If anyone knows why capital flows into one race rather than other early and how this relates to timing of each meeting then let me know!!
Today only 30k matched so far in 2pm Leicester - so market isn't early crystallized.
Less than half that into either the two similar Newcastle races taken. Yet Leicester race is slightly better class so why it is not attract share of funds - I don't know the possible reasons! I just have to assume it is the market indicating something?
Two today Some fantastic finishes at Doncaster over the two days, particularly Saturday - McCoy was exceptional. There's great feeling to have the race Dutched as they go close near the line!
Results: Yesterday produced a second race where the 4 runner Dutch Frame changed after posting. This didn't seem an issue during trialing - but now I'm not so confident? Has to be recorded as another loss - but anyone taking the bet later would probably have framed the correct 4 runners. In any case the first two weeks early selections are way off the pace - as you can see from the following attachment showing the ATO profit /Ev/ edge for January.
I've ringed yesterdays loss showing as a profit on ATO figures. Will just continue to post without change until the end of the month, then see where we are at that point. Hopefully most are only monitoring selections at moment and thats way to keep it until end of month review.
The 13;30 Naas Grade 1 Novice Hurdle ATO: I decide on these G1 races after going through the field. This race the unbeaten top 2 do look to be well clear of the opposition. So assuming everything ok I will take this on ATO Here are the figures for Nov. Hdles showing why G.1's are not giving same returns as other races. The 10y+ sample is large but number of G1's is only 327 so it may well be a skewed stat. But this fall away at top end repeats across many race types. Simply strength in depth. In RH column 'Uplift' you can see the reduced 49.7% figure for G1's. The Uplift figure is a major ffactor into most of the filters I use. {I define Uplift as The Percentage of races NOT won by the favorite, which are then won by the next two in the betting.} So for inst you can see that without Grade 1 races 66% of the balance of non fav wins are going to 2nd & 3rd in market.
I always follow And Holden in his William Hill blog for Irish racing. Love his coverage, he is the best pundit on the circuit. In this race he Naps Free Expression of his exceptional time figures. Good enough for me.
There's a story of how Stats win over human fallibility!
Martin Dwyer gets 2nd fav. Robin Hill to get his head down where it matter to short head the 14;05 5f sprint! No stress elsewhere. The additional two highlighted races - 13;20 Chelt should have been given as selection (Gr2 ok in Novice chases) got post NYE jitters somehow. 14;35 Fairy house return below minimum.