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Weekly Eye-Catchers – Horse Racing

Hi all, Well, we can safely say that the winter jumps season has cranked into top gear and is well and truly with us after events at Wetherby & Down Royal on Saturday. Coneygree and Cue Card were expected to fight out the finish in the Charlie Hall Chase at Wetherby but neither managed to finish the race, as Coneygree…

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A donkey ate my car!

Sometimes it’s OK to laugh at someone’s misfortune, I feel. And that sometimes is when the owner of a lurid orange supercar has the car eaten… By a donkey who mistook it for a carrot. Ha! It sounds insane, but this actually happened. The hungry donkey, whose name is Vitus, began gnawing the orange McLaren after it was parked beside his enclosure in Germany. Vitus the…

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Saturday Preview – Weekend Trainer Stats: Wetherby & Ascot

Last weekend the National Hunt season really cranked into gear with Cheltenham’s two-day Showcase Meeting and Old Roan Chase Day at Aintree on Sunday. This week we have Charlie Hall Day at Wetherby, which will hopefully see a clash between Coneygree and Cue Card in the feature race and there is also a very decent Ascot card as that track…

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Einstein’s £1m secret to happiness

Albert Einstein has a little formula for happiness. He wrote it down for a hotel bellboy because he had no money to tip him. Einstein explained that it would be worth more than a tip one day if the kid kept hold of it. Ahem. Just a bit. It sold last week for £1.18 million. So what does it say? Not that much, actually! “A calm…

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Is Trump’s wife just an actress?

An intriguing rumour took hold last week. Like many of you, I’m part-fascinated part-horrified by what goes on in the world of Donald Trump. So after all the craziness of what he’s said and done, it didn’t seem all that mad. The theory is that his wife Melania, who has looked unhappy pretty much constantly since he became President, has left him and an…

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Micro-Angles – November Profile Horse

A new month and this weeks horse in profile is the Sue Gardner trained Sirop De Menthe. The 7-year-old’s career record is – 5 wins from 28 runs Strike Rate 18% 10 placed Place Strike Rate 36%. Three of those five wins have come in November – 3 wins from 4 runs, 4 placed with form figures of 2111. He…

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How to Win Using Place Alchemy

The betting scene is laden with punters seeking that jackpot win. Whether it is the 5-horse accumulator or the 25/1 outsider, it is too easy to seek out the big price and forget about value. The world and its mother know that e/w betting is seldom a value proposition but what about Place Only Betting on the Betfair Exchange? Sure,…

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Micro-Angles – Trainers to Note in the Next 7 Days

Hi all, It’s a new month and another dose of eyecatcher horse racing stats and angles for you. This week I have a trainer whose horses are worth noting over the next week or so, a horse that has done well in November in the past two seasons over the jumps (which will be published, tomorrow) and I have some…

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Britain’s No1 racing magazine – for 25p

Today you can get the greatest racing magazine in the country for just 25p. Now, no one can argue – that is a fantastic price. There’s not a single newspaper or magazine you can buy for anything like that price. Let alone a magazine that is so full of information it can literally change your life. Because not only can it help you make…

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Weekly Eye-Catchers – Horse Racing

Hi all, It was great to see the return of horse racing at Cheltenham a sure nice that winter isn’t so far away. Meanwhile, over at Doncaster, we saw the final Group 1 of the 2017 flat season the Racing Post Trophy. A race that also saw some history being made as trainer Aidan O’Brien broke Bobby Frankel’s record for…

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Eyecatchers Pro for a pound

Got rid of all your round pounds? I hauled mine down to the bank the other day and ran them through that jangling machine that sorts your coins. Weirdly, a fair few of them got spat out every time I put them in. I guess that means they’re fake! Which is, of course, the whole idea of the new coins. There are now an estimated 450…

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This betting strategy WILL work for you…

Have you ever heard that phrase, “Betting is a mug’s game”? It’s always uttered by people who aren’t very good at winning. But the truth is, if you haven’t got an effective strategy, your betting probably is a bit of a waste of time. That’s why I really like the Racing Revolution service. It teaches you how to come up with a profitable betting strategy. One that…

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Micro-Angles – Horses To Follow

One For Harry, trained by Nicky Richards, is a horse worth noting in the coming weeks. He might be a 9-year-old now but I think there is a still a handicap hurdle in him on the northern tracks when gets his optimum conditions. His career record is – 7 wins from 33 runs Strike Rate 21% SP Profit +17.63 12…

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Micro-Angles – Trainer Stats

This week’s slice of stats and micro angles looks a group of trainers whose horses should be noted over the next week, it also contains another horse that is worth looking out for when it runs in the coming weeks. Jumps fans have plenty to look forward to this weekend with Cheltenham racing for the first time this season on…

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Weekly Eye-Catchers – Horse Racing

Hi all, Champions Day Brings Down The Curtain Or Does It? Champions Day is over for another year and I have to say its now well over its Frankel Days and is now the day that effectively brings down the curtain on the turf flat season. Yes, I know there a plenty of flat meetings, including the Group 1 Racing…

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Champions Day Micro Preview – Ascot – 21st October

On Saturday its Champion Day at Ascot and for many in the racing hierarchy it now signals the end of the UK turf flat season, despite the fact that there is one Group 1 race to be run, the Racing Post Trophy and the last flat meeting year at Doncaster is on November 11th. No denying that the introduction of…

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2018 Grand National: An Early Glance at the Aintree Showpiece

National Hunt fans, it is time to rejoice – jump racing is back. Be prepared for plenty of talk relating to the Cheltenham Festival in the coming months, but our primary attention is on the 2018 Grand National at Aintree. This year’s winner, ONE FOR ARTHUR, will miss the race after suffering a season-ending injury, but there are still plenty…

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What to look for in a winner

An Irish Sport Horse is a go-to breed used for Jump racing A Thoroughbred Horse is the purest of breeds and they have incredible endurance Speaking to myracing.com, Olympian Spencer Wilton shares what he looks for in a horse Horse racing specialists, myracing.com have launched an online asset that explores the anatomy of four different horse breeds to highlight what…

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Micro-Angles – Autumn Horses

Silsol – Paul Nicholls – The 8-year-old hasn’t been the easiest horse to keep sound but he has been well placed by his trainer having had, over jumps – 8 wins from 19 runs 42% +28.32 15 placed 79% Strike Rate 42% +28.32 15 placed 79% SP Profit +28.32 15 placed 79% 15 placed 79% Place Strike Rate 79% October/November…

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How to profit from large fields…

Here at the Race Advisor, when someone says we can’t do something, we like to… do it anyway! That’s why when we hear people saying certain types of races have to be avoided at all costs, we spy an opportunity a lot of the time. And go on to make a decent amount of profit. So here’s one you might be interested in… It’s…

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