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Posted by:
SHAPESHIFTER
on Oct 11, 2012 at 01:10:51 PM
Yesterday, I spent the afternoon preparing for the jumps. Unlike the flat, ratings and performance over jumps will take a bit more assessment.
Last year, I had a basic ratings for jumps that worked well. What I am finding challenging is the goings and conditions which are making it difficult to update my 'standards' and assessments of each track.
So some sleepless nights ahead as I stand in front of my white board doodling and adjusting my parameters.
Hopefully I won't go down the road of John Nash in 'A Beautiful Mind'.
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Everything I do is built on momentum so when faced with slogging through jump form, it can numb down your mind.
The key I found is rather than 'force' a read is to switch gears. That's what I did yesterday and while weighing out the faves,...
Posted by:
SHAPESHIFTER
on Sep 11, 2012 at 12:29:30 PM
[b][i]Weak faves is posted Monday to Friday between noon and 1PM[/i][/b]
Tuesday, 11 September
Newton Abbot was frustrating to watch. Even when Adelar finished 3rd, I had no confidence in the call leading up to the finish when the jockey's shifted and swung their positions for the final hurdle, an action that perhaps was the reason Adelar didn't win.
After that, Jewellery made all, a tactic I didn't expect. And Changing Of The Guard once again won in the final strides.
Bath was collectively within less than a length of being much worse while my reserved approach to Newcastle proved the most successful call of the day.
I can see that come the fall when the jumps and chases come more into play more, I'll have to look closely at my approach. The idea is to find horses...
Posted by:
SHAPESHIFTER
on Aug 29, 2012 at 12:45:57 PM
Tuesday afternoon was a boost. Monday had been an 'overload' of racing where I had thirteen selections over all the cards, landing ten correctly.
Despite being slightly woggle-eyed from the bank holiday bombardment, I felt fresh to take on Tuesday's racing.
Two of the afternoon lays were reassuring that my approach on finding 'weak faves' was going in the right direction.
Signor Sassi had dominated the betting and moved into 9/4 at the off with the next best being 7/1. It had been roughly the same line in the morning and when you see a spread between the fave and the rest of the field, you can imagine punters following the 'sign post' without actually knowing where they were going. Signor Sassi eventtually came in second when the 'extra' that was asked of the horse wasn't ...