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Apr- 2010 -9 April
The Grand National Race Analysis
It doesn’t seem long ago that I was looking at an analysis of the Gold Cup. Like the Gold Cup analysing the Grand National is a very hard task as all of the runners are of a high quality. Earlier this week I looked at a few of the trends of the Grand National. When I opened the race card…
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8 April
Automatic Betting
Guest article by Colin Magee from Betwise. I’d been interested in automating the betting process for some time prior to the emergence of the Betfair API and writing Automatic Exchange Betting, but making the process reliable was a challenge.  Betfair’s API created a robust way to programmatically access market data and place bets via the exchange, but there was still…
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5 April
Past Statistics Of The Grand National
A few weeks ago it was the Cheltenham Gold Cup and now it is the John Smiths Grand National. What an exciting week ahead! As with the Cheltenham Gold Cup I am going to look at some past statistics today and then will publish an article on Friday reviewing the big race at 4.15pm on Saturday in detail. There is…
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2 AprilAdvice
POWER HORSE RACING RATINGS: Winning With Your Own In 5 Simple Steps
I first wrote this blog post nearly a decade ago based on an experience I had with Dave Schwarz, someone who had a profound impact on the way I look at horse racing, and who’s advice and ideas I’ve often taken into my own approaches. It began with this blog post about making a power rating using a fuzzy logic…
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Mar- 2010 -31 March
Greyhound Tipster – A Betting School Review
Guest post from The Betting School. The Betting School provide reviews and handicapping information for both new and old bettors. I have known their editor Darren for a long time now and have also been writing regularly for them for a number of years. Product Name: Greyhound Tipster Sectional Timing Supplier/Author: Bobby Burns Website: http://www.greyhoundtipster.com Price: Initial 7 day trial…
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25 March
How To Calculate Permed Bets
Last week we suggested a betting structure based on permutating a large number of selections into groups to reduce the staking expenses. Subsequently we have been asked to show an accurate way of calculating the returns, which we are more than happy to do and will use the basis of last week’s article regarding teams that draw away from home…
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24 MarchStrategies
HOW TO: Make Your Own Horse Racing Power Ratings
We are all used to horse racing ratings, but what about horse racing power ratings. At it’s most complex, a horse racing power rating is a figure that contains all the information necessary to analyse a race. It’s a combination of all the factors needed to assess a race. However, any rating that has combined multiple ratings, or pieces of…
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22 March
How To Profit From Away Draws
Now that we have come to an advanced stage of all the domestic leagues, it is easier to interpret patterns in the results during the season to date, and take advantage of them. What we are trying to identify this week are teams that draw away from home far more often than the league average. By using the “Season Summary”…
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18 March
The Cheltenham Gold Cup Race Analysis
It seems like a long time ago that I posted an article The Gold Cup Trends but it was only a week ago and now the great race is upon us. The opinion is split on the rivalry between Kauto Star and Denman, whatever happens it is going to be the most exciting race of the season. Is it going…
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18 March
Singles Or Doubles Which Makes More Profit
Guest post by DOC from Punters Paradise. The choice between backing singles or doubles may often come down to personal preference but the Devil is in the detail. Some background Back in the long ago, bookmakers were surly beasts who wouldn’t accept anything less than a treble on football bets (or so I’m told!). In this day and age, with…
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17 March
What Would You Like?
Today is going to be a much shorter post and very different to what I normally write about. I was wondering yesterday what I could give you that would really help you in your betting. Suddenly I realised that rather than sitting pondering this while watching Cheltenham, I should just ask you! So that is what I am doing. If…
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15 March
Backing Jockeys – A Bookies Benefit?
Guest post by David Renham from Racing Trends This week I am going to look at an area of racing I rarely look into …… multiple betting on jockeys. Most punters out there will appreciate that backing jockeys “blind” is almost always the way to the poor house. To help illustrate my point, below is a table showing the top…
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12 March
The Cheltenham Festival 2010 – Gold Cup Trends
The build up to the Cheltenham Festival has been going on for a few weeks now and there are just a few days to go before the festival begins. I wanted to very much write something about the festival this year but I wasn’t sure what. I have seen lots of posts about free bets and how to maximise these…
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10 March
The Sporting World Outside Cheltenham
As the sporting focus of the country turns towards Cheltenham, there are still a few minor distractions in the sporting world to entertain us whilst the anticipation builds. There are important domestic and European football matches, the start of the Formula 1 world championships in Bahrain, the first test against Bangladesh and one of the all-time greatest boxers in action.…
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9 MarchAdvice
5 STEPS: Step-by-Step Guide To Knowing When A Losing Streak A Broken Betting System
Trying to determine whether your betting system is broken or just in a losing streak is the stuff of a bettors nightmare. Questions start spinning around you mind. Should the losing streak be this long? I’ve lost most of my profit, should I stop now? Has the system stopped working? What I hear most frequently is that bettors lose all…
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8 March
Making A Profit Automatically
Guest post by Malcolm from GHB Today we have a guest post from Malcolm at GreyHorse Bot. The GreyHorse Bot is software that allows you to automatically find selections or  to choose your own selections manually and have the bot place your bets throughout the day. It is one of the most comprehensive commercially available betting bots that I have seen…
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4 March
Systems, Let’s Make A Winning One! – Week 2
It is that time of the week again where we look at the system that we started last week and begin to build on it. In the last post we had two polls that were going to help us to decide whether we wanted to make a back or lay system and what way of analysing the main profit of…
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2 March
Using Formula 1 For A No Risk Profit
Gentlemen, start your engines! The start of the Formula 1 race season is soon to be upon us, with the first race taking place in Bahrain on the morning of March 12th. This time of year brings back many, many memories. Black and white footage of early Le Mans races and old Tony Curtis movies – well, at least that…
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1 MarchAdvice
Interview With A Professional Gambler
I say a lot of things and you very kindly read them and I hope that what I am saying helps your betting and you will continue to read it. Today I thought it may be interesting to put up the perspective of a different pro bettor and so I managed to get permission to publish this interview for you.…
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Feb- 2010 -27 February
Profiting From Trainer Trends In March
Guest post by Dave Renham from PunterProfits Each month I write an article based on past trainer performance over a particular month. I have stated many times before, trainers tend to be creatures of habit and tend to peak / trough at similar times each year. This article is based on National Hunt trainers in the month of March with…
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