Posted on 25 July 2008
It’s that time of year again when the two-year-olds start running against each other in Nursery Company. For those of you who don’t know what Nurseries are for two-year-old horses then it’s basically a handicap for the younger horses. Some trainers do very well in this discipline year in year out, and with the backend of [...] Continue Reading...
Posted on 23 July 2008
What is it about the same trainers who beat the handicapper year in year out? Do they have a canny knack of handicapping their horses to perfection year upon year, or does the handicapper give them a chance at certain stables as opposed to others? Jamie Taylor bids to find out.... Continue Reading...
Posted on 22 July 2008
In the first part of our "Trainer Breakdown" series, Jamie Taylor takes a look into forum favourite Chris Wall. Based in racing headquarters; the Induna Stables handler is known as a master of exploiting the handicapping system - but where can you really make money on his horses? Continue Reading...
Posted on 20 July 2008
After a brainwave one evening, Jamie Taylor got stuck into researching some stats on the Lower Grades of British Racing. The land of the ungenuine and the not very talented is not thought to be an ideal spot for making some cash, but perhaps now Jamie has helped find what to look for? Continue Reading...
Posted on 24 June 2008
That’s the question I’m trying to ask myself. After three visually impressive performance, Henry Candy’s colt has improved to a genuine Group 1 performer, and I’d go as far to say he’ll be winning Group 1’s as well. His first run this year was in a handicap at Sandown (Good), in which he clocked a time [...] Continue Reading...
On what looked quite an ordinary card for a Chester evening meeting during the week, a performance on the clock has me thinking about a well handicapped and improving gelding of Brian Ellison’s. A son of Daawe a useful handicapper in his day, and a horse who from limited chances and thrown a few useful sorts for such a small fee. [...more]
I had heard from a good friend of mine that the Roger Charlton camp had one other filly held in higher regard than at the time Oaks candidate Clowance, who ran a respectable race in the Fillies Classic. Her name was SCUFFLE, and I unloaded my barrow full of cash onto her at Nottingham during the week. [...more]
Now that second English classic of the season for the three-year-olds has been and gone, it’s time to focus on some slightly lower class racing around the UK Calendar until Royal Ascot that is! However tomorrow evening at Pontefract holds quite a nice Listed prize up for grabs, and hopefully I’m going to unearth that gem hidden amongst the rubble. [...more]
Every year the flat enthusiasts amongst us have the puzzle of finding Luca Cumani’s horse for the Ebor, a handicap over 14F run on the Knavesmire. Luca has managed to nail the winner of this staying handicap 3 times from 1999 and went very close in 2006 when Glistening was just nailed by Mudawin. [...more]
The Champion Bumper is regarded as one of the big gambling races of the Festival. Typical for a good Irish gamble, and on most cases landed. Some classy horses have won this in the past. Willie Mullins has a fantastic record in this race, and always primes a decent string for the event. Anything he sends [...] [...more]
