Tag: Distances

  • Welsh Grand National – Sire Stats

    Our old fried Guy Ward aka The Mathematician sent out in interesting analysis piece recently focussed on Sire Stats for the upcoming Welsh Grand National Copied below for your info. ******************************************************* WELSH NATIONAL SIRES PERFORMANCE RATINGS BASED ON A COMBINATION OF 3 FACTORS STAMINA – CLASS – GROUND Using Sire Statistics is interesting and helpful…

  • Draw Bias Stats

    Draw Bias Stats The draw can play a very important role in flat racing. There are proven biases to certain stall positions over certain course and distances. Dave Renham is renouned as on of the uk’s leading experts on Draw Bias. One small element of his daily messages to clients at his Racing Trends service…

  • Speed Ratings System

    Speed ratings are quite simply a numerical measure of how fast a horse has run. Top Speed in the Racing Post is a well known example of such a thing. Creating speed ratings  however goes beyond mere clocking of a race time. Ratings are often adjusted to account for factors such as going or course…