The intent of this Clock Watcher series is primarily educational, though obviously with some entertainment value lobbed in as well. It is not really meant to be a tipping piece for all that example horses are generally presumed to have potentially more ability than immediately meets the eye. That said, when trying to extol the […]
Friday's pick was... 2.00 Sedgefield : Instant Replay @ 10/3 BOG WON 6/4 (Chased leader, ridden between last 2, 2 lengths down last, stayed on to lead towards finish) Saturday's pick runs in the... 4.00 Warwick : Before I post the daily selection, just a quick reminder of how I operate the service. Generally, I'll […]
Welcome to a new weekly feature, Clock Watcher, where we'll shine a light on a few horses that might be interesting to follow from a speed and/or sectional perspective. It is my hope that this column will also serve to introduce, embed and reinforce various concepts which may be unfamiliar at this stage. Generally speaking, a […]
It's the New Year and, depending on your reading of the calendar, a new decade, too. What better time then to commit to self-improvement and renewal? Out with the old and in with the new, resolve strengthened by the turning of the page. That's the fantasy of a billion beings on Jan 1, only for […]
It's that time of the year, of the decade, when retrospectives are all the rage. So, while I appreciate you've probably had more than your fill of such self-congratulatory mush in recent days, what follows will add to the pile. For regular readers who have joined at any point after 2010, there may be some […]
Boxing Day's pick was... 1.20 Kempton : Roll Again @ 3/1 BOG fell at 3/1 (Raced keenly, led until fell 10th) Friday's pick runs in the... 5.10 Wolverhampton : Before I post the daily selection, just a quick reminder of how I operate the service. Generally, I'll identify and share the selection in the evening […]
It's been another bumper year from a content perspective on geegeez.co.uk. In a year where we've favoured quality over quantity, there have been fewer articles published; instead, we have raised the class a notch preferring to deliver insightful, actionable output across a number of areas. Below is a table containing my top 40 posts of […]
In today's video, you can catch a first glimpse of not one, but two, new things! First off, want to know where geegeez.co.uk is now based? The introduction to this video reveals all - fancy Italian coffee shop included 🙂 More importantly (perhaps, what is more important than coffee?!), today I reveal for the first […]
Based: London Fields, Hackney Terms: 3 days/week Geegeez.co.uk is an emerging name in the information publishing space, providing British and Irish horseracing fans with innovative data-driven form tools and thought-provoking leading-edge editorial. We are a multiple-award-winning brand, receiving the Best Betting Website award for the past three years. Our logo is sported on racetracks […]
Sectional timing has finally become a thing in British racing having been a staple around the globe for - literally - decades. In this post, we'll explore what sectional timing is and, more to the point, for what it can be used in the racing and betting context. What is sectional timing? Sectional timing is, […]
Thursday's pick was... 1.20 Lingfield : Colonel Whitehead @ 9/2 BOG 10th at 11/8 (In touch, pushed along halfway, hit rail entering final 2f, soon weakened) Friday's pick runs in the... 3.10 Southwell : Before I post the daily selection, just a quick reminder of how I operate the service. Generally, I'll identify and share […]
How to Play the Tote Ten to Follow Competition You may have missed the announcements recently that a new team has taken over the UK tote. They have a progressive outlook and some exciting plans in train for the near future; but their first foray is the revival of a much missed old favourite, the […]
What follows below is the full Breeders' Cup Compendium report, so you can see what I liked, why I liked it, what I said about the winners, how the trends played out, how the picks played out, and anything else about which you might be interested. There is an index at the top so you […]
The 2019 Breeders' Cup returned to Santa Anita for the tenth time. Much of the preamble to the weekend was familiar, then, but this year there was a difference. A near palpable atmosphere of anxiety and introspection pervaded proceedings; and, in spite of forensic levels of veterinary scrutiny, BC36 was not to sail smoothly across […]
All of the horses have now arrived at the track for the 36th Breeders' Cup in Santa Anita, California. The Europeans are settling in, the east coast and midwest challengers likewise. Final preparations are underway and the talk is everywhere. Soon it will be talking for the horses to do their own talking but, for […]
