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Aintree Festival – Day 2 Preview

We came out with a nice profit yesterday, you may have come out with more if you took advantage of special offers and better odds. Today we want to come out with some more profit so lets get stuck in and see what we can find! 2.00 – ROSE APPEAL SUPPORTS ALDER HEY TOP NOVICES´ HURDLE GRADE 2 We start with…

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Aintree Festival – Day 1 Preview

The first day of the Aintree festival, that highlights with the Grand National on Saturday, starts today. We are going to be looking at the races throughout this festival to see if we can find the winners and walk away with a profit. I will be following my festival betting approach and if you haven’t read it then you should…

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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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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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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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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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King George VI Chase Preview

The King George VI Chase, run over three miles on the sharpish, flat track at Kempton Park on Boxing Day, is undoubtedly the highlight of the Christmas and New Year period for National Hunt fans. Following the retirement of five-time winner Kauto Star, this year’s renewal looks to be the most competitive and open for several years. If official BHA…

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Kauto Star: The End Of An Era

If you’re not a fan of National Hunt racing, you may find it surprising to learn that there are, in fact, just four Grade 1 staying steeplechases run on the British mainland during the entire National Hunt season. However, such is the gravitas afforded to the four races – the Betfair Chase at Haydock Park, the King George VI Chase…

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Paddy Power Gold Cup Preview: Champion Court Gets The Verdict

Guest post written by Willy Weasel. The Paddy Power Gold Cup, formerly the Mackeson Gold Cup, is run over 2 miles 4½ furlongs on the Old Course at Cheltenham, where it forms the highlight of the three-day Open Meeting. This year’s renewal is due off at 2.35 p.m. on Saturday, 17 November, so it’s high time we had a look…

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What Is A Book?

Following a question that was left on a recent article here I thought I would write on the subject of what a book is in sports betting. A book is what a bookmaker makes, hence the name. This is the method of creating a price on every selection in the race. With Betfair allowing us to take the place of the…

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The Common Sense Approach

I have something a bit different today. For once I am going to stop talking about making sure you can deal with the emotional side of betting, bankrolls and more for a different look at the problem of finding winners in racing. In fact this can be related to finding winners in any form of sports betting. This is something…

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Emotion Will Lose You Money!

There are a few things that prevent the majority of punters from being successful in their betting. Without a doubt one of the biggest causes of losing is emotion. Betting with emotion is dangerous! That is the only way of putting it. It is not only in sports betting where the most successful can prevent their emotions from influencing their…

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Argentinean Football is finally underway. Betting Tips

Guest post written by Ethan Rowe (Football Betting Expert from tips-free-bets.com) After days of indecision and u-turn, the Argentinean football season will get underway this Friday. After weeks of negotiations it seemed that AFA had finally settled on doing exactly the same tournament as last year with play-off at the end of the season between the winners of the two halves…

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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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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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Grand National Preview

It is that day of the year where we tackle with the form books to try and work out who is going to win this race with 44 runners! There are plenty of people using trends for the Grand National and so I thought I would do it slightly differently. First of all we are going to remove the non-runners…

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Stop Looking For Winners If You Want To Make Profits

If you have looked at the title and thought that I am going mad then bear with me. I promise that if you read through this post then the way you analyse races is going to completely change. Not only that but if you implement what you learn then your profits are going to soar. One of the most difficult…

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How Much Can You Make From Betting

Whenever you tell someone that you bet on horse racing for a living, the first thing they say is “Really?” followed by “How much can you make from betting?”. This is a question that also haunts those who are working towards making profits from their betting but haven’t got there yet. Tipsters are also often asked this question by their…

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Side Market Bets – Why You Should Consider Them

When you are looking at betting, most people consider finding the winner to be the most important bet. Of course, in some ways it is, but actually there is a lot more profit to be made in the side markets. Side market bets are the smaller markets that allow you to bet in slightly different ways. The biggest example is…

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