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There are two ratings available on the Race Advisor website, the VDW (Van Der Wheil) rating and the PR (Power Rating) rating. You can access them by registering or logging in to your account. To access these ratings for every race is just £2 per day, and you can access them on a day-by-day basis,…

Contents Why Do You Bet? Well that’s an obvious question, you bet because you’re trying to win money. Really? So think about that time when you bet your mates you could climb a tree, there was no financial gain, it was about proving a point. Or when you bet them that the girl at the…

Horses wear headgear in races to improve their racing. It may be to block vision, or to hold the tongue in position to prevent it blocking an airway, or any number of other reasons. There are seven types of headgear in use in horse racing, and these are: It may improve the racing for the…

Introduction Welcome to this article on laying the favourites in horse racing. This guide has taken multiple people hundreds of hours to compile. Whilst we are only showing some of the statistics found through the research process, there was a huge amount of data analysis to find these. If you’re interested in analysing this data…

There are two ratings available on the Race Advisor website, the PR (Power Rating) rating and the VDW (Van Der Wheil) rating. You can access them by registering or logging in to your account. To access these ratings for every race is just £2 per day, and you can access them on a day-by-day basis,…

If you’re new to horse racing, it’s easy to get overwhelmed by the different terminology. For example, the classification system, designed to ensure more evenly contested races, is a source of genuine bemusement for many beginners. According to the British Horseracing Authority, there are approximately 14,000 horses in training in the United Kingdom. As you…

Contents Do Horse Racing Betting Strategies Work? Well yes, and no, and sometimes, but not always. That sounds glib, but chat to any bettor that enjoys a degree of success and they probably won’t admit to blindly following a system. However I guarantee that over time they have adopted a strategy. I much prefer the…

I remember it like it was yesterday, the launch of Betfair in 2000. You never see a poor bookie, the bookie always wins, well this was the chance to log on to Betfair, lay odds on favourites that you didn’t fancy and nick a few quid laying the rags that stood no chance. Of course,…

Also known as speed figures, speed ratings are numbers used to denote the ability of a horse on a given day.  There are different types of ratings and calculations which are all considered to be speed ratings, just different versions.  For a long time, the belief was that speed ratings were mainly useful in American…