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Dec- 2016 -1 December
Are you missing out?
Did you know that on the Race Advisor there is a Daily Stat Pack? It shows you the top jockeys and trainers at each course that is being raced at today. And… to make it even better… we then go in and find the strongest runners from them on your behalf. For example, one of today’s strongest runners is Bachasson,…
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Nov- 2016 -30 November
Professor Plum, in the dining room with a…
I bloody love Cluedo! It’s one of the games that we’ve recently brought out of retirement from the back of our cupboard in preparation for Christmas. And it’s the old version, it belonged to my grandparents, the box is barely holding together, but the game itself is still in excellent condition. And because it’s an original, the pieces feel like…
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29 November
What connects Cheltenham and Newbury?
It’s a bit of a conundrum, what makes these two courses the same when to most people they’re different, and they’re over fifty miles apart. But they are connected by one thing. Well, more than one thing, but one thing that comes to mind very quickly. And that is… On Saturday I put Cheltenham down in the email when I…
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29 November
Weekly Eye-catchers – Horse Racing
Another fantastic weekend of horse racing is over after the Bet365 Festival at Newbury on Friday and Saturday, culminating in the latest renewal of that great Handicap Chase the Hennessey Gold Cup. Before looking at this week’s eyecatchers I will take a brief look at the weekend’s action from Newbury and two of the best performances. River Flows to Hennessey…
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28 November
Baby Brains
Supposedly it’s just women who get baby brain, but clearly that’s not the case, in my email yesterday I sent out a free tip for Saturday’s racing! My apologies, I will just put it down to lack of sleep, and having a baby screaming next to me while I write. However, I’ll rectify it today by giving a free selection…
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28 November
Red Rum – How a Horse Becomes Epic
Red Rum is arguably the most famous racehorse in history and is often credited with ‘saving’ the Grand National. Even those with practically no knowledge of horse racing have probably heard of this remarkable Gelding. Although he is best known for his trio of Grand National wins in the 1970s (the only horse to have achieved the feat), Red Rum…
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26 November
Gold Cup Tips From The Top
Morning everyone! There’s a big race to look forward to today. The Hennessy Gold Cup Chase at Cheltenham. So if you’re still wondering where to put your money at 3.10 this afternoon, we’ve rounded up what the connections are thinking to help you decide. Starting with… Colin Tizzard The trainer says the race is between Native River, who came in…
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15 November
Weekly Eye-catchers – Horse Racing
Cheltenham Says Farewell to Sprinter Sacre Not sure whether it’s the big fields or the arrival of the rain but the jumps horse racing over the weekend was excellent and really got the juices following for the coming winter months. It’s been a very quiet period for the jumps eyecatchers so far, mainly due to the small fields, but the…
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8 November
Weekly Eye-catchers – Horse Racing
Best Wishes to Freddie Tylicki In the last week, horse racing has been in the news for the wrong reasons. Firstly, jockey Freddie Tylicki was involved in a shocking looking four horse pile up at Kempton on Monday 31st October. That incident has left the jockey paralysed from the waist down which is heartbreaking for both him and his family.…
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7 November
Place Betting on Favourites: Does It Pay?
To date, most of the statistical articles on Race Advisor have focused on making a profit from backing winning horses. Yet there is also the potential to make money from ‘place’ betting. This is, of course, the practice of backing a horse at medium to long odds with the hope that it finishes ‘in the places’. Depending on the size…
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1 November
Weekly Eye-catchers – Horse Racing
When Will the Rains Come? It was the weekend when the horse racing focus changed from the flat to the National hunt winter season. There was an excellent card at Ascot and at Wetherby we had Charlie Hall Day, with that race providing Cue Card with his seasonal reappearance. This weekend’s racing was run on good ground and indeed at…
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Oct- 2016 -25 October
Weekly Eye-catchers – Horse Racing
Horse Racing’s Flat Season Staggers to A Finish! Well, the flat turf season continues to stagger on until its final finish at Doncaster in less than two weeks. I think Racing Post Trophy Day at Doncaster should be in the end of the season. I know some will cry “what about the November Handicap?” Well move it to this meeting…
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18 October
Weekly Eye-catchers – Horse Racing
Qipco Champions Day at Ascot looked on paper like the best days horse racing of the season and so it turned out to be. The meeting started with Jim Crowley being crowned Champion Jockey and Josephine Gordon being crowned Champion Apprentice. A great achievement by the former but for me, Josephine’s win in the apprentice title race was even better.…
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17 October
Horses to Watch over Jumps 2016/17
The 2016/17 National Hunt horse racing season is about to get underway and horse racing lovers will doubtless be looking forward to the inevitable drama that’s coming their way. On this site, we have already used statistical analysis to try and help you find the best jockeys and trainers over Jumps. In this article, I will look at 5 horses…
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11 October
Whaat… this happened today!
I thought we’d try something new this evening, something that, if it’s popular, we’ll continue to do regularly. Every day we’re watching the news for the latest information on horse racing out there. We just like to keep up to date with what’s going on in the world of our favourite sport. So, we’d thought we’d share with you one…
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10 October
Weekly Eye-catchers – Horse Racing
A couple of excellent days horse racing at Newmarket, on Friday and Saturday, with the latest renewal of the Future Champions Festival and some really excellent performances in the two Group 1 juvenile races. This was the second running of this particular Festival and I have to say that it looks capable of going from strength to strength. Prior to…
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10 October
Killer Jumps Trainers (Discover Their Secrets)
As a punter, you should certainly take the record of a horse’s trainer into account when placing a bet. For some, the trainer is almost an irrelevance but ignoring their influence is a huge mistake. It’s a fact that yards are ‘in’ and ‘out’ of form at different times of the season. Sometimes, the bookies will ‘price in’ a horse…
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4 October
Weekly Eye-catchers – Horse Racing
What a great weekend of horse racing just gone culminating on the Sunday with latest running of the Prix de l’ Arc de Triomphe this year at Chantilly. Just the three winners from thirteen runners for Eyecatcher Pro subscribers in the past week at 5/1 (early priced advised at 8/1), 11/2 and 7/4 but more importantly another profit made and…
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Sep- 2016 -17 September
Saturday’s Big Race Previews
The big horse racing action moves to Ayr on Saturday with the annual running of the cavalry charge known as the Ayr Gold Cup. The racing may not have the same class of horses running as last Saturday but it looks very competitive with plenty of big field handicap puzzles for punters to solve. Hopefully I will be able to…
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12 September
British Horse Racing, the Sport of Kings
Only football attracts more spectators in the UK than horse racing with over 6.1 million people attending racing events at British racecourses in 2015. It is a huge industry with 86,000 employees and it contributes over £3.5 billion to the UK economy. It is also a sport with a long and illustrious history which I will be outlining below. Ancient…
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