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Posted by:
SHAPESHIFTER
on Sep 18, 2012 at 12:30:47 PM
[i][b]Weak faves is posted Monday to Friday between noon and 1PM[/b][/i]
Tuesday, 18-September
Over the past few weeks, I noticed that despite having the opinion that certain horses were 'weak faves', most remained favourites in the market. Monday was the opposite.
UK racing looked like it was suffering a post-Doncaster hang-over. All day, the markets were changing as punters tried to form opinions on horses whose ratings were closer to my age than usual. And come race time, again, the movements were very apparent and sometimes surprising.
I watched the markets throughout the day and only on a handful of occasions was the money right. And, in my case, despite both having solid drifts, two of the 'weak faves' won their race.
It was also more apparent than on other ...
Posted by:
SHAPESHIFTER
on Aug 20, 2012 at 12:08:59 PM
Despite having a 7 for 7 Tuesday, last week's reads were only 70% on with 7 of the 24 horses winning their races, the average price of those winners being 4.10 BFSP, mainly due to Kalk Bay drifting to 7.0 +.
[b]WEAK FAVES FOR 20-AUGUST[/b]
Selections based on the quality of the fields in their previous races
Strike rates:
Stratford: no meetings to date
Thirsk: 2 meetings: 4 for 5 (80%)
Wolverhampton: 5 meetings: 13 for 13 (100%)
STRATFORD
2:10 Courting Whitney [i](Result: 6th/9)[/i]
3:10 Peaks Of Fire [i](2nd)[/i]
4:40 Kitegen [i](NR 12:15)[/i]
THIRSK
3:30 Authora[i] (3rd)[/i]
4:30 Fayr Fall [i](2nd)[/i]
5:00 See Clearly [i](1st BFSP 5.50)[/i]
WOLVERHAMPTON
4:50 Marinus[i] (3rd)[/i]
5:20 Position [i](2nd)[/i]
[i]RESULTS: 6 for 7 strike rate today. See...
Posted by:
SHAPESHIFTER
on Aug 3, 2012 at 12:10:54 PM
I played Goodwood again after a day away. With any meeting, if selections aren't becoming obvious, it's best not to 'force' selections and move on. Landing 4 for 4 at the other meetings on Wednesday proved that my time was properly used.
I also find the better the fields, the deeper you have to go in the form. And, as I mentioned a few days ago, I find need to focus even harder on the horses performances rather than the names of the trainers and jockey's until later in the process.
Even though my approach is to find faves that have not run against what I consider 'weak fields', I am well aware that top trainers will work hard on preparing and placing a horse in the right race while certain jockeys will get more out of a horse than those that rode previously.
So once I've found...