The draw and run style combinations we need to avoid The inspiration for this piece was the recent Form Hacker’s Guide researched and compiled by Matt, and I suggest readers to take a look if not done so already, writes Dave Renham. In those two excellent pieces (which you can read here and here), Matt […]
Back in early February, I wrote a piece about 3-mile handicap chases at Uttoxeter, writes Dave Renham. This was the third time I had looked at a specific course and distance and diving deeply into past statistics. I will again revisit this idea today, delving forensically into Musselburgh's 7 furlongs trip, focusing on handicap races […]
Negative draw bias revisited for 2026 Last week I looked at some draw biases over 5 furlongs in 7+ runner handicaps, writes Dave Renham. In this follow up I will examine ‘negative draw bias’, or NDB for short. I discussed NDB four years ago in a piece (here), but this one will take a slightly […]
An in depth look at draw bias over 5 furlongs I must admit that this is my favourite time of the year for two reasons, writes Dave Renham. Firstly, I am starting to think about the sunnier and warmer weather to come in the next few months; and secondly, the flat turf season is now […]
Two-year-old Foaling Date – is there an edge? The start of the turf flat season is upon us with the Lincoln meeting at Doncaster on Saturday and, in this article, I will delve into an area that I have never written about for Geegeez before, writes Dave Renham. I will be looking to see what, […]
Changes in UK flat racing over the past 15 years This article is slightly different from what you might be used to from me, and I will be reviewing the changing face of flat racing in the UK, writes Dave Renham. Comparing different sets spanning the period from 2010 to 2025 I will consider how […]
An analysis of Racing Post’s Topspeed (TS) in UK National Hunt Racing, Part 2 This is the second article of two looking at the performance of the Racing Post’s speed ratings, known as Topspeed, in National Hunt races in the UK, writes Dave Renham. In the first piece, which you can read here, I looked at […]
An analysis of Racing Post’s Topspeed (TS) in UK National Hunt Racing, Part 1 Back in December I wrote a two-part article analysing the performance of the Racing Post Topspeed Ratings (TS) in all-weather (AW) racing, writes Dave Renham. You can catch up with part one here and part two here. I must admit to […]
Home or Away? NH Jockey Performance by Retained Stable or Other The iconic BBC TV show A Question of Sport is one that I am sure many readers will remember, writes Dave Renham. One of its regular rounds was ‘Home or Away’ where team members could answer a ‘home’ question on their own sport for […]
Don’t get tongue tied talking about tongue ties! Firstly, let me apologise for the title of this piece, writes Dave Renham – it is simply my attempt at humour! However, it certainly points us in the right direction for the subject of today's article. Introduction A tongue tie is a piece of material, […]
3-mile handicap chases at Uttoxeter: a deep dive Last month, I wrote a piece on 7-furlong handicaps at Kempton, writes Dave Renham. That was the second time I had looked at a specific course and distance in this way. Certain types of races on the all-weather lend themselves to the approach as there are many […]
Four Micro Research Angles There are times when researching ideas for Geegeez that I find something worth sharing, but it does not lend itself to a whole article, writes Dave Renham. In this piece, then, I am going to share four areas I have researched – I’ll call them micro areas. Each will start with […]
As a horse racing researcher, there are good days and bad days, writes Dave Renham. On good days I research an idea and find that the data connected with it is interesting and robust enough to dissect and eventually use for an article. On bad days the idea or ideas I research seem to constantly […]
Favourites in All-Weather (AW) Racing in 2026 Friends of mine who go racing once or twice a year often ring me up beforehand asking for some ‘tips’, writes Dave Renham. My initial reply is always the same, “what exactly do you mean by tips?” And their answer is invariably the same, “winners Dave, I want […]
An in depth look at 7f handicaps at Kempton Park I have mentioned several times before that I am a great believer in specialising when it comes to betting on horse racing, writes Dave Renham. On that note, this article revisits an idea I looked at in February last year, that of honing in on […]
