In this article John Burke demonstrates how he uses horseracebase to narrow down big Saturday or festival races, in particular handicaps, to find a manageable group of horses to shortlist “Study the past, if you would divine the future.” Confucius. By looking at the past we can predict the future. Even a Chinese Philosopher was…
Last month, on this tour of Irish Racecourses I was up in the north of Ireland at Downpatrick. This month I’m heading south to Fairyhouse, the home of the Irish Grand National As before, I will begin by looking briefly at the track’s location, history, configuration before highlighting some significant track stats. History and Location…
There’s just one fundamental objective for punters and that is to make a consistent profit. To achieve that objective doesn’t necessarily depend on hours of form study or detailed assessment of each horse chance in the race. The aim of this series on improving your punting is to help punters who don’t have the time…
Last month, I started my tour of Ireland’s racecourses in the ancient kingdom of Ulster by looking at Down Royal. This month I stay in the north of Ireland and head to the National Hunt track at Downpatrick. As before, I will look briefly at the track’s location, history, and configuration and will also highlight…
It only seems like yesterday that we were looking forward to Cheltenham’s first fixture of the winter jumps season at the end of October. The Cheltenham Festival seemed so far away which isn’t surprising given we had just enjoyed Champions Day on the flat. Well it’s almost here. After months of speculation and punditry the…