Strategies
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Horses for Courses EXPOSED
The āhorses for coursesā clichĆ© is used in an increasing number of instances in modern life. When it comes to betting, the saying refers to the notion that horses have preferences when it comes to specific racecourses. You can also use it to analyse the form of horses on courses similar to the one they are running on the day…
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Profiling And A Dodgy Car Sale
Profiling, as was discussed last month, works great when we are dealing with those handicaps providing plenty by way of prize money but, the run of the mill midweek racing, and the off-meetings we have of a Saturday, are best āhandicappedā and since 1992, I have been working my socks off to get that side of my business right. May…
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Chapter One – The Beginning Of Your Betting Journey
This is the beginning of your betting journey, a journey that’s going to show you how to continually make profits from your sports betting. This isnāt a guide to getting rich quickly. If that’s what you’re looking for, then professional sports betting is not for you. If you have the determination to succeed, and aren’t afraid of a little bit…
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Is It Possible To Make a Profit by Laying the Favourite?
As horse racing is notoriously difficult to predict, an increasing number of punters are looking to make a profit by laying favourites. In simple terms, you are betting against the favourite and if any other horse in the race wins, you also win. In theory, this seems like an excellent idea. From data I collected from all races from 2012-2016,…
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What Factors Make The Most Impact On Finding Horse Racing Winners?
This is arguably the most complex question anyone can ask when it comes to horse racing. There are dozens of potentially relevant factors and hundreds of irrelevant ones when it come to horse racing. Commonly used factors include: Form OR Course & Distance Going Speed Weight Trainer/Jockey Class Days Since Last Ran Odds And many more! In fact, Iāve written…
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Bookies or Betfair: Where You Should Bet To Make the Most Profit
For decades, bookies on the High Street were the undisputed kings when it came to offering prices on the Sport of Kings. Then in 2000, Betfair was created and completely changed the way punters viewed betting. Instead of betting against the bookmakers, it became possible to bet against fellow punters on the Betfair Exchange. This was a significant development as…
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Is It Possible To Make a Profit by Laying the Favourite?
As horse racing is notoriously difficult to predict, an increasing number of punters are looking to make a profit by laying favourites. In simple terms, you are betting against the favourite and if any other horse in the race wins, you also win. In theory, this seems like an excellent idea. From data I collected from all races from 2012-2016,…
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Using Graphs to Simplify Racing Analysis
If youāre an avid RaceAdvisor reader or else you simply enjoy sports betting, youāll know the importance of statistical data when it comes to making your selections (or at least you should). Horse racing happens to be a stattoās paradise but can be a nightmare for those lacking a head for numbers. There are so many criteria to consider and…
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Making a Profit from Favourites at All Weather Tracks
In this article Iāll look at the performances of favourites at All-Weather (AW) tracks in the UK. I will focus on Kempton, Wolverhampton, Lingfield and Southwell while leaving out Newcastle since itās a relatively new AW track. AW tracks get a bad rap as punters have become convinced that they offer little or no value for money; particularly when backing…
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Fairbot – Review
Fairbot Advanced Automation – Strategy Editor Today I’m going to show how you can program Betfair to place and trade your bets given certain criteria. You can do this using an Excel spreadsheet and link the spreadsheet into Betfair trading software, but, frankly, doing this is quite complicated and requires quite a bit of knowledge. Recently I reviewed Fairbot and…
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Profit Recall’s Take On The Grand National
As the masses all steer themselves to the betting shops for their annual crack at the biggest race of the year, it is surely luck that accompanies them as they pick out their Auntie’s dogs name, or because the horse sounds like that holiday we took back in ’86! There are two camps when it comes to the National. Those…
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UKRN Daily Power Stat For Cheltenham
We’re onto the third day of the horse racing festival extravaganza and what a glorious two days it has been so far. With Mullins dominating the first day and Sprinter Sacre regaining his title yesterday it’s been an emotional roller coaster for trainers, jockeys, bookies and punters alike. You can’t beat it win or lose! With the likes of Vautour,…
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Weekly Eyecatchers ā Horse Racing
By the time you read this the first day of the 2016 horse racing Cheltenham Festival will be with us. Like most punters I have been spending most of last week doing research on trends for the races at Cheltenham and putting together horses for the Eyecatcher Pro software subscribers. If you are a subscriber you will see my recent…
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Which Trainer Which Horses? ā Knowing Who To Follow
One thing we can say with certainty is that uncovering meaningful data to help you pick winners in horse racing takes a lot of effort. If you wish to improve your ROI, careful research is necessary. This means covering all angles and trainer statistics could prove to be one of the best weapons in your arsenal. You can benefit from…
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Breeding ā Can It Make Your Betting More Profitable?
The breeding industry is enormous in the UK with an estimated 3,100 breeders in the country providing an economic contribution of Ā£281 million per annum. There is also an estimated 34,000 acres of land in use specifically for breeding purposes[1]. Those looking to be players in the horseracing industry are prepared to pay a small fortune to own a horse…
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Dobbing Secrets Review
Dobbing Secrets & Fairbot ā Review This is a review of the excellent Dobbing Secrets Report, which is available here. After describing Dobbing Secrets I will use Fairbot, which I previously reviewed (link), to show the potential of the Dobbing Secrets system, when combined with the power of Trading. Essentially Dobbing Secrets is a selection process that finds horses that…
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Second Favourite Horsesā¦ Making Them Pay
Thereās a lot of information out there about how favourites in horse racing finish, but what about the second favourites? We know that the majority of winners come from the first four or five in the betting. But when people are looking for betting systems they always start with the favourite. Of course, thereās a few reasons for that. One…
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Race Predictors… Do They Work?
The chances are youāve seen the race predictors on the Racing Post, At The Races and Racing UK websites. But have you ever wondered how theyāre predicting a race, whether they work and what is different between them? I certainly have, and today Iāve written up my thoughts on them. Itās important for me to clarify that the following are…
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How To Choose The Right Factor Every Time In Horse Racing
For the casual punter, it appears as if there are far too many factors to consider when attempting to pick the winner in horse racing. Bookmakers know this and profit handsomely from common errors such as blindly backing a favourite or being swayed by a certain tipster without any real knowledge of āwhyā the tipster has chosen that particular horse.…
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Use Algorithmic Trading – Scale Up Your Sports Trading
My first five bets on the outcome of a sport event were all winners in horse racing and they were all each way bets on Red Rum in The Grand National. Three wins and two places by one of the greatest jump horses hardly made me a big shot in the gambling world. When I wasn’t taking horse race betting…
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