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Apr- 2013 -1 April
What Is Class?
You don’t have to be involved in horse racing before very long until you start to hear the word “class” being talked about everywhere that you go. “The horse wasn’t up to the class of the others” “It’s a classy horse and we expect it to run well in this race” But what actually is class? There have only been…
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Mar- 2013 -25 March
Looking Back To The Future
With the Cheltenham Festival having recently finished, and I hope you were following our previews as we came out with a tidy profit, I thought it was appropriate to look at what we need to review in order to improve our betting. By looking back over our past results we can improve our future results. Doing this we learn what…
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19 March
Your Guide To Picking A Grand National Winner
Conventional wisdom states that the Grand National is a lottery of a race. How many times have you heard someone repeat this mantra ‘Anyone could win it – you might as well stick a pin in the newspaper’? Well, I can tell you it’s simply not true! That’s not to say the Nationals’ unique course does not throw up the…
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18 March
Who Is Archie?
If you’ve heard the word Archie batted about various betting forums and communities. You’re probably wondering who or what this is. Well today we are going to put an end to any questions and explain exactly what Archie is. It is in fact a method of scoring selections and is commonly known as an Archie Score. The purpose of using…
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15 March
Cheltenham 2013 – Day 4 Preview And Tips
What day it was yesterday we brought ourselves into profit and even found the winner Carrickboy who had a BSP of 66.23 and went as high as 100 in-running. I know there were some readers who were on this selection each-way and I hope that you are enjoying the winnings. Today is the last day of the festival and lets…
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14 March
Cheltenham 2013 – Day 3 Preview And Tips
Yesterday saw some great races, the odds of the runners in the frame in the 4.40 were absolutely incredible. Depending on what odds you took yesterday and what offers you got then we made between -1.5 and +1.5 units. Personally I ended up at about break even on the day. Let’s crack on into todays racing and see what we…
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13 March
Cheltenham 2013 – Day 2 Preview And Tips
A tough start for us yesterday with -3.84 units profit but we hope to recover throughout the rest of the festival and come away with a tidy profit. So, let’s get stuck into our analysis and see who we are going to be selecting. 1.30 – NATIONAL HUNT CHASE CHALLENGE CUP With a extremely competitive race to begin the day…
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12 March
Cheltenham 2013 – Day 1 Preview And Tips
I apologise for the delay in this preview this morning. You may be aware that there have been some major ground condition changes and in order to make sure our information was accurate we needed to update all our ratings this morning. As you know I’ve been very excited about this festival and I’m going to do my best to…
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11 MarchAdvice
Horse Racing Festivals… How To Win At Them!
Horse racing festival betting should be approached differently to your normal, day-to-day betting. Why? Because the makeup of horse racing fesitvals is different from a usual days racing! The three primary differences are… The fields are big The runners are the best The conditions are specific to festivals and only last the duration of the festival Let’s look at these…
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Feb- 2013 -25 February
How You Can Find Favourites To Lay Quickly, Using Disparity
A few weeks ago I was invited by Betfan to host a webinar called Ask A Pro, and share how to find favourites to lay. The concept was that we would get three professional bettors and tipsters on the panel and I would quiz them with the questions asked by the audience. I thought that this was a superb idea.…
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22 February
Graphical Race Analysis
In preparation for Cheltenham week, where I will be providing you race analysis every day, I thought I would do a race analysis today for you using the graphical approach that is utilised inside Betting Speed Evolution. The race I am going to look at is the 18:30 at Wolverhampton. This is a sprint race and speed is going to…
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22 February
What does 2013 have in store for Formula One?
This year is set to be another significant one for Formula One, as the competition adjusts to new rule changes and a host of driver changes. With Sebastian Vettel having won last year’s championship, there will be increased competition for the 64th annual competition – with Lewis Hamilton switching to Mercedes, and Ferrari targeting a return to winning ways, the…
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18 February
F1 Teams Worth Betting on in 2013
Guest article written by Punters Lounge. As teams make changes to the cars they are running and the Formula 1 circus moves from one track to the next, it can be difficult to predict who is in the best position to win the constructors championship. Trying to do so before the season begins is even harder, for obvious reasons, but…
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13 February
Seabass Fans Better Backing A Female Jockey
The 2013 Grand National draws ever closer and the field of confirmed runners gradually grows with each passing week. Among the 40-horse field is Seabass, who finished third in last year’s big race at Aintree. Already seen as one of the main contenders, it’s understandable that many punters are willing to back the 10-year-old, but could they find better value…
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11 February
Creating Odds Lines – Episode 4 Power Ratings
If you haven’t had a chance to read past articles about creating odds line then you can find out… Episode 1 – Creating Odds Lines Episode 2 – Fuzzy Logic Episode 3 – Multinomial Regression Today we are going to be moving into episode 4 and how to use power ratings. Although this isn’t strictly odds line creation, it’s a…
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4 February
Start With Contenders
It’s common practice for punters to start their racing analysis about half way through the process. This is because it has become generally accepted that to make a profit at horse racing you need to find… …the winner! Don’t worry, I’m not going to argue that you don’t need to find the winner of the race (although that does depend…
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Jan- 2013 -30 January
Race Advisor Makes It To 26 In Top 100 Sports Blogs!
We have just made it to number 26 in an independent review of the top 100 sports blogs to follow. It is something we are very proud of and hope that next year we will be higher. Thanks for all your support. Below you can see the top 100 sports blogs to follow in 2013. An infographic by the…
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28 January
The Most Popular Articles
On the Race Advisor we have hundreds of articles to help you with your betting. It is very easy for some of these to get lost after they are originally posted and it can also be hard to sometimes find exactly what it is you like. So today I have decided to do a roundup of some of the most…
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23 January
Punter, Interrupted: Betting During and After Bad Weather
Generally speaking, National Hunt horses are a little hardier than their Flat counterparts and consequently hold their form for longer. However, prolonged periods of bad weather can throw even the National Hunt formbook into disarray. Freezing temperatures, ice and snow in January and February often lead to numerous fixtures being abandoned, so that trainers’ plans for their horses are thwarted…
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22 January
The Power of Betfair Trading
I’m going to take an in-depth look at Betfair Trading and work out whether or not it really is as powerful as ‘Professional Traders” let on. I’m going to look at the basics of Betfair trading, some popular trading systems as well as the dangers of Betfair Trading. Betfair Trading Basics There is one simple core principle to Betfair Trading:…
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