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Can Past Trends Deconstruct the Incredibly Competitive 1,000 and 2,000 Guineas Races at Newmarket?

We’ve barely had the opportunity to get over another epic National Hunt season, and amazing finishes in the Aintree and Scottish Grand Nationals, when there is world-class Flat racing for us to enjoy once again. The two-day QIPCO Guineas festival features the 2,000 Guineas on Saturday, 5 May and the 1,000 Guineas (fillies only) on Sunday, 6 May. Both events…

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Who To Watch – Week Beginning 30th April 2018

The first of the British Classics take place at Newmarket this weekend with both Guineas the highlights on two great cards. Racing returns to Goodwood on Saturday and there’s a great mid-week card at Ascot on Wednesday, featuring a pair of Group 3’s. Trainers John Gosden – His horses are absolutely flying at the moment, he’s had 9 winners in…

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Trainer Sweet Spots – Are the Forums Right?

It is a well-known fact that some trainers have a clear preference for specific courses. For example, in his career, Paul Nicholls has a 56%-win rate over jumps at Southwell, a 40%-win rate at Leicester and win rates of 35% at Fakenham, Perth and Musselburgh. Meanwhile, he struggles at Market Rasen (17%), Haydock Park (17%), and Towcester (12%). We also…

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The Tote Jackpot and Placepot

In February, it was announced that the Tote would be replaced by Britbet on most UK racecourses from July 2018. It brings an end to 90 years of history as the Tote was set up in 1928 with Sir Winston Churchill playing a major role in its formation. It remained government-owned until July 2011 when Betfred purchased it on a…

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Michael Wilding Rips Apart The Grand National

It’s been a little while since I wrote a blog post, and what better time to do so than on the day of the Grand National. I’m going to use a combination of the Race Advisor’s tools to make my analysis of the race, beginning with Racing Dossier to narrow down the field. With so many good runners in the…

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Three Ways Horse Racing Can Increase It’s Popularity

Cheltenham Festival proved that the popularity of horse racing is continuing to grow across the United Kingdom and Ireland. Record crowds poured through the venue over the course of the week in March, highlighting the importance that the event holds in the racing calendar. Horse racing has been trending towards the top of the sporting zeitgeist in Britain, although it…

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Handicap Ceilings

On November 10, 2016, the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) made a decision which significantly impacted the world of handicap racing. It announced a change to handicap race entry criteria which meant that horses rated 1 or 2 pounds higher than the allocated rating band could enter the majority of races. The amendment only impacts races at Class 3 and below.…

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Follow Ryan Moore At Meydan Today

It was raining at Lingfield Park yesterday for the All-Weather Championships Finals and some of the jockeys were looking forward to better weather. James Doyle won the mares and fillies final on Diagnostic and then flew out to Dubai after racing. The temperature for the Dubai World Cup fixture at Meydan will be above 30 degrees where Doyle rides Frontiersman…

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Three Big Price Runners to Trouble Grand National Favourite Blaklion

This year’s Grand National betting is taking shape and Blaklion remains at the head of the field as we approach the business end of preparations. Representing the Nigel Twiston-Davies yard, the talented nine-year-old has been the shortest price since the book went up, but does he deserve to be? There are some serious question marks hanging over the bay gelding…

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Is it worth your while following trends

There is a stark difference between horse racing betting systems and trends. With systems, you’re following a set of data in a bid to find winners. I have written dozens of articles for Race Advisor that offer readers an insight into different betting systems to see if they have the potential for profit. A recent example was the ‘Nowhere Fourth’…

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Is horse racing fixed?

It’s only in comparatively recent years that the perception of horse racing being a fixed sport has started to change. Even though the perception is changing, in a recent survey 49% of people still thought that there was corruption in racing. So what’s the truth? Here at the Race Advisor’s headquarters, we’ve all got different opinions based on our own…

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