We have predicted a significant level stakes profit for the 2011/12 season for horses trained by Paul Nicholls for Graham Wylie. The latter had a 19% strike rate with Howard Johnson last year and we believe this year it will be closer to 25% under the Nicholls stewardship. The horses sent to Ditcheat include Tidal Bay, Tigre D’Aron, Zhakiera Spirit, Prospect … Continue reading
Horse to follow: Gurtacrue
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Tagged Evan Williams, Gurtacrue, Horses to follow, William Rucker
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Latest News: Gurtacrue is scheduled to run at Ffos Las on Sunday 9 October 2011 in the Llewellyn Novices’ Chase over three miles – the distance he needs. Would like a drop of rain between now and then for him but we are excited here at The Racing Horse, he will win races! We will post this message on our … Continue reading
The Pacafi Bet Summary
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Tagged Betting to win, Profitability, Strategy, The Pacafi Bet
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The word PACAFI is an acronym for pure, clean and filtered investment. The bet is a simple well-constructed investment that integrates a set of pre-determined rules and is more a strategy than a system. The bet contains essential ingredients in which the fundamentals must NEVER change and with little room for ambiguity it is easy to apply. These truisms filter … Continue reading
False Favourites (September 2010)
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Tagged False Favourites, Horse Racing, Horse Racing Strategies, Jonathan Burgess, Paul Moon, Racing Systems
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My golden rule for a horseracing system is that it should be able to be written as a rule that is unambiguous and straightforward to apply. The system should also generate an acceptable success rate and return a profit. It should be able to reproduce its good historical performance in future races. A system should only be considered if it … Continue reading
Evan Williams |
The notorious ‘Pontardawe gambler’ Vernon Allen and I had a marvellous day at Evan Williams stables in Llancarfan where we were given the most fabulous welcome. Thanks to Evan, Cathy and the team. Here is an article that I wrote about the day: http://www.geegeez.co.uk/national-hunt-racing-in-wales/ On our visit there I got acquainted with a horse called Gurtacrue (pictured left) and he … Continue reading
Reference Trial: Winning Selections (December 2009)
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Iain Lewington had claimed: ‘Winning Selections is a sports betting advisory service aimed at the serious punter. If you think your able to place a few bets each day sticking to the stakes advised then you will be in a better position than 95% of all punters’. He went on to say that his advice is based on ‘form study, … Continue reading
Lies, Damned Lies & Statistics |
Horseracing is an entity consumed by statistics inextricably woven into the fabric of the sport in an historical integration. When you add opinions that range from one extreme to another the unravelling becomes almost impossible but sometimes within the confusion there is an angle to exploit! We all use statistics to aid our decision-making processes but especially when faced with … Continue reading