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, […]
An Analysis of Place Betting on Betfair One of the comments about an article I wrote a couple of months ago asked whether I could write an article on the subject of place betting on Betfair, writes Dave Renham. I have written around a thousand horse racing articles in my life and, consequently, have covered […]
Newmarket July Meeting – a look at the past 10 years Later this week racing fans will enjoy the three-day Newmarket July Meeting, writes Dave Renham. Expect top quality action headlined by two Group 1s, the July Cup and the Falmouth Stakes, as well as four Group 2s. There will also be several decent handicaps […]
Using Tix for Jackpots, Placepots, Quadpots & the Scoop 6, primarily focusing on Placepots Geegeez readers should by now be aware of the online software called Tix, which Matt built in conjunction with the developer who built much of the coding for the original geegeez.co.uk racecards and form tools, writes Dave Renham. The Tix software […]
This is the second half of an analysis of jockey performance using the Percentage of Rivals Beaten metric, following this one I wrote back at the beginning of June, writes Dave Renham. This time, I will put the same 35 jockeys – those that have had the greatest number of rides on average per year […]
There are three festivals a year I get really excited about, writes Dave Renham. The Cheltenham Festival and Glorious Goodwood are two; and the third, which is soon to be upon us, is of course Royal Ascot. Around this time last year I looked in detail at the big 1-mile handicaps at the meeting - […]
In this article I will put 35 jockeys under the microscope, writes Dave Renham. These are the riders with the most rides per year, on average, over the past four years. The data has been taken from UK flat racing (turf and all-weather (AW) and the full years 2021 to 2024. Introduction I have further […]
