The Top 10 front running biases in handicap chases Part 1 – 10 to 6 Over the next two articles I will share what I believe to be the Top Ten current run style handicap chase front running biases in the UK and Ireland, writes Dave Renham. In this first half, I will reveal positions […]
An exploration of Irish National Hunt trainers using the Geegeez Query Tool Gold members of Geegeez have so many benefits and for the first part of this article I am going to discuss how I used one of these, the Query Tool, to obtain a wealth of trainer data, writes Dave Renham. The second part […]
Prepping for the Jumps - Part 5, Bumpers This the fifth and final article in a series which has been looking forward to the National Hunt season, writes Dave Renham. In the previous piece I discussed handicap hurdles, while for this one, National Hunt Flat races, often called Bumpers, take centre stage. For convenience, the […]
Prepping for the Jumps - Part 4, Handicap Hurdles This the fourth article in a series looking forward to the National Hunt season, writes Dave Renham. In the opening part, linked to below, I discussed novice hurdle races, and today I am going revisit the hurdle theme but this time we'll be looking at all […]
Preparing for the Jumps - Part 3, Handicap Chases In this third article in a series looking forward to the National Hunt season we'll continue last week's chase theme, this time focusing on non-novice handicap chases, writes Dave Renham. That is, any handicap chase without the term ‘novice’ in the title. As before, data has […]
Preparing for the jumps – Part 2, Novice Chases This the second article in a series which is looking forward to the National Hunt season, writes Dave Renham. In the first piece I looked at non-handicap novice hurdle races. In this one, I will focus on novice chasers. I plan to look at both non-handicap […]
Preparing for the jumps – Part 1, Novice Hurdles The days are getting shorter, the nights are getting longer, which means the National Hunt season is beginning to click into gear, writes Dave Renham. October has 51 scheduled meetings in the UK over jumps, more than double the number in September. I will be writing […]
Handicap comparisons – last run to current run (Part 2) This is the second article of two where I am continuing to look at some handicap data focusing on horses in terms of their most recent run compared with their current one, writes Dave Renham. The first article can be viewed here. Introduction In the […]
Handicap comparisons: last run to current run (Part 1) As the title suggests, in this first article of two I will look at some handicap data and compare horses in terms of their most recent run and their current one, writes Dave Renham. I will be looking at changes in a variety of criteria including […]
Using Official Ratings to measure trainers' ability Trying to predict whether horses are improving, have reached their ceiling, or are on the downgrade is a part of the racing puzzle that punters have get a handle on, writes Dave Renham. Whether it equates to long term profits is still determined by how much value we […]
Horses racing in the same race that they contested last year Back on January 2nd 2025, Geegeez incorporated an excellent addition to the racecard namely the TRENDS tab, writes Dave Renham. Geegeez Trends Before discussing my plan for this article, let;s take a look at the TRENDS tab in a little more detail. Clicking the […]
Gauging Trainer Consistency I think most of us have favourite trainers or at least ones we prefer, but there is a good proportion of punters who use trainer form, be it long term or recent, as a significant part of their betting selection process, writes Dave Renham. Introduction Some people follow trainers at certain courses, […]
Most male horses begin their life on the flat as an entire, writes Dave Renham. At some point sooner or later - usually sooner - most horses disappoint their connections with racecourse performance and thus, in search of improvement, are gelded. Introduction The term "gelded" refers to the process of castrating a male horse, and […]
Dipping my toe into Race Class in flat handicaps Introduction I would like to start this piece with a question, writes Dave Renham. “When analysing a handicap race, how many of us look at the class of the race and other class factors in detail?” Clearly, I cannot speak for everyone, just for myself, but […]
The Vagaries of Early Speed: Soft Leads and Pace Collapses In recent years the question of pace in a race has become much more on punter’s radars, writes Dave Renham. When we watch flat racing on the television, pundits or commentators will almost always include a discussion about where the pace in the race is, […]
