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The Irish Grand National

Fairyhouse’s Easter Festival comes to a dramatic conclusion this Monday, with the Irish Grand National. With a field of 30 runners, this race can’t be analysed in 5 minutes! However, one of the quickest ways to narrow the field is to look at the trends from over the last 15 years. Our first part of the puzzle then is the…

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The Grand National

I don’t need to say much here as there will be acres of writing on the background to the world’s most famous horse race.  As a spectacle, it’s the highlight of the National Hunt calendar and arguably the highlight of British horse racing jumps or indeed flat.  It’s a race that brings out office sweepstakes and people who have a…

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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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Trends… Do They Really Work?

If you’ve ever bet at a festival, then you’ll know that almost everybody uses trends from previous races to decide whether a horse is likely to win or not. But here’s the weird thing… Most people don’t use trends in their day-to-day betting. If you’re not prepared to use trends in your day-to-day betting then why would you suddenly think…

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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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Weekly Eye-Catchers – Horse Racing

Well, that’s another Cheltenham Festival done and dusted. Still jumps racing hits the accelerator button in the next month or so with the Aintree Festival and of course with it the Grand National. There is the Irish & Scottish Grand National’s, throw in the Punchestown Festival at the end of April and jumps fans have plenty to look forward to.…

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Cheltenham

Bookmakers tend to enjoy the unpredictability of major festivals such as Cheltenham, Newmarket, and Aintree. With so many world-class horses facing off against one another, it can be a nightmare to choose a potential winner. Occasionally, such as the Cheltenham Festival in 2017, a significant number of favourites win and give the bookies a much-needed bloody nose. When it comes…

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Weekly Eye-Catchers – Horse Racing

A lack of recent horse racing on the grass and the fact that I have taken a break to concentrate on the upcoming Cheltenham Festival. All means that this week’s article is slightly different, as there are no horses for your trackers this week. That said there is plenty look at with the next week or so in mind. As…

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Should you focus on specific yards in the lead up to major events?

Bookmakers tend to enjoy the unpredictability of major festivals such as Cheltenham, Newmarket, and Aintree. With so many world-class horses facing off against one another, it can be a nightmare to choose a potential winner. Occasionally, such as the Cheltenham Festival in 2017, a significant number of favourites win and give the bookies a much-needed bloody nose. When it comes…

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Weekly Eye-Catchers – Horse Racing

Hi all, Well on Thursday it’s the start of Spring, well meteorologists spring anyway, but looking out of the window as I write this it seems more like mid-winter. The “Beast from The East” has arrived and plenty of snow is being forecast for the middle of the week. There is a hint od some milder weather for the weekend…

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Weekly Eye-Catchers – Horse Racing

Hi all, Weekend Review The Ascot Chase promised to be the best Grade 1 Chase run this season this side of the Irish Sea and it sure delivered. As my ante-post King George selection Waiting Patiently beat the gallant Cue Card. I won’t be looking into that race today but instead I am going to focus on Haydock’s big Saturday…

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February’s finest NH performers

We are approaching the business end of the National Hunt season as it gets closer to the two main festivals; Cheltenham in March and Aintree in April. By the time February rolls around, all eyes are firmly on the massive meeting at Cheltenham the following month where the Gold Cup and several other Grade 1 races take place. February can…

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Battling the hairdresser…

I got my hair cut yesterday – I went along, sat down and prepared to do battle. The battle of the small conversation. For example, they always seem to ask where I’m going on holiday. It’s a question literally no one else ever asks, but hairdressers appear to be obsessed with the subject. I guess it’s page one, paragraph one…

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Blaklion Can Win The Trial And National

Saturday’s Haydock Grand National Trial is something of a misnomer because the last horse to win both races was Party Politics in 1993. Even that wasn’t a true trial because the horse won the National the previous year. Since 2003 no winner has even been placed in the most famous steeplechase in the world. It’s a strange fact that Red…

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Weekly Eye-Catchers – Horse Racing

Hi all, Last weekend’s horse racing couldn’t match the quality of the previous ones but there were plenty of take from the action. Weekend Review Firstly, one had to be impressed with the battling qualities of the Amy Murphy trained Kalashnikov in holding off his rivals to win ‘mud splattered’ Betfair Hurdle. He will now head for the Supreme or…

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Weekly Eye-Catchers – Horse Racing

Hi all, Wakanda’s Late Thrust Lands Sky Bet Chase The “Insight on the Weekend” feature on the upcoming big horse races is doing rather well. Last week I identified the Sue Smith-trained Wakanda as a good each way bet in the Sky Bet Chase at Doncaster. This is what I wrote last week. “If you knew he was a guaranteed…

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Are Course & Distance Winners a Boon for Your Bank Balance?

Some punters get excited when they see a horse that is a previous course and distance winner. It is very easy to determine if there is one in any given race. You can go to the Racing Post and on the race card, look for the initials ‘CD’ beside a horse’s name. As you can see, Sunshineandbubbles is a course…

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Weekly Eye-Catchers – Horse Racing

Hi all, Well, the sun is shining this morning and what a great weekend’s horse racing we have seen even though it was run mostly in the gloom at Ascot & Haydock. All’s good in the world and my last four bets were winners. Does life get any better? Probably, but for now, I will take it. Last week I…

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Micro-Angles – Weekend Pointers

Weather permitting Ascot and Haydock take centre stage this weekend with the feature race on the Ascot card being the 2m 1f Grade 1 Clarence House Stakes for which the Willie Mullins Un De Sceaux is set to go off the hot favourite if he runs. Meanwhile,  at Haydock, we have the valuable Peter Marsh Handicap Chase as the highlight…

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Weekly Eye-Catchers – Horse Racing

Hi all, I am writing this on what some people have called “Blue Monday” which is supposed to be the most depressing day of the year and if my betting is any guide of late then it’s real “Blue Monday” for me.  Add in the fact that the UK is about to be hit by yet more rain and winds…

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