It is several years since I analysed two-year-old (2yo) sire data and so, early in the flat season, I felt now was a good time to revisit, writes Dave Renham. This article examines eight years of UK flat racing data (turf and AW) spanning from 2017 to 2024. I will be comparing win strike rates, […]
This is the second of two articles looking at horses that have switched stables on the flat, writes Dave Renham. The first article looked at horses’ first run for a new yard, while this one examines the second run from that new stable. We’ll call them TC2 (Trainer Change 2nd Start). As I mentioned last […]
In my next two articles I am going to look at horses that have switched stables on the flat, writes Dave Renham. This one will look at the first run for a new yard, and the next one will examine the second run for new connections. The one stipulation is that the switch is from […]
For this article I am revisiting the ‘SR’ ratings which can be found each day on the Geegeez Gold racecard for UK races, writes Dave Renham. I wrote a piece in February looking at these ratings on the all-weather and, as the turf season has been going for just over three weeks now, I thought […]
Before I start, I should apologise for the rather clunky title, but hopefully it will soon make sense, writes Dave Renham. We all know that not all form is equal: a win at Ascot may generally be considered more meritorious than first place at Catterick, for example. I decided to see if there is any […]
Last week Geegeez added Betfair Starting Price (BSP) to numerous areas of the site, writes Dave Renham. For me as a researcher and writer this is fantastic news. As we know, most punters do not bet at Industry SP (ISP) anymore. Some still stick solely with traditional bookmakers, but to improve their bottom line they […]
Two years ago, I wrote an article looking at some past races in the month of April, writes Dave Renham. At the beginning of that piece, which you can review here, I looked briefly at the performance of favourites. I established then that favourites at this early stage of the season seemed to have struggled […]
After the thrills and many spills of the Cheltenham Festival attention now turns to the start of the turf flat season, writes Dave Renham. Saturday 29th March is the starting date this year and the crowds will descend on Doncaster for a card that includes the first big handicap of the season, the Lincoln. In […]
As I am penning this piece, the excitement for the upcoming Cheltenham Festival has gone up a further notch with the big days less than a week away, writes Dave Renham. In this article I will analyse some past Cheltenham race trends. Here on geegeez.co.uk we get specific race trends shared all year round with […]
I am a great believer in specialising when it comes to betting on horse racing, writes Dave Renham. When I ran my tipping service back in the early 2000s, I focused solely on five- and six-furlong handicaps. At the time I was doing a huge amount of research into draw bias, and it was when […]
Last week I wrote the first of two articles looking at price movements from Opening Show odds to SP in National Hunt racing, writes Dave Renham. This is the follow-up piece expanding on that initial research. As before, the data has been taken from the last five full years, covering 2020 to 2024. I have […]
Back in October I wrote an article that examined some betting market data whereby I investigated patterns of price movement from early morning odds to SP in UK NH racing. I felt now was good time to revisit the idea but switch attention to movement between opening show and SP. This is first of a […]
There are numerous reasons why the only racecards I use are the Geegeez Gold ones, writes Dave Renham. There are several useful tabs on the racecard, three of which I always look at first: Pace, Instant Expert and Profiler. For flat and all-weather racing I will also look at the Draw tab. Each of these […]
Back in July 2021 I shared some research connected with UK flat trainers when they saddled two runners in the same race (which you can read here), writes Dave Renham. In this article I will do likewise with UK National Hunt trainers. Clearly, there are occasions when trainers saddle three or more runners in a […]
In my previous article, the discussion moved to each-way doubles and how the makeup of certain races / markets has the potential to give punters an edge over bookmakers, certainly in terms of the place part of such a bet, writes Dave Renham. You can read that article here. In this follow up, we are […]
