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Sandown Reviewed

Today there is a lot of poor racing but I thought, since there were so many races taking place, that I would do a review of all the races at Sandown. That being said, I am going to be using the RA members features to do the analysis and will jump straight in with the 2.20! 2.20 – Annington Amateur…

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Why Top Rated Is Not Necessarily Best

It is human nature to think that the top rated is the best. Usually the top rated is the largest numerical figure. In horse racing different horses may be top rated in different factors. This would indicate that different horses have strengths in different areas, a logical assumption. However as soon as you begin to look at ratings from a…

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Winning Races Or Winning Bets, Which Is Important?

More often than not you will find punters discussing how many winning bets they have found. Sales pages for betting systems state how many winning bets their systems or selections have found. But if you talk to professionals they almost never talk about winning bets! Could this be coincidence? Or because pro bettors are no longer in how many winning…

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Betting Less Than £2 On Betfair

Sometimes when you are testing selections either from a tipster or from your own system you may want to test them on very low stakes before increasing your bankroll and betting bigger. The minimum bet on Betfair is £2 which is not always low enough. However it is possible to bet below £2 on Betfair and I am going to…

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Betfair Ascot Chase Preview

Today at 3pm the Betfair Ascot Chase race takes place. At the Race Advisor this comes under our Big Race Trends and we have all the trends shown for the last 10 years. If you aren’t yet a member of the Race Advisor then you can join here. It has been a little while since I did a race preview…

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Calculating Lay Bet Return On Investment

It is important to know your return on investment (ROI), but when it comes to lay bets you must make sure that you calculate it properly. When calculating ROI you usually add to together all your bets and divide the amount of profit you have made by the amount you have bet. Unfortunately this does not work for lay bets…

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PIV is better than Impact Value

In my last post I talked about how you can use impact value to analyse the strength of pretty much any factor, rating or selections in any sport. Today I want to share with you an even more powerful way of doing this. It is called Pool Impact Value or A/E. I personally prefer Pool Impact Value, a term made…

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Why You Should Use Impact Values

If you are a regular at the Race Advisor or other betting forums then you may have heard of the term impact value before. It is unknown amongst the majority of the betting public and often its value is not understood. However for those who understand the power of impact values a complete knew way of analysing factors in sports…

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Do Trends Work?

It is not unusual to want to analyse the trends of previous races before a big race. Finding trends involve looking at the same race over the past 10 years or more to determine what type of horse wins the race. In fact it is a simpler form of something that is known as profiling. You can profile both horses…

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Why Betting More Than One Horse In A Race Is Good

It is a common mistake to want to bet a single horse in each race. If you honestly only think that one horse can win the race then by all means bet a single horse. However how often do you think that there is only one horse with any possibility of winning the race? I would bet that it is…

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Why You Shouldn’t Listen To Racing Presenters

I was at a party the other night and was chatting with someone who is not only a profitable bettor but also has a love of the sport of horse racing. This love of the sport has lead him into contact with a some of the TV personalities that we see presenting on channels such as Racing UK. Not only…

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Backwards Handicapping

Happy New Year! I hope that you had a good New Years eve party and you enjoyed the racing on New Years day. Today I thought I would take a bit of different approach and look at a finding a selection in a race based on some unique features inside the Race Advisor members area. The race we are going…

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King George VI Chase Preview 2011

It is Boxing Day and my favourite race of the year has come round again. I don’t have a rational reason for this but there is a cracking day’s racing happening today and for the first time in years I won’t be able to watch it as I have been told that I am going to see Ghost by the…

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UK Horse Racing Statistics As A Betting Tool

UK horse racing is one sport that receives a lot of betting attention. A lot of systems and strategies exist which can be used by bettors to place a wager. The role of statistics in UK horse racing betting cannot be underestimated. Horses cannot talk like human beings. If a great tennis player is having a bad run, he can…

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Why Over Fitting Will Lose You Money!

Over fitting is a bettors worst enemy! Because of this I think that it is important that you have a good understanding of what it is and why it is so dangerous. Every bettor has a selection process. This can be anything from choosing a horse with your favourite name to an advanced analysis. It doesn’t matter whether your process…

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Finding The Holes In Your Betting!

You are bound to have holes in your betting. These holes are losing you money every time you continue to bet. I know that I have them and I believe that every single bettor has them. The ideal is to get your betting to a stage where there are no more holes. However while this is the perfect scenario I…

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Finding Selections – The Beginners Guide

It is very easy to get over whelmed with sports betting and particularly horse racing. In horse racing there are so many factors to take into consideration and everywhere you look there are ratings but no information on what they mean! This makes it hard for the new bettor to get to grips with what they need to do and…

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Creating A Tissue In Horse Racing

Guest article written by Eddie Lloyd In this first article on how to create a tissue I thought I’d show you a very simple method for rating horses and converting these into odds. Creating your own tissue can be a very profitable approach to horse racing and many professionals use this technique to make their living. So what is a…

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The Truth About Ratings

I have no doubt that you have seen ratings before. As sports bettors we find that ratings enter into our lives on a daily basis. It doesn’t matter what your sport is, you open the paper and there is a rating of some form. The most obvious example is horse racing and the Official Rating (also known as the OR).…

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