Category: Horse Racing Articles
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How To Choose A Horse Racing Tipster
Having read the articles on this site many of you may be looking to join a subscription tipping service but with so many options available, and so many sharp operators out there, it is difficult to know where to start. Welcome to the Pro Gambler guide to getting started and finding a reliable service that…
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Know Your All Weather Race Types
Know Your All Weather Race Types by David Renham This is the second article in a series of three all weather articles – the first being on southwell Sires In this piece I am going to look at specific race types in attempt to help you, the reader, gain that important edge over “the crowd”.…
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Value In National Hunt Favourites Who Failed To Finish?
National Hunt Favourites who failed to finish – how do they perform next time out? It’s an interesting question. There is some logic to thinking that a horse who was favourite last time out must have some significant positive attributes. If he failed to finish in his last race would that big blot on his…
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Apprentice Betting System Task
There is an interesting article over at PunterProfits describing how contestants in the hit tv show the apprentice might fare in give a betting system task. Which betting system creators will lord Sugar point the finger at saying “You’re Fired !” The article is aimed at educating about the dangers of back fitting a horse…
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Horse Running Style In National Hunt Racing
Most horses tend to exhibit a preference for a certain style of running. You may for example have heard of horses being referred to as front runners or hold up horses. Traditionally such thinking is applied more so to flat racing than National Hunt Racing. A classic good bet for example might be a front…
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ROI In Horse Racing
ROI In Horse Racing I received a question from someone new to betting on horses. They had seen me refer to ROI and wondered what that meant. Quite simply ROI stands for Return on Investment. It is a way to measure the profitability of a set of betting selections whether they be your personal picks,…
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Tote Exacta and CSF Bets
Tote Exacta and CSF Bets Dave Renham made an interesting post the other day on his blog analysing the pros and cons of The Tote Exacta and the bookmaker equivalent the computer straight forcast bet. These bets are roughly the same in that you are trying to predict the first two home in a race.…
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Draw Bias Explained
In flat racing the horses start the race from metal starting stalls. The draw refers to a horse’s placing / position in the starting stalls. Draw 1 is on the left, while the highest number is on the right. On left handed round courses the lowest draw is drawn next to the inside rail; on…