Few things are more frustrating than having a chunky Rule 4 deduction from a good bet, where you didn't even fancy the horse which was withdrawn. Naturally, the chance of your bet winning is enhanced by the reduced number of rivals, and in any case you might have been wrong not to 'like' the withdrawn […]
As regular readers will know, the habits of trainers are of unending fascination to this website and its writers. In this post, we'll consider a generally overlooked angle: the performance of trainers with their first and, particularly, second time starters. Some handlers have their newbies primed for a big run first up, while others prefer […]
An update on ‘iesnare’ (Reputation Manager) In September of last year, I published an article on iesnare - aka Reputation Manager - a piece of software that bookmakers deploy on the machines of unsuspecting visitors to their websites to collect data. They do this without permission, and with little or no reference to any such […]
I'm not really sure why I started trying to assign a score to jockeyship. The notion hatched on the rattler to Salisbury last week, where I was going to meet David Probert, geegeez.co.uk's sponsored jockey. I guess, then, that is why... My apprehension was - and remains - that jockey performance is so dependent on two other […]
In November 2013, I wrote the post below. It remains as pertinent today as it was then. I have, however, updated some of the information - including my own betting profit and loss - to make it current. It's a really important piece, in my opinion, and I hope you get something from it. ** I've been […]
The horse's name, the colour of the jockey's silks, a favourite number. These are all legitimate ways to choose a horse to bet. Sadly, they are all destined to be long-term losers for the committed (i.e. should be committed) follower. As a reader of geegeez.co.uk, you obviously already know that, and are probably adopting a more […]
It's something which has been long overdue, my own personal prejudices preventing its earlier arrival. But, finally, I'm pleased to report that draw data is now available to Geegeez Gold subscribers for all UK and Irish flat meetings. You'll find it under the 'Draw Beta' tab, and below is a 'ghetto video' explaining how it […]
I don't usually like to "blow my own trumpet" about how useful, and profitable, the features in Geegeez Gold are... ...but yesterday I received an email from a Gold subscriber that I really wanted to share with you all. It's not intended to gloat (of course), but rather, there are some very good pointers in there about how […]
Last month, Tony Keenan offered a view on fallers in Irish chases in his excellent article here. In it, he showed which courses had the highest percentage of fallers, and which horsemen had had the most 'misfortune' in this regard. That made for fascinating reading for Irish tracks, so it was a logical next step […]
Breeders' Cup XXXII, hosted for the first time by Keeneland racecourse, in Lexington, Kentucky, was billed as a homecoming for the franchise. As the birthplace of so many champions - Kentucky can boast to have bred 78% of all US-bred Breeders' Cup winners, and 64% of all winners since inception - this was a venue […]
Online bookmakers are installing software on your computer to spy on you. This is not some melodramatic statement designed to get readers to click through, but rather a statement of unequivocal fact based on my own experience, and that of hundreds of others. The extent of this behaviour is likely to be widespread, and there […]
Bookmakers, like punters, are far from infallible. They have more rigid rules for their business operations, for sure. But, occasionally, things drop between the cracks, or are simply misinterpreted. These occasions costs punters money, frustrate them, and damage the pivotal trust relationship between punter and bookmaker. The good news is that if you think your […]
Bookmakers, and one firm in particular, appear to be systematically conning punters through a marketing strategy originally designed with polar opposite intentions. My own exposure to this started out as a perception, after a series of bets struck early succumbed to swingeing Rule 4 deductions. And, off the back of a frustrating triple whammy price cut in […]
Welcome to Horse Racing Betting 101: The Best of geegeez.co.uk I've written almost two million words here at geegeez.co.uk, and in amongst that vast swarm of verbosity buzzes the occasional outbreak of punting good sense. If you'd like to read some of the best of them, you can do so by clicking the image below. […]
There are as many ways to choose a bet in a horse race as there are punters looking for a winner. And, while on any given day in any given race, any selection methodology can have a moment in the sun (or the icy tundra), over the long term some strategies inevitably play out better […]
