horses

How horses hardly ever sleep

It’s remarkable how little some animals sleep. A horse, for example, only sleeps for 2.9 hours a day. That’s just 12% of the day. Compare that to how long a human sleeps – 8 hours a day. Or 33% of the day. Isn’t that amazing? Horses are almost always awake when we’re sleeping. Not saying we’re lazy, but perhaps we…

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Weekly Eye-Catchers – Horse Racing

Hi all, Well, I hope you enjoyed the Christmas & New Year festivities. We have seen some top quality horse racing action both sides of the Irish Sea since my last eyecatchers article. It’s fair to say there were plenty of shocks last week. We saw plenty of fancied horses falling, with ante-post Champion Hurdle and Cheltenham Gold Cup favourites…

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How Do Notable Jockeys With One Ride at a Track Perform?

Jockeys with just one ride at a track are known as ‘one trick jockeys,’ and it is an area of intrigue for some punters. It’s a sad fact that jockeys won’t get rich off their fees. According to Racing Post figures taken from July 2017, jockeys earn £164.74 per ride in National Hunt races and £120.66 on the Flat. You’ll…

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Happy New Profits, everyone!

Happy new year, everybody! Right, how do you intend to start 2018? With a few decent wins? YES. With some awesome horses? YES. Without paying anything? YES. Doing it every day? YES. And by only clicking once? YES. Far-fetched? Not at all. Because thanks to a great new Race Advisor service, you’ll be getting FREE tips. On a daily basis.…

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The power of a slap in the face!

Thought your boss was bad? Check this out… One company forces its employees to SLAP each other across the face. Tough, huh? The company, in China, makes underperforming workers smack each other across the chops at the annual party. The erm, unusual practice came under fire when a video of the bizarre ceremony leaked onto the internet. An unnamed spokesman…

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Spotting Hot Trainers

Although it isn’t the single most important aspect of profitable betting, there’s no question that some trainers are far better than others from our perspective. A ‘successful’ trainer is not always a good one to back. For example, Mark Johnston has earned over £14.7 million in prize money in Flat & All-Weather racing since January 2013. In the same period,…

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And today’s big winner is…

Back at work? Bad luck. A lot of offices are reopening for business today. And if that’s you, I hope you’re doing so with some money in your pocket. From the great post-Christmas racing we’ve been enjoying. If you haven’t had a big win yet, here’s something for you. Because today is the day of the Daily Stat Pack. Your invaluable guide…

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How To Find Horses That Will Shorten For Trading

The Holy Grail of trading is to find a ‘steamer.’ This is the term given to a horse with rapidly shortening odds. If you can find a steamer relatively early on in the morning, you could make a huge profit without being concerned about the outcome of the race. The beauty of trading against punting is that you only need…

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Micro-Angles – Weekend Big Race Trends

Let’s begin by having a look at some of the key trends and stats for Saturday’s big race at Ascot. Ascot – 3:35 – Racing Welfare Handicap Hurdle (Grade 3) (Class 1) – 1m 7 ½ f Last years race was won by Nicky Henderson trained Brain Power who was sent off at odds of 12/1 and he’s got the…

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Micro-Angles – What’s happened to Venetia Chasers?

Hi all, I like to think this weekly preview is the one-stop shop for all your weekend horse racing stats and trends needs.   This week I want to examine the form of the Venetia Williams stable. I am sure, like me, plenty of you have some systems based on Venetia Williams chasers in November & December or her runners on…

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Weekly Eye-Catchers – Horse Racing

Hi all, Jump racing has this cruel habit of managing to spoil a big race with a tragedy. We saw evidence of this again on Saturday at Cheltenham as the David Pipe-trained Starchitect, who had run such a good race to finish second in the BetVictor Gold Cup at the last meeting, had jumped his way to the front and…

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Micro-Angles – Weekend Big Race Previews

I will start by identifying some trainer track stats to note for the weekend’s action, before looking at some of the key trends for two of the big handicaps at Cheltenham on Saturday. Cheltenham 1:55 – Caspian Caviar Gold Cup – 2m 5f Let’s begin by having a look at some of the key trends and stats for Saturday’s Caspian…

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Hidden Track Specialists

The term ‘horses for courses’ has been in the English lexicon for quite some time and even though it has become a cliché, we can still use it to make a profit. It is a fact that certain horses simply can’t get enough of a particular track. From their perspective, a specific track could have a shape or going that…

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Here’s your Christmas tip…

Tomorrow is Christmas Jumper Day. The one day of the year horrible knitwear is actively encouraged. Well, it is Christmas. But by that time you could be rich. Because you can harness the power of Eyecatchers Pro. It runs down all of the horses you could and should be placing bets on. All hand-selected by our racing experts. It tracks them and…

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A Death at the Derby

It’s 100 years since women got the vote. In 1918, around 8.4 million women were able to vote in the UK. Plus, women were able to be elected to the House of Commons for the first time. Now, you may know racing’s large part in this story. At the Epsom Derby in 1913, the elite was gathered to watch a…

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The trainers who can make you £££

How important is the trainer to the chances of your horse coming in first and you cracking open the champagne? For many punters, they’re not that important. BIG mistake. And for some bookies, they’re not that important, either. HUGE mistake. Because where there are bookies ignoring an in-form yard, that means we have a chance to cash in. How? That’s…

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Weekly Eye-Catchers – Horse Racing

Hi all, No, I am not referring to the cricket down under but to the fact, this is my 133rd Eyecatcher article for Race Advisor. It’s been a tough few months for the Eyecatcher Pro Service but thankfully the corner looks to have turned, with a healthy profit made since November 1st. Last weeks article was another success for the trainer…

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Micro-Angles – Weekend Big Race Trends And Previews

Here are some of the key trends for the two big Aintree handicaps over the National fences. Aintree – Saturday 2nd December Let’s have a look at some of the key trends and stats for the two big handicaps chases at Aintree. Becher Handicap Chase – 3m 2f Last years race was won by the David Pipe-trained Vieux Lion Rouge…

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Micro-Angles – Weekend Trainer Track Stats

Hi all, After the Ladbrokes Newbury Winter Carnival, the horse racing action continues apace this weekend with the Tingle Creek Day at Sandown and not one, but two races over Aintree’s National fences on Saturday with the Becher Chase and Grand Sefton Chase the highlight of that card. Plenty to get through this week and there is plenty for you stats…

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The world’s funniest zoo…

It’s around this time of year that we start to see an ancient Christmas tradition… The stories of angry parents paying a fortune for Christmas events that promise to unleash the wonder of Lapland… But end up being a Portakabin featuring a drunk Santa and a donkey with reindeer ears on. There really does seem to be one every year.…

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