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Sep- 2012 -29 September
Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe Preview: Not so much a race as a monument
Guest post written by Willy Weasel. Europe’s most prestigious race, the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, takes place at Longchamp Racecourse on Sunday 7th October, so it’s time to cast an eye over the leading contenders. Obviously, the likely underfoot conditions are unknown at this stage, but the going at Longchamp was good to soft for the most recent…
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26 September
Twister Season Profitable Angles
Guest post written by Ben Aitken. It is hardly a secret that the Nigel Twiston-Davies (NTD) bandwagon rolls into town in late Summer/Autumn time and sweeps all before it, it is a well know phenomenon and one that many a punter will be aware of. That, however, does not mean we can’t utilise it to our benefit and add a…
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24 September
Why Speed Ratings Are Powerful
Recently I launched a piece of software called Betting Speed Evolution, which not only finds winners on auto-selection but is also a speed based analysis tool. So, I thought that it would be appropriate to write an article about why speed ratings are so powerful. In the UK it’s commonly thought that speed ratings are only effective on the flat…
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22 September
Ayr Gold Cup 2012 Preview
Today we have the Ayr Gold Cup to look forward to. At the time of writing this post there are 27 declared runners and the going will be heavy. Let’s see if we can find who the strongest contenders in this race are. I am going to start with the ten runners who have raced over exactly the same conditions…
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17 September
What Is Value Betting?
Value betting is a discussion that is always being had. Some people believe in it and some people don’t (never pro bettors). This article may ruffle some feathers, but sometimes it is good to have our feathers ruffled. I am going to start with a statement… “It is impossible to make a profit from betting if you don’t find value.”…
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10 September
All Weather Favourites
We are coming towards the beginning of the National Hunt season and All Weather racing is going to start ramping up. With that in mind, I thought it was appropriate to take a look at the statistics of favourites on All Weather tracks today. Let’s start by taking a look at the different All Weather tracks over the last 10…
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3 September
Horse Racing Betting Angles
I thought it was time for something a little bit different. It has been a while since I wrote an article that focused on strategy rather than other aspects of betting. Today it is time for a look at some strategies! As bettors we are always looking for new strategies, systems or betting angles. In fact this is probably what…
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Aug- 2012 -27 August
The Common Sense Approach
I have something a bit different today. For once I am going to stop talking about making sure you can deal with the emotional side of betting, bankrolls and more for a different look at the problem of finding winners in racing. In fact this can be related to finding winners in any form of sports betting. This is something…
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20 August
Emotion Will Lose You Money!
There are a few things that prevent the majority of punters from being successful in their betting. Without a doubt one of the biggest causes of losing is emotion. Betting with emotion is dangerous! That is the only way of putting it. It is not only in sports betting where the most successful can prevent their emotions from influencing their…
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Jul- 2012 -31 July
WOM – It can be dangerous if you are just starting!
If you have ever thought about getting involved in trading on horse racing, then you have almost certainly heard of WOM. For those of you who haven’t done any sports trading then WOM stands for Weight Of Money. When Betfair launched and sports trading became an easy way to make money, then using WOM was king. In fact, for a…
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24 July
How Official Handicap Ratings Are Made
Why do we have handicap races and how are the handicap ratings created? Handicap races are designed around the principle that if you put weight on a horse then it will slow it down. By applying different weights to horses of different abilities, a handicap race tries to make the race as equal as possible. Theoretically, if a handicapper has…
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23 July
The King George Race Analysed [INSIDE]
First of all I would like give a big welcome to all our new readers. In the last week we have had just over 200 new people join our ranks and I hope that you find my emails and blog of use. If you ever have any questions then please don’t hesitate to hit the reply button and let me…
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20 July
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes Race Preview
This is a huge race with a ÂŁ1 million pounds in prize money! As you would expect it is going to be a tough race for all the runners involved and those runners are amongst the best. It is a 10 runner race and they will be competing over 1 mile and 4 furlongs. Of the 10 runners there are…
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16 July
How To Measure Class…Differently
Last week I wrote about understanding the classes in horse racing. It is important to understand the classes because once you understand how they work then you will be able to use this knowledge to find a profit. You can check out that article here. Today I want to look at how we can measure class differently and use this…
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15 July
Newmarket (July) 2012 – Day 3 (we made an 82% profit yesterday!)
After struggling on the first day of Newmarket, we certainly came back with a bang yesterday. I hope that you were following us, because we made an 82% profit! That would have been ÂŁ65 to ÂŁ10 bets or ÂŁ650 to ÂŁ100 bets. In fact, there was only one race that we didn’t get the winner or place on. I am…
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13 July
Newmarket (July) 2012 – Day 3
After a a bad start to the festival we managed to turn it around yesterday and make a superb profit. In fact we only didn’t have a winning race once! We placed 8 units in stakes and make 6.5 units profit. A return of 82%! Let’s hope that we can continue this for the final meeting of the festival. 1:40…
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13 July
Newmarket (July) 2012 – Day 2
We are on to day two of the festival, and day one was certainly tough. The going is still soft on the ground and that is what I am going to be basing my analysis on. As with yesterday we shall be trying to take advantage of the Bet365 offer of a free bet if you have a winner of…
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12 July
Newmarket (July) 2012 – Day 1 Winners
Okay, so the title of this article may be pretty optimistic, but I hope to get some of the winners throughout the day. The weather has not made things any easier and the going conditions at the time of writing this post are good to soft and soft. I will be writing this from the assumption that these conditions are…
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10 JulyAdvice
Understanding Horse Racing Classes
Horse races in the UK fall under different classes. These classes are meant to be able to help us determine the quality of the race, and to a certain degree they do. Understanding which horses can run in certain class races can make a significant improvement to your betting, especially when I let you into a little secret, more on…
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8 July
Big race trends and going allowance uncovered inside…
What an end to the week it has been! Changes in going have been causing some upsets across the tracks, and my article this week on the blog has proven to be published at just the right time. This weeks article is all about going allowance. Have you ever heard of that phrase before? It is something that has to…
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