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Micro-Angle – Horses To Follow
Autumn National Hunt Horses Following on from Blue Kascade, Thomas Brown and Tenor Nivernais in previous weeks I have another horse who seems at his best in the early part of the season. This week it’s the Oliver Sherwood trained chaser Milgen Bay. Milgen Bay – Oliver Sherwood The 11- year-old has a career record of – 9 wins from…
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Does it matter how far a horse travels for a race?
Focusing on horses that have travelled a long distance to a racetrack piques the interest of some people while others disregard it as an ‘old chestnut’ system. If you go to the Signposts section of the Racing Post, you can see how far each horse has travelled to be on the course. For example, on October 9, 2017, at Musselburgh,…
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Micro-Angles – Horse in Profile – Tenor Nivernais
The ten-year-old trained by Venetia Williams hasn’t won as many races over fences as his ability merits – 4 wins from 25 runs 10 placed over fences Three of those four chase wins have come in November & December – 3 wins from 7 runs Strike Rate 43% SP Profit +10.25 5 placed Place Strike Rate 71% and he is…
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Should You Back Outsiders in Small Fields?
There is always an element of the unknown when it comes to races with only 3, 4, or 5 runners. In many cases, such events are not run at a ‘true’ pace and are often slow affairs with a fast finish. As a result, the form book makes less sense than normal so surely, punters should look at small fields…
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Micro-Angles – Fergal O’Brien Novice Hurdlers October & November
Fergal O’Brien – Now, I am more of handicap man myself and staying handicap chasers. I tend to stay away from novice hurdle races, particularly at this time of year but I was taken with the record of trainer Fergal O’Brien in such races. Since 2012 he has had 11 winners from 57 runners – Strike Rate 19% SP Profit…
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Micro-Angles – Autumn National Hunt Horses
Something new, as I look at two horses worth noting in the autumn: Blue Kascade & Thomas Brown. 1. Blue Kascade’s career record is – 5 wins from 29 runs Strike Rate 17% SP Loss -5.75 8 placed Place Strike Rate 28% But his career record in October & November is – 4 wins from 7 runs Strike Rate 57%…
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Micro-Angles – Autumn National Hunt Trainers
The ‘proper’ winter jumps season starts next month so with this in mind this weeks micro angles feature looks at two trainer’s who normally have their runners ready to strike after a summer break in the autumn and as a bit of a bonus two horses whose profile’s suggest they are worth looking out for when they run in October…
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In-Form Fancies Shows You How to Make Profit from Horses in Excellent Form
It is said that ‘form is temporary, but class is permanent,’ and this certainly applies in horse racing as in the full spectrum of sports. However, savvy punters know how to make hay when the sun shines and learning how to find the horses in terrific form is a key aspect of making money in the long run. For some…
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Micro-Angles – Newcastle Odds On Favourites
There are not many tracks, if at all that offer a profit with their odds on favourites but the all-weather at Newcastle can offer the blind backer a profit. Here are the results from backing odds-on favourites – 41 winners from 61 runners Strike Rate 67.2% Points Profit +7.24 (to SP) A/E 1.09 That’s not bad going for a new…
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Micro-Angles – Sue Smith Runners at Catterick
Horse’s either handle the sharp jumping track at Catterick or they don’t. However, there is one trainer who really places the right horses at the course and that’s Sue Smith. Since January 2014 at the North Yorkshire track, she has had – 24 winners from 73 runners Strike Rate 33% Points Profit +83.93 A/E 1.83 39 placed Place Strike Rate…
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Micro Angles – St Leger Festival
Roger Varian Three-Year-Old + Runners A very simple one for you, trainer Roger Varian likes to target this meeting and if you focus in on all his three-year-old + runners he has the following set of results in the past five seasons: 8 winners from 23 runners Strike Rate 35% Points Profit +52.88 A/E 1.92 14 placed Place Strike Rate…
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Eye-Catcher Micro Angles
Al Shaqab Racing Angle The Qatar based Al Shaqab Racing is an operation clearly set up to have runners and of course winners in the best races. Today’s micro angle looks at their runners in UK Group races only. The utility of this angle is once again its real simplicity and given there will be plenty of runners for the…
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How Do Top-Weighted Horses Perform in Handicaps?
When it comes to handicap racing, the top-weighted horse is usually deemed to be the classiest (highest OR) in the race; that is why it is forced to carry more weight than any other horse. On the one hand, handicappers in the UK are exceptionally talented and seldom get it wrong when determining how much weight a horse should carry.…
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Making Profits Like A Sheikh
Sheikh Mohammad bin Rahid Al Maktoum is the owner of the Godolphin stables, one of the best stables in the world with over 4000 wins to their name. With Saeed Bin Suroor being their trainer since 1994, a lot of those wins are down to his excellent training. And if you want to make profits like a sheikh, then you…
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Analyse a day’s racing in minutes
You learn a few things running a racing website. And call me slow on the uptake, but there are two things I’ve noticed punters like more than anything else. >> Learning techniques that make them rich. >> And learning them for free! Well, we aim to please, and today I’ve got one of those for you right now. I’ve just recorded a video that shows…
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The log flume of doom
We went to a Center Parc yesterday, and it’s the first time I’ve been in a log flume since I was a kid. The one that freaked me out the most is the one which is small and you have to cross your arms and legs because it goes so fast. It’s not the speed that freaks me out, it’s…
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How Can You Find Success With the Van Der Wheil Method?
Michael has written about the Van Der Wheil (VDW) method at great length in Race Advisor so instead of going over old ground, I’m going to show you how I used VDW ratings to achieve a 44% win rate with an ROI of 98%. I began with £60 in my Betfair Exchange account and used £10 level stakes just to…
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A £20 free bet into £400 real money
James left a comment on this post over the weekend saying… “Great tipping guys – I turned a 20 pounds free bet into 400 real money thanks to some of your tips – spending money for holiday 😎 from a small stakes punter. Thanks, guys” And that’s what we do here at the Race Advisor! How did he find that…
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Pssst! This is just for you ;)
Sssshhh… it’s important to keep this quiet. As a Race Advisor reader, we know you like low-risk betting strategies that simply make you money. Which is exactly what Betting Bounty does. The thing is…. if you’ve never tried it before, then you may not realise that by not using it you’re literally walking away from free money. It takes advantage of a loophole in the UK…
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Micro Angles – Mark Johnston Goodwood Festival
Trainer Mark Johnston likes to have a winner or two at this meeting. Since 2012 he has had 99 runners, with 15 winning and a further 23 placing in handicaps. If you had backed each of those runners you would have made a level stakes profit of 78.88pts with a win strike a respectable 15%. As ever we can improve…
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