horse racing

Weekly Eye-Catchers – Horse Racing

Hi all, Derby Hero Is Retired! Well, what did we learn from the Weekend’s Irish Derby? For me the win of Aiden O’Brien’s second string Capri underlined the Ballydoyle don’t have an outstanding three-year-old middle distance colt this season. Epsom Derby hero Wings of Eagles could only finish 3rd but after the race he was found have sustained a career…

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Oooh, suits you sir

It’s a fact that different horses have different preferences when it comes to racing. One of those preferences is the course they’re running at. In the UK and IRE, every course has very specific characteristics and, with a little bit of extra effort, it’s possible to find if a horse has a preference for the course they’re about to race…

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DONCASTER… SELECTIONS IN EVERY RACE!

It’s the end of the week and, so far, the weather’s been kind of miserable. So… we wanted to cheer you up with a complete guide to Doncaster racing today. Here’s what our race analyst Andy Newton has discovered in today’s racing… 2:00 – We get going with a tricky 2 year-old contest so stakes should be kept to a…

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Horse Racing Betting Guide: Doncaster

Good morning, today I’ve gone through the entire Doncaster card to provide you with the strongest selections in each race. To find these selections I focus on the historic performances of the race where available and combine that with form reading and trainer analysis to determine which of the runners are most likely to contend in each race. Please leave…

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“HACKS” THAT TURN YOU INTO A WINNER

What the heck is a horse hack? It’s a phrase we recently coined, like this morning :), and it’s a quick way to skim a profit off the bookies. And that’s exactly what we’re doing with EyeCatchers Pro. Every week our race watcher goes through the replays of all the major races, and spots the horses which have been performing…

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Whaddya Think Of This?

As you can see, there’s a sexy new look in today’s Race Advisor email. Do you like it? Let us know what you think by hitting the reply button and saying “Love It” or “Not For Me”. When you’ve done that, today I want to share something with you that’s a bit contrary. Most punters always look at the best…

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The rating that can make you Van Der Rich!

There’s always room for improvement. (So the old saying goes.) Or, as I always think when watching X Factor… You can polish a turd! Today, we’re going to be polishing gold. Old gold. We’re looking at the Van Der Wheil rating. It’s a winner-finding method that was huge in the 1980s. If you subscribe to Racing Dossier, you’ll know it – it’s part of the software.…

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When the Going Gets Tough: How to Profit from Trainer Preference for Ground Conditions

The ‘going’ in a race relates to the type of conditions underfoot on the course, and it can have a major impact on a horse’s performance. In fact, trainers are not afraid to withdraw a horse from a race if they believe the going is unsuitable for their entry. The going is ‘soft’ or ‘slow’ when there is a lot…

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Weekly Eye-Catchers – Horse Racing

Hi all, The World’s Greatest Flat Racing Festival Is Here… Royal Ascot is with us and with it five days of top class horse racing. To me it’s the best and of course most famous flat racing festival in the world and we can enjoy it from the comfort of our armchairs or sun loungers. It seems likely that the…

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Keys to Success at the Major Festivals of the Horse Racing Season

Horse racing is one of the major spectator sports in the United Kingdom, with fans flocking from far and wide to win money on the horses at the event. In fact, in 2016, the Royal Ascot and Cheltenham Festival clocked in as the third and fourth most attended annual sports events in the UK, with an aggregate attendance of 295,000…

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Pray For Me….

I’m down in Devon this weekend and the nerves are starting to get to me because… …we’re here for a wedding! No, I’m not getting married again. And this isn’t like any other wedding, because we’re actually giving the ceremony. Yup. We’ve been truly honoured by being asked, but whenever you do something for the first time you’re always kinda nervous.…

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Weekly Eye-Catchers – Horse Racing

Hi all, After last weeks top class horse racing, with the Derby & Oaks, this weekend’s fare was somewhat underwhelming. The period between the Investec Derby Festival and Royal Ascot can be rather low key and given we are the high point of the flat season racings authorities really need have to take a look at this weekend in the…

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The trainer who wins 58% of his races is running today…

Making a profit from horse racing is all about trying to find a unique angle. One of those angles is by starting with trainers and finding which are the hot trainers who have horses racing today. The problem with it? There’s so many of them! As of today we have 5879 trainers in our database. Admittedly some of them no…

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The amazing idiots of Family Fortunes

Remember Family Fortunes? I just had it on in the background and some of the answers are ridiculous. As you probably know, you have to name the answer you think most people will have given to the the question. And this lot didn’t get anywhere! Can you name a popular TV soap? “Dove.” A bird with a long neck? “Naomi Campbell” A yellow…

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Nervous….

It’s today folks, and I don’t know about you but I’m kinda nervous. You’d better put on your good clothes, grab your polling card and head down to your nearest polling station. The surprise election, announced merely weeks ago, has arrived. Who’s going to win? Well if you trust the bookmakers to have an accurate market, then the Conservatives are going…

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