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Sean Trivass has been involved in racing for close to 40 years, starting at the local paper and moving on via Timeform, Alan Brazil Racing, Betdaq, Shadowfax Racing (Sir Ivor), The Independent (Hyperion) and many others as a freelance.
Currently the racing editor of the Daily Sport, he is also the UK correspondent for Thoroughbred News Australia, works on the racing desk at the Press Association, contributes regular international articles for Racing Ahead magazine, runs his own website (Writesports.net), contributes to the Post Racing Podcast with Ron Robinson on a regular basis, and is the current chair of the Horseracing Bettors Forum, the only recognised body representing the day to day punter.
Living near East Grinstead, his local tracks include Lingfield, Goodwood, Plumpton, Brighton and Fontwell (where he held his wedding reception), while his father owned Northmore Stud who bred St Leger runner-up Kite Wood who raced in the Godolphin colours.
Away from his daily work he loves football, plays pool (badly) and has had numerous statistically based books on making money from racing published and still available via Amazon!
Betting for horse racing punters has changed drastically since the introduction of online betting coupled with the advent of Betfair Betting Exchange launched in 2000. Back in the 1980s and 90s punters had limited options in terms of betting with bookmakers as they could only bet in a betting shop or on course at the…
This time around we are going to take a close look at a jockey who in recent times has been building an impressive profile. Gavin Sheehan was born in Dunmanway, West Cork on June 23, 1992, and graduated from the pony racing circuit to become amateur rider to Co. Limerick trainer Michael Hourigan, with whom…
In this article I am looking to see whether market forces are the same at different course and distances. I did some research into this way back in 2009 and it proved very valuable. The races I am going to focus on are 5 furlong turf handicaps and I have concentrated on races with 9…
“Christmas is coming; the turkey’s getting fat, please put a penny in the poor punters hat” It’s December. Just where has the year gone? The Christmas lights and decorations are going up. Festive markets are in full swing and of course Christmas is just a few weeks away. The Christmas period is busy one for…
The month of September brings a change of season. The warmth of summer gives way to mornings with a touch of chill in the air, the evenings come earlier, as the days shorten and with it the ending of turf evening meeting. Hard to believe but by the time you read this we’ll be just…
Your July Micro Systems It’s time for some more Micro systems, this time for the month of July. As I type May has just finished and it was a mixed bag for the micro systems in May. There were a couple of very disappointing ones, notably Dods and Haggis who managed just two small priced…