New Posts For Thread: Hugh Taylor - the year so far.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31898585/hugh-taylor---the-year-so-farQ1 results for 2026:-28.5 pts for January-4 pts for February-7.25 pts for Marchand these are at the fancy prices no-one else can get.Looks like the market's cottoned on to his selection methods. General steady decline in returns for several years - iFor all the flack aimed, probably rightly, at Alan Berry, we should not forget that Jack Berry retired when the 2yo sellers he'd spent decades farming disappeared from the programme book. He handed his son a poison chalice.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31898585/hugh-taylor---the-year-so-far?post_id=565359659#565359659For all the flack aimed, probably rightly, at Alan Berry, we should not forget that Jack Berry retired when the 2yo sellers he'd spent decades farming disappeared from the programme book. He handed his son a poison chalice.Fri, 08 May 2026 07:53:18 -0500Both selections today should be in the place lay market tbh.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31898585/hugh-taylor---the-year-so-far?post_id=565359651#565359651Both selections today should be in the place lay market tbh.Fri, 08 May 2026 07:51:12 -0500Retention of ownership I get, but speaking for myself, I found these races to be highly profitable. I smile whenever I read punting advice that says to concentrate on classier racing. Yeah right! Assuming you concentrate on the better handicaps, andhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31898585/hugh-taylor---the-year-so-far?post_id=565359643#565359643Retention of ownership I get, but speaking for myself, I found these races to be highly profitable. I smile whenever I read punting advice that says to concentrate on classier racing. Yeah right! Assuming you concentrate on the better handicaps, andFri, 08 May 2026 07:49:33 -0500The decline in sellers and claiming races on the flat, which has seen a reduction of over 90% in some estimates, is driven by a combination of falling horse populations, shifting betting patterns, and a strategic move by racing authorities to improvehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31898585/hugh-taylor---the-year-so-far?post_id=565359383#565359383The decline in sellers and claiming races on the flat, which has seen a reduction of over 90% in some estimates, is driven by a combination of falling horse populations, shifting betting patterns, and a strategic move by racing authorities to improveFri, 08 May 2026 06:12:12 -0500That's some decline in "claimers and sellers from the flat"... Year Races 2008 271 2009 295 2010 222 2011 204 2012 160 2013 154 20https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31898585/hugh-taylor---the-year-so-far?post_id=565359223#565359223That's some decline in "claimers and sellers from the flat"... Year Races 2008 271 2009 295 2010 222 2011 204 2012 160 2013 154 20Fri, 08 May 2026 04:59:18 -0500The shift was the disappearance of claimers and sellers from the flat. There were hundreds of them and I used to farm them.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31898585/hugh-taylor---the-year-so-far?post_id=565359171#565359171The shift was the disappearance of claimers and sellers from the flat. There were hundreds of them and I used to farm them.Fri, 08 May 2026 04:37:01 -0500i have no idea what the seismic shift was but you have certainly done well to adapt and evolve.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31898585/hugh-taylor---the-year-so-far?post_id=565358813#565358813i have no idea what the seismic shift was but you have certainly done well to adapt and evolve.Thu, 07 May 2026 17:06:38 -0500Yep I'm fine with all that - many years of records to reassure and I've been here before - but it still counts as being a bad year -so far. The sample is just four and bit months and pinning it to bets within the calendar year to date is statisticallhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31898585/hugh-taylor---the-year-so-far?post_id=565358783#565358783Yep I'm fine with all that - many years of records to reassure and I've been here before - but it still counts as being a bad year -so far. The sample is just four and bit months and pinning it to bets within the calendar year to date is statisticallThu, 07 May 2026 16:33:17 -0500Aceform could tip shat from a wheelbarrow.What has happened to his Final Fling Threadhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31898585/hugh-taylor---the-year-so-far?post_id=565358483#565358483Aceform could tip shat from a wheelbarrow.What has happened to his Final Fling ThreadThu, 07 May 2026 13:40:01 -0500Think I’ll apply for his place,can’t be too difficult tbh…..in my humble opinion.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31898585/hugh-taylor---the-year-so-far?post_id=565358481#565358481Think I’ll apply for his place,can’t be too difficult tbh…..in my humble opinion.Thu, 07 May 2026 13:36:28 -0500