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Apr- 2010 -27 April
Building Your Own Racing Database â Part 1
I have had a lot of requests from readers who are interested in building their own database and are not sure how to go about it. In response to these requests I am going to write a series of articles outlining the process that I used to design and build my database. This is by no means the best way…
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23 April
The Effect Of Headgear On Horses
There are a lot of differing opinions about whether the use of headgear affects a racehorse for the better or for the worse. In this article I am looking to uncover some statistics that will begin to make this clearer. To start it is important that we get an initial overview of how runners with headgear perform in general. Runners…
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19 April
The Monthly Book Review â Braddockâs Complete Guide
This is going to be a new feature at the Race Advisor. I have an arsenal of racing literature, some excellent and some not so good. There is always more to read and as you may have guessed I like to read as much as I can. If I can get even the beginning of an idea from a book…
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15 April
Trainers With 2 Runners In A Race – The Profitable Angle
Guest post by David Renham from Racing Trends One dilemma that faces punters from time to time is when a trainer runs two or more runners in a race. Do you take the obvious option and back the shortest priced runner? Or do you look for some âperceived valueâ by backing the outsider of the pair? Whatever you decide I would…
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14 April
A Review Of The Reviewers
Today I would like to get your opinions. There are many betting system sellers and there are also many websites who test these systems. It is of course important to have people testing and reviewing the systems but who they are and is their opinion worth listening to? As far as I know there has never been a review of…
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13 April
The Truth About Purchased Betting Systems
Some of our loyal readers have got in touch and said that I should write a little bit about betting systems. When they first began to bet they started with systems. A lot of these systems failed and the few that worked then began to fail just a few months later! What is the truth about using purchased betting systems?…
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12 April
The Changing Seasons
The title of this article doesnât refer to the change from winter to spring but rather the change from the National Hunt season to the Flat season. This happens around April every year and means a turbulent time for people who use form as a guide for their selections. I always think that the change over effect actually starts in…
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9 April
The Grand National Race Analysis
It doesnât 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. Iâd 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. Â Betfairâs 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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26 MarchAdvice
VALUE BETTING: Knowing When The Odds Are On Your Side!
Everybody talks about value betting being the only way to make a long-term profit. If you’re not sure what value betting is, this article will clear it up. So you’ve found your selections, but how do you now know if the odds on your selection are you on your side and offering betting value? There are a lot of different…
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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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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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15 March
Backing Jockeys â 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 âŠâŠ multiple betting on jockeys. Most punters out there will appreciate that backing jockeys âblindâ 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 â 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 wasnât 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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