The Placepot

The Placepot

For people who bet on horse racing, there are numerous different bets that the Bookmakers try and lure you in with. Here is a selection of them: Computer Straight Forecast – picking two horses to finish first and second; Tricast – picking three horses to finish first, second and third; Double – picking two horses…

A Revision of Compiling “Tissue Odds” from Ratings – Part I

A Revision of Compiling “Tissue Odds” from Ratings – Part I

The following article is designed to enable the reader to produce their own betting forecast or tissue prices. Devised by Rory Delargy of Racing Consultants the method will hopefully help you to find your preferred your daily value bets. The job of the odds compiler may be one surrounded in mathematics, but ultimately there will…

British Track Characteristics: Flat and National Hunt

British Track Characteristics: Flat and National Hunt

Britain’s racetrack layouts vary greatly. As well as left-handed and right-handed layouts, there are stiff, galloping, undulating and perfectly flat circuits, with most horses preferring certain configurations to others. For example, the helter-skelter track at Brighton strongly favours the handy, well-balanced types and is very much against the long-striding gallopers, who can often become unbalanced…