One angle which I’d really encourage you to get to grips with, though, is that of run style, or pace. There are countries in the world, including America, where no self-respecting punter would ever open their wallet to wager without understanding how the race is likely to pan out.

Gold’s pace tab is incredibly revealing in this regard, and has recently undergone a significant upgrade.

In fact, it still does look like that. In the above example, we can see that Bronze Beau, with a score of 16 comprised of four 4’s, has led in each of his last four races. At the other end of the spectrum, Flicka’s Boy and Oriental Splendour have both been held up in three of their last four races.

Understanding how the pace is likely to be – individual pace horses, the overall shape of the race, and where across the track the pace is located – is super-important. And putting it into historical context is also highly valuable.

Gold’s ‘pace blobs’ shine a torch on all races since 2009 over each course and distance, and present their findings in a super easy to consume format. In the image below, we can very quickly see that horses which led over this course and distance (and field size) have done well; and we can see that Beauty Choice has a good draw and forward run style.