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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!
Last year I looked at flat racing in September and October; this year I am switching to analyse past results from National Hunt racing in these two months. In around a week’s time we will hit September which will herald the start of Autumn, and the summer of 2025 is soon to be a distant…
There are several horses in training that switch between racing on the Flat and racing in a National Hunt race. In this article I am going to see whether there is any worthwhile data out there that will either point me in the direction of a good bet, or indeed highlight a poor bet to…
Middle distance races are another unique aspect of the Turf Flat Season. I define middle distance races as between 1 mile and 2 furlongs and 2 miles. Frequent distances include 1 mile and 2 furlongs, 1 mile and 4 furlongs, and 1 mile and 6 furlongs. These really are specialist distances, requiring good timing from…
Some trainers are substantially more capable at successfully placing their young un-exposed Handicappers than most of their counterparts, especially when it comes to races restricted to three-year-olds. These types of contests are generally packed full of lightly raced individuals, a percentage of them often having previously been run under conditions that won’t have allowed them…
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…
The following article is based on trainer performance in 2022 to date of writing 13th December 2022. Each trainer must have had at least 25 runners throughout the year and a Win Strike Rate of at least 25% through the year. The results cover both racing in the UK and Ireland. The year 2022 to…