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I’m writing this month’s article on what should have been the eve of Newmarket’s Craven Meeting. I should have been talking about the first two English Classics, Chester’s May Festival and York’s Dante Meeting. Sadly, the world is the grip of what looks like the worst pandemic since the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918. No…
During the Covid lockdown with no UK racing taking place, a lot of people turned to U.S. racing to place their bets. It’s understandable, along with Australia it was the only place in the world with horse racing taking place. I started my journey in betting on U.S. race tracks, and if you’re going to…
Hi Matt, and many thanks for joining us this month, first off would you start by telling our readers a little about yourself and your background? I’m CEO of the Value Rater Platform Limited which provides relevant information for Horse Racing Enthusiasts. My interest in horse racing started around 1995 where I started out punting in betting shops…
Last month, on this tour of Irish Racecourses I looked at Fairyhouse racecourse, the home of the Irish Grand National. This month I’m looking at the Curragh. The racecourse where flat racing champions are made. As before, I will begin by looking briefly at the track’s location, history, configuration before highlighting some significant track stats….
Introduction Inspired by a chapter in Nick Mordin’s book ‘Winning Without Thinking’ on pedigrees I thought I’d take a different look at ‘the Flat’ (Turf) – well, different for me anyway. Long term success in this game generally depends on thinking outside the box or in any case looking at races/horses in a contrarian way,…