horse racing tips

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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Why Top Rated Is Not Necessarily Best

It is human nature to think that the top rated is the best. Usually the top rated is the largest numerical figure. In horse racing different horses may be top rated in different factors. This would indicate that different horses have strengths in different areas, a logical assumption. However as soon as you begin to look at ratings from a…

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Calculating Lay Bet Return On Investment

It is important to know your return on investment (ROI), but when it comes to lay bets you must make sure that you calculate it properly. When calculating ROI you usually add to together all your bets and divide the amount of profit you have made by the amount you have bet. Unfortunately this does not work for lay bets…

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Why You Should Use Impact Values

If you are a regular at the Race Advisor or other betting forums then you may have heard of the term impact value before. It is unknown amongst the majority of the betting public and often its value is not understood. However for those who understand the power of impact values a complete knew way of analysing factors in sports…

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Why You Shouldn’t Listen To Racing Presenters

I was at a party the other night and was chatting with someone who is not only a profitable bettor but also has a love of the sport of horse racing. This love of the sport has lead him into contact with a some of the TV personalities that we see presenting on channels such as Racing UK. Not only…

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UK Horse Racing Statistics As A Betting Tool

UK horse racing is one sport that receives a lot of betting attention. A lot of systems and strategies exist which can be used by bettors to place a wager. The role of statistics in UK horse racing betting cannot be underestimated. Horses cannot talk like human beings. If a great tennis player is having a bad run, he can…

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Why Over Fitting Will Lose You Money!

Over fitting is a bettors worst enemy! Because of this I think that it is important that you have a good understanding of what it is and why it is so dangerous. Every bettor has a selection process. This can be anything from choosing a horse with your favourite name to an advanced analysis. It doesn’t matter whether your process…

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Finding Selections – The Beginners Guide

It is very easy to get over whelmed with sports betting and particularly horse racing. In horse racing there are so many factors to take into consideration and everywhere you look there are ratings but no information on what they mean! This makes it hard for the new bettor to get to grips with what they need to do and…

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Creating A Tissue In Horse Racing

Guest article written by Eddie Lloyd In this first article on how to create a tissue I thought I’d show you a very simple method for rating horses and converting these into odds. Creating your own tissue can be a very profitable approach to horse racing and many professionals use this technique to make their living. So what is a…

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The Truth About Ratings

I have no doubt that you have seen ratings before. As sports bettors we find that ratings enter into our lives on a daily basis. It doesn’t matter what your sport is, you open the paper and there is a rating of some form. The most obvious example is horse racing and the Official Rating (also known as the OR).…

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The Pursuit of Value

The Pursuit of Value is without a doubt the most important thing when betting Guest article written by Robert Carmoody from www.betclubuk.com To fully understand this you will need to apply Basic Mathematics to all of your betting. The Maths we are talking about is basic schoolroom stuff. Quite often those who bet will fail to see the connection between…

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Head To Head Horse Racing Analysis

There are many ways to analyse a horse race and one method is by using head to head analysis. This is a simple technique that can be advanced if desired, however it is seldom used and the principles are easy to understand. We should have the knowledge in our arsenal of tools for both of these reasons and this is…

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David O’Meara – a young trainer making waves

Many young trainers wait a long time for their first success at Group level but former jump jockey turned trainer David O’Meara has already ticked that box in the first year of his training career courtesy of Blue Bajan winning the Henry II Stakes at Sandown. That is unlikely to be his last pattern race success either and his progress…

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High profile Derby trainers both claim Fallon is riding for them

Controversial Irish-born former champion jockey Keiren Fallon is never very far from the headlines (not always for the right reasons), and looks as though he might once again be at the centre of a ‘misunderstanding’ as to which horse he will partner in the forthcoming Investec Epsom Derby on June 4 , writes Elliot Slater. Fallon, who has won racing’s…

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The Apprentice – Betting System Task

Guest post by David Renham The fading sound of Big Ben in the background meant it was just after 6am. The phone rang and a half-asleep Frankie rushed down the stairs. ‘Hello this is Lord Sugar’s office. Lord Sugar wants you to meet him at Epsom racecourse. The cars will pick you up in 30 minutes.’ Frankie put the phone…

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Ballabriggs – the horse who gave it his all

Even though just a few days have passed since the Donald McCain-trained Ballabriggs won a gruelling renewal of the John Smith’s Grand National at Aintree from the gallant Irish challenger Oscar Time, odds are available about the 2012 running of the marathon contest for which yesterday’s winner has been installed the ante-post 16/1 favourite to follow up, writes Elliot Slater.…

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Lightning Strikes Twice as Murtagh Lands Doncaster Feature Again

Johnny Murtagh, riding for the John Oxx yard this term having been stable jockey to Aidan O’Brien last season at Ballydoyle, booted home the winner of the ultra-competitive William Hill Lincoln Handicap at Doncaster on Saturday for the second year running, writes Elliot Slater. Twelve months ago Murtagh made the bookies weep as he booted home the William Haggas-trained Penitent…

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A History of York Races

The City of York has a long and rich history which dates back to Roman and Viking days. One of the focal points of the city is the racecourse based on the Knavesmire which attracts over 250,000 visitors to the York each year swelling and benefitting the local economy. However, we doubt if many of that throng of visitors each…

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Two Suggestions for this Year’s Aintree National Hero

This year’s John Smith’s Grand National promises to be the usual mix of thrills and spills, triumph and disaster, but does appear to have attracted a very good quality field on a par with anything seen in the race for some years, writes Elliot Slater. After giving the matter a great deal of thought and working on the assumption that…

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