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Michael Wilding Rips Apart The Grand National

It’s been a little while since I wrote a blog post, and what better time to do so than on the day of the Grand National. I’m going to use a combination of the Race Advisor’s tools to make my analysis of the race, beginning with Racing Dossier to narrow down the field. With so many good runners in the…

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The Grand National Compendium

We’ve taken out four best pundits from the Race Advisor and asked them to give you their thoughts on the greatest race of them all …. the Grand National. Over to them ….. Alex Pepperrel gives us his thoughts via a video –   Andy Newton provides us with all of the stats that we need to make an informed decision…

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Grand National Analysis From The Eye-Catcher Pro – John Burke

Now the Grand National is not race to be taken seriously from a betting perspective but it’s a bit of fun and that’s what betting on horses should be all about. The race has changed in recent years due to changes in the Aintree fences and the handicappers in encouragement of higher class horses running in the race. I don’t…

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Blaklion Can Win The Grand National

Horses with experience of the unique fences often run well in the Grand National and Blaklion jumped impeccably in last year’s race. The Nigel Twiston-Davies runner had a great round of jumping when winning the Becher Chase at Aintree in December. The Last Samuri is another leading contender who has taken to the fences.  The National is now more akin…

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2018 Grand National Trends For Punters To Profit

It doesn’t matter if you are a seasoned horse racing punter, or a recreational better that only dips in and out of betting – the thought of betting on the Grand National – a race with 40 runners in – can be often be a very daunting affair.  However – fear not – as with bundles of Grand National trends &…

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2018 Could Provide Us with a Sixth 100/1 Grand National Winner

We all know the Grand National is the official home of big price horse racing winners. It’s the reason the UK stands still on race day and the Aintree spectacle sees seasoned punters rub shoulders with the £1-a-year-backers getting their stake on a runner with a familiar sounding name. It’s the jewel in the British racing crown but did you…

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Achieving the Impossible: Picking a Grand National Winner

Although the Cheltenham Gold Cup is one of the highlights of the racing calendar, we revealed that it isn’t as open a race as originally thought. If you focus on the top three in the market, you’re likely to come close to picking a winner. The Aintree Grand National, on the other hand, is as close to a ‘lottery’ as…

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Three Ways Horse Racing Can Increase It’s Popularity

Cheltenham Festival proved that the popularity of horse racing is continuing to grow across the United Kingdom and Ireland. Record crowds poured through the venue over the course of the week in March, highlighting the importance that the event holds in the racing calendar. Horse racing has been trending towards the top of the sporting zeitgeist in Britain, although it…

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Handicap Ceilings

On November 10, 2016, the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) made a decision which significantly impacted the world of handicap racing. It announced a change to handicap race entry criteria which meant that horses rated 1 or 2 pounds higher than the allocated rating band could enter the majority of races. The amendment only impacts races at Class 3 and below.…

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The Irish Grand National

Fairyhouse’s Easter Festival comes to a dramatic conclusion this Monday, with the Irish Grand National. With a field of 30 runners, this race can’t be analysed in 5 minutes! However, one of the quickest ways to narrow the field is to look at the trends from over the last 15 years. Our first part of the puzzle then is the…

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The Grand National

I don’t need to say much here as there will be acres of writing on the background to the world’s most famous horse race.  As a spectacle, it’s the highlight of the National Hunt calendar and arguably the highlight of British horse racing jumps or indeed flat.  It’s a race that brings out office sweepstakes and people who have a…

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Follow Ryan Moore At Meydan Today

It was raining at Lingfield Park yesterday for the All-Weather Championships Finals and some of the jockeys were looking forward to better weather. James Doyle won the mares and fillies final on Diagnostic and then flew out to Dubai after racing. The temperature for the Dubai World Cup fixture at Meydan will be above 30 degrees where Doyle rides Frontiersman…

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Ready, Steady, WIN!

Good morning folks, Are you ready for some PROFITABLE betting today? We are – because we’re aiming to smash it at Finals Day. Finals Day, as you doubtless know, is the biggest day in All Weather Racing. And the culmination of the All-Weather Championships at Lingfield. Plus, a superb place to make a very decent amount of money. Which is…

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Three Big Price Runners to Trouble Grand National Favourite Blaklion

This year’s Grand National betting is taking shape and Blaklion remains at the head of the field as we approach the business end of preparations. Representing the Nigel Twiston-Davies yard, the talented nine-year-old has been the shortest price since the book went up, but does he deserve to be? There are some serious question marks hanging over the bay gelding…

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Trends… Do They Really Work?

If you’ve ever bet at a festival, then you’ll know that almost everybody uses trends from previous races to decide whether a horse is likely to win or not. But here’s the weird thing… Most people don’t use trends in their day-to-day betting. If you’re not prepared to use trends in your day-to-day betting then why would you suddenly think…

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Is it worth your while following trends

There is a stark difference between horse racing betting systems and trends. With systems, you’re following a set of data in a bid to find winners. I have written dozens of articles for Race Advisor that offer readers an insight into different betting systems to see if they have the potential for profit. A recent example was the ‘Nowhere Fourth’…

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Weekly Eye-Catchers – Horse Racing

Well, that’s another Cheltenham Festival done and dusted. Still jumps racing hits the accelerator button in the next month or so with the Aintree Festival and of course with it the Grand National. There is the Irish & Scottish Grand National’s, throw in the Punchestown Festival at the end of April and jumps fans have plenty to look forward to.…

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Is horse racing fixed?

It’s only in comparatively recent years that the perception of horse racing being a fixed sport has started to change. Even though the perception is changing, in a recent survey 49% of people still thought that there was corruption in racing. So what’s the truth? Here at the Race Advisor’s headquarters, we’ve all got different opinions based on our own…

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Want £20,000 for one days work?

That’s exactly what happened to Colin, a member of VDW Maximiser, this Thursday. Imagine waking up £20,000 richer, all from a £50 bet? Would feel pretty damn good, wouldn’t it 😉 How did he do it? By following the lowest scoring VDW horses and placing a £50 win double bet on them. Easy. Want access to the software that Colin…

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The fix is in. How can you spot a dodgy race and avoid betting on it?

It would be naïve in the extreme to suggest that the Sport of Kings is purer than the driven snow. Over the last few decades, there have been numerous scandals involving trainers, owners, jockeys, and bookmakers. One of the most notorious instances of alleged race fixing involved six-time Champion Jockey, Kieran Fallon. He was arrested in September 2004 on suspicion…

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