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How To Make A Power Rating

There’s no doubt that ratings are a great way for you to analyse a race. In fact, they’re probably one of the best ways. But I’m a self-admitted ratings fanatic! So with the admission that I love ratings. The question is… is there anything better than a rating? And the answer is yes. A power rating Power ratings are combinations…

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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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Lieutenant Can Finish First!

It’s Grand National Day and what an exciting race to enjoy. If you cannot get “revved up” for this race where luck plays as big a part as your handicap mark then ask your doctor to check if there is any blood running through your veins.  As there are 40 runners we will take the unusual step of selecting 3…

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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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Astigos to Claim First Chase Win

It’s back to jumping action at Haydock Park today following a great win by Gabrial in last weekend’s Lincoln. Haydock stages a couple of valuable handicaps and it’s the handicap chase that provides our selection. The rain that has softened the ground at Haydock Park is just what the doctor ordered for Astigos who relishes soft or worse ground. Astigos…

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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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Gabrial is the Pick of Dr Koukash Gabrials’ in Lincoln

What! Yes, that heading would even confuse Confucius, but please let me explain. The flat season (turf) begins today with Richard Fahey saddling two runners for owner Dr Marwan Koukash in the Lincoln handicap. Dr Koukash likes to name many of his runners after his son Gabrial and in the Lincoln today his two runners are named Gabrial and Gabrial’s…

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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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Some Buckle Can Win Imperial Cup

All of the past ten winners of Sandown’s Imperial Cup have carried less than 11 stone. That is a very strong statistic and one that we shall not try and beat in the 2015 renewal. However, today’s race is more like a limited handicap if we take out top weight Camping Ground with just 14lbs between the remaining 23 runners.…

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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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