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Posted by:
SHAPESHIFTER
on Feb 19, 2013 at 01:02:25 PM
The week started out well with the returns on the day being just shy of 100% ROI.
Contributing to yesterday was putting lines through races the night before rather than in the morning.
When I sat down with the coffee, I had already struck all of Southwell and half the races off of Carlisle and Wolverhampton so there was no need to even glance at those races.
So far, Tuesday's in February have hit the betting wallet hard. Hopefully the stat that I am green so far in 2013 with Taunton returning 2 winners from 6 and 2 of the others returning each way dividends will help counter that.
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UPDATES: Wetherby and Taunton are up. I am passing on Southwell[/b]
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Posted by:
SHAPESHIFTER
on Oct 17, 2012 at 01:29:01 PM
I've always taken the view that 90% of the time, a horse must run a 'perfect race' to win.
I've watched UK racing for a decade now and it has evolved that there is little leeway, the jockey's and trainers have upped their game with strategy, the horses more responsive to the instructions from the pilot.
Yesterday, watching the 2:50, it became apparent that Another Trump was running a 'perfect race' and that the jockey, AP McCoy, was focused with the task at hand.
Each bend they passed around, he cut perfectly without putting Another Trump under pressure to hold the line. Each undulation, he timed perfectly, the horse moving effortlessly.
And while the market saw the horse dropping back as a sign of defeat, the in-running drifting out to 14+, I saw it as a breather and a ...