horse racing

How To Keep Bookmakers Accounts Open

I’ve been asked quiet a few times in the last two weeks by our readers how is the best way to avoid closures by bookmakers and about shifting their betting over to Betfair. In all honesty although I’ve had many accounts closed I wish I’d known what I know now in order for this to never of happened. Of course…

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The Dante Stakes – A Preview

The Dante Stakes is a Group 2 which is run over a distance of 1m 2f 88yds and has been traditionally seen as a key trial for the Epsom Derby. The race is named after Dante who was the last Northern trained horse to win the Derby way back in 1945. The race was first run in 1958 and since…

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Portfolio Corner – A Trainer To Follow Right Now

Welcome to ‘Portfolio Corner’ I have been betting horses and sports for a living for a good few years now and my bets are based around systems, profiles, trends and stats. I have over 250 systems. I know that may appear a lot to some, but many are based around individual trainers and operate for perhaps one or two months…

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Finding The Three Best Horses Using PIV’s

I’ve been writing a fair bit about impact, and pool impact, values recently. Last week, on my blog post about creating power ratings, Michael asked me how to go about finding the best three horses using PIV’s (pool impact values), otherwise known as a/e ratios. If you’d like to learn how to make PIV’s then you should check out this…

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The Dante Festival: Three Days of Top Springtime Racing in York

If you’re looking for a way to usher in springtime and warm weather racing, head to York in May for the Dante Festival, where top trainers, jockeys and horses will gather for race results that set the tone for the rest of the season. The three-day festival, held May 13-15 in 2015 will feature exciting sprint and staying flat races,…

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Power Ratings, A Different Approach

Following my article about working out the minimum odds you should bet at last week there were a lot of requests for a follow up about how to calculate power ratings. The truth is, there are loads of ways to calculate power ratings ranging from overly simplistic to overly complex. Which is the best? Well, to be honest… none. At…

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The Qipco 2000 Guineas

Well I thought my selection last week Le Reve was going to get me off to a flyer with my first advice writing on the Race Advisor website, in with every chance going to the last the notorious Sandown hill unfortunately caught out my charge and he finished a gallant but one paced third showing a small profit for the…

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BET 365 GOLD CUP SANDOWN 3.50

My first Saturday writing for the Race Advisor team and I have been given a real teaser as my opening gambit the Bet 365 Gold Cup over nearly three and three quarter miles of the tough but fair Sandown course. You need to get every yard of this trip as having been to the Esher venue on many occasions I…

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Work Out The Minimum Odds You Should Take In Less Than 5 Minutes

Recently I’ve been reading through some old betting magazines. And it was during one of these forays into a magazine that I read Alan Coldricks article on how to convert ratings into odds. It’s very difficult to determine whether a horse is offering value odds, even if you are using a reliable set of ratings. There are a variety of…

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Lookout for Buffalo in Scottish Grand National

It’s onto Scotland for their Grand National this weekend where I believe David Pipe’s Broadway Buffalo has a cracking chance of winning! David’s father Martin won the race back in 2002 with Take Control under Ruby Walsh so it’s been a while since the Pipe team landed this big prize. Broadway Buffalo ran an amazing race (I don’t use that…

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Staying Races – How You Can Come Out a Winner

While a lot of hoopla gets made over the U.Ks and Australia’s Thoroughbred turf sprints, it’s still the staying races like the Melbourne Cup that offer the top purses and bring in the biggest crowds. Staying races can be just as exciting as sprints in different ways. Whether the winner goes wire-to-wire or closes in the stretch from behind, a…

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The Cause of 99% of Betting System Failures

Using betting systems is probably the most popular form of finding selections. Also, amongst horse racing fans, the actual building of the systems is very popular. The only problem is that most betting systems fail to make the profits that they’ve promised to deliver. And the primary reason for this is… backfitting. Well, that’s the name that most people use.…

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Lincoln – A Brief History

Overview Horse racing is one of the most popular sports in the U.K today, and one that receives some of the highest volume action in sports wagering. One of the great aspects of horse racing is wagering on different horses, ranging from the favorite to the long shot. Horse racing odds work by taking the odds a horse is to…

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Do You Have What It Takes?

If I told you that finding winners is the easiest part of being a profitable sports bettor, you’d probably laugh at me right? After all, how can that possibly be true. Without winners you don’t make any profit. It’s a simple equation… Find winners = making money Well there’s one thing that’s true. 99% of punters would agree with this…

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The Weekly Profit Puller

I often get asked for tips from various people especially when they’re going racing or have a friend that is going. It doesn’t annoy me but it does concern me at the same time! When replying to people who ask for the tips I always make sure that I add a disclaimer to the information I provide which is as…

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Make Yourself A Contender Finding Spreadsheet For Betting

I wanted to share something with you today that you could put into immediate effect. Something hands on. And, with that in mind, I started to make a list of everything that would be a useful tool for you to use in your betting. By the end, the list was pretty big, so I would start at the top with…

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Cheltenham Festival 2015 Live Blog

Welcome to the Race Advisor’s live blog for the Cheltenham Festival 2015 Day 1. From 12:30pm on Tuesday 10th March I will be blogging live race analysis and conversation to see if we can find the winners at Cheltenham throughout the days racing. We also have Eddie who will be posting updates live from the paddock at Cheltenham to give…

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Racing Post Tipsters – Do They Make A Profit?

The Racing Post is by far the most well known racing newspaper in the UK. It’s the go to resource for thousands of punters and that means, their tipsters are the go to tipsters for thousands of punters. But… nowhere does the Racing Post say whether their tipsters make a profit or not. So we decided to do some investigating…

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The Champion Hurdle System

The Champion Hurdle is the premier event for hurdlers. In comparison to the Gold Cup, multiple winners are more common. For instance, Istabraq and Hardy Eustace have won the race more than once in recent years, but See You Then, Comedy of Errors, Night Nurse, Sea Pigeon, Monksfield, Persian War, Sir Ken, Hatton Grace are others that have scored on…

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Time for a Sound Investment

Yes, having endured no luck the past two Saturday’s with a faller and the other pulled up – we want to hit the target at least this weekend. There is no better trainer to turn to in search of a Saturday winner than Paul Nicholls! Paul has produced the winner of today’s Greatwood Gold Cup six times over the past…

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