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- Ad Hoc Almanac Race Preview
- All Weather Championships Finals Day 2021 Preview: Analysis And Tips For Every Race At Lingfield
- All-Weather Analysis: Chelmsford Racecourse
- All-Weather Analysis: Dundalk Racecourse, Part 1
- All-Weather Analysis: Dundalk Racecourse, Part 2
- All-Weather Analysis: Kempton Racecourse
- All-Weather Analysis: Lingfield Racecourse
- All-Weather Analysis: Newcastle Racecourse
- All-Weather Analysis: Southwell Racecourse
- All-Weather Analysis: Wolverhampton Racecourse
- Analysing Last Time Out Winners
- Analysing Market Data in Handicaps
- Anthony Honeyball Stable Tour 2022/23
- An Analysis of Geegeez Pace Ratings in 5f handicaps
- An Analysis of Place Betting on Betfair
- An Attempt at Creating 2yo Ratings
- An End To Blinkered Thinking?
- An Introduction to ‘Dobbing’
- An Irish National Hunt Trainers Analysis
- An Overview of NH Jockey Pace Profiles
- April on the Flat: Focusing on the turf
- Are Field Sizes in Terminal Decline?
- Ascot and Redcar Straight Course Draw Biases (Plus More Chester Hot Form)
- Ascot Champions Day Draw And Pace Bias
- Ascot: Course Overview and Draw Bias
- Attrition Rate in Irish National Hunt
- Autumn Update
- Avoid Overwhelm: Material Factors, by Race Type
- Ayr Draw & Pace Bias
- Ayr Gold Cup Draw and Pace Bias Plus Western Meeting Pointers
- Ayr Sprint Cups and the Draw…
- A Comparison of Trifecta and Tricast Payouts in Horse Racing
- A Comparison of Trifecta and Tricast Payouts in Horse Racing: Part Two
- A correlation between trainer and sire?
- A Data Driven Look at Cheltenham Festival Handicaps
- A day in the life of the Tote Placepot
- A day in the life of the Tote Placepot: Part 2
- A Decade in the Life of geegeez.co.uk
- A January Random Roundup
- A Look at All-Weather Returners
- A Look at Favourites in All-Weather Races
- A Major New Site Update
- A New Beginning for geegeez.co.uk?
- A New Era Begins at Southwell Today
- A New Year: Time for Reflection and Resolution
- A Preliminary Look at Race Class in Flat Handicaps
- A Sectional Refresher
- A Study of Owners in UK Flat Racing, Part 1
- A Study of Owners in UK Flat Racing, Part 2
- A Voice for Racing Bettors
- A week in the life of a newbie Geegeez Gold user
- A York Roving Report
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- Bat Sh!t Crazy Bolger
- Becher Chase Pace Bias and Grand National Fence Experience Trends
- Betting For A Living Part 2
- Betting Mastery Video #1: Setting Yourself Up to Succeed
- Betting System Scams: Avoiding Shark Infested Waters
- Betting the Breeders’ Cup Rollercoaster
- BIG New Additions to Geegeez Gold
- Bookies Conning Punters with Rule 4 Manipulation?
- Bookies: Rights and Wrongs
- Book Review: Fifty Years in the Betting Jungle
- Boxing Day: To Bet, or Not To Bet?
- Breeders’ Cup 2015: A Homecoming for the Ages
- Breeders’ Cup 2019: Five Takeaways
- Breeders’ Cup 2020: Trends, Stats, Pace, Replays, Odds
- Breeders’ Cup 2020: Video Preview, Picks
- Breeders’ Cup 2022: Four to back now
- Breeders’ Cup 2023: The Chalky & Scratchy Show
- Breeders’ Cup 2025: The Review
- British horseracing suspended until the end of April
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- Can Le Breuil Finally Come Good In Edinburgh National?
- Carlisle National Hunt Pace Bias
- Catterick Draw & Pace Bias
- Cesarewitch Draw and Pace Bias Plus The Effect Of The Ground On Front Runners At York
- Champion Hurdle 2022 Preview, Trends, Tips
- Changes in UK Flat Racing: 2010-2025
- Charles Hills Has Strong Hand In Haydock Handicap
- Chases, Jumping, Falling: An Analysis
- Chasing A Winter Profit
- Chasing Value Race Analysis – Saturday 31 May 2014
- Chelmsford Racecourse Run Style Bias
- Cheltenham Festival Handicaps: An Overview
- Cheltenham Festival 2020: Day Four Preview, Tips
- Cheltenham Festival 2020: Day One Preview, Tips
- Cheltenham Festival 2020: Day Two Preview, Trends, Tips
- Cheltenham Festival 2020: Day 3 Preview, Trends, Tips
- Cheltenham Festival 2021: Day Four Preview, Tips
- Cheltenham Festival 2021: Day One Preview, Tips
- Cheltenham Festival 2021: Day Two Preview, Trends, Tips
- Cheltenham Festival 2021: Day 3 Preview, Trends, Tips
- Cheltenham Festival 2021: Favourites – Bankers or Blowouts?
- Cheltenham Festival 2021: Trainer Form
- Cheltenham Festival 2021: 7 NRNB ‘Free Hits’
- Cheltenham Festival 2022: Day Four Preview, Tips
- Cheltenham Festival 2022: Day One Preview, Tips
- Cheltenham Festival 2022: Day Two Preview, Trends, Tips
- Cheltenham Festival 2022: Day 3 Preview, Trends, Tips
- Cheltenham Festival 2023: Day Four Preview, Tips
- Cheltenham Festival 2023: Day One Preview, Tips
- Cheltenham Festival 2023: Day Two Preview, Trends, Tips
- Cheltenham Festival 2023: Day 3 Preview, Trends, Tips
- Cheltenham Festival 2024: Day Four Preview, Tips
- Cheltenham Festival 2024: Day One Preview, Tips
- Cheltenham Festival 2024: Day Two Preview, Trends, Tips
- Cheltenham Festival 2024: Day 3 Preview, Trends, Tips
- Cheltenham Festival 2025: Day Four Preview, Tips
- Cheltenham Festival 2025: Day One Preview, Tips
- Cheltenham Festival 2025: Day Two Preview, Trends, Tips
- Cheltenham Festival 2025: Day 3 Preview, Trends, Tips
- Cheltenham Festival 2026: Day Four Preview, Tips
- Cheltenham Festival 2026: Day One Preview, Tips
- Cheltenham Festival 2026: Day Two Preview, Trends, Tips
- Cheltenham Festival 2026: Day 3 Preview, Trends, Tips
- Cheltenham Festival: Avoiding the Bad Bets
- Cheltenham Festival: The 15 year View
- Cheltenham Gold Cup 2022 Preview, Trends, Tips
- Cheltenham Profit and Loss
- Cheltenham 2021: Profit and Loss
- Cheltenham 2022: Profit and Loss
- Chester Draw & Pace Bias: Part 1
- Chester Draw & Pace Bias: Part 2
- Choose Excellency As Value Bet In Live Beverley Contest
- Class of 2020: Five New Trainers To Note
- Clock Watcher: January 2022
- Clock Watcher: Keep Kaser Onside
- Clock Watcher: King of the SANaaDh?
- Clock Watcher: Lessons from Harrovian
- Clock Watcher: Rise for National Anthem
- Clock Watcher: Royal Ascot 2022
- Clock Watcher: Six to Follow
- Clock Watcher: Slow Slow Quick
- Clock Watcher: Some Breeze from Wind
- Clock Watcher: State of the Union
- Clock Watcher: Young Guns
- Colossus Bets Review / Demo
- Colossus Bets Review: Win £10,000,000
- COMING SOON: Query Tool
- Comparing Exacta and Computer Straight Forecast: Part 1
- Comparing Exacta and Computer Straight Forecast: Part 2
- Comparing Starting Price with Betfair SP
- Complete Guide to Betting in 3yo Handicaps
- Coping with Losing Runs
- Coral Challenge 2021 Preview: Prominent Racers Hold The Key
- Course Form Could Prove Crucial In Tough Ascot Handicap
- Course & Distance Deep Dives: Musselburgh 7f, Windsor 1m
- Creating Jockey Ratings: A Few Thoughts
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- Dave Renham: A Synopsis of 5f AW Draw/Pace
- Dave Renham: A synopsis of 6f and 7f AW Draw/Pace
- Dave Renham: A Window into My World of Racing Research
- Dave Renham: A Window into My World of Racing Research, Part 2
- Dave Renham: More Thoughts on 2yo Sires
- Dave Renham: NH Q&A
- Dave Renham: Some Thoughts on 2yo Sires
- Dave Renham: Top jockeys’ pace profiles
- Dealing with Non-Triers
- Derby and Oaks 2022 Preview
- Does Gelding Improve Racehorse Performance?
- Doncaster Draw and Pace Bias On The Straight Track
- Doncaster Racecourse Pointers: Draw Bias, Pace Bias, Top Trainers and Top Jockeys
- Doncaster Spring Mile Preview: Two Big Prices Against The Field
- Do The Bookies Have The Wrong 3yo Favourites In The Doncaster Opener?
- Draw Bias 2022: Part 1
- Draw Bias 2022: Part 2
- Draw Bias 2022: Part 3a [Top 10 Biases, #10-6]
- Draw Bias 2022: Part 3b [Top 10 Biases, #5-1]
- Draw Bias 2022: Part 4, Negative Bias
- Dream Conditions For Century In Celebration Mile
- Dual Purpose Yearling Syndicate: Last Two Shares
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- Early Favourite Has The Power At Epsom
- Early Flat Season Trainer Form
- Early NH Season, Part 2
- Early Odds to Opening Odds to Starting Price
- Early Season Turf Pointers
- Early Season 2yo Performance by Foaling Month
- Ebor Handicap 2021 Preview and Tips: Away He Goes Ticks All The Boxes
- Educating Trevor: Shopping for Value
- Ejtilaab Has Plenty In His Favour In Chester Handicap
- Elect For Presidential At Big Price In Doncaster Handicap
- Evaluating Jockeys by Percentage of Rivals Beaten
- Evaluating Jockeys by Percentage of Rivals Beaten, Part 2
- Examining the Final Market Rank of Morning Favourites
- Examining Trainer Consistency
- Exotic Betting in 2024: Multi-Race Bets (Part 1)
- Exotic Betting in 2024: Multi-Race Bets (Part 2)
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- Fair Warning: Imminent Price Rise
- Fancy owning a racehorse and a share of £100,000?
- Farewell to a Friend
- Favourites on the Flat in April
- Favourites Risky In Sandown Handicap So Dare To Go Each Way
- Festival Reflections 2019
- Finding Profit in Novice and Handicap Chases
- Five Perils of Punting from Racecard Information
- Following John Gosden Debut Winners
- Form Profiling 2021: Community Project
- Form Profiling: Five to Follow in 2020
- Four Racing/Betting Books You Should Read
- Four Traits of Effective Punters
- From a Place, to a Different Place
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- Galway 2025: Flat Race Draw and Run Style Bias
- Geegeez and Coronavirus
- Geegeez Annual Survey 2019: Results
- Geegeez Autumn Update
- Geegeez Gold Case Study #1
- Geegeez Gold FAQ
- Geegeez Gold Update, 19th March 2020
- Geegeez Gold Upgrades: December 2021
- Geegeez Gold Video #2: Racecards and Form Tools
- Geegeez Gold Video #3: Finding In’s from the Reports
- Geegeez Gold Video #4: Asking your own questions
- Geegeez Gold: Introducing Bet Tracker and New Ratings
- Geegeez Gold: June 2021 Updates
- Geegeez Gold: May 2021 Upgrades
- Geegeez Jockeys Looking Forward to the 2022 Flat Season
- Geegeez NH Trainer Rankings 2019/20
- Geegeez Notches Best Betting Website Four-Timer
- Geegeez Pace Ratings in 5f Handicaps, Part 2
- Geegeez Racing Syndicates Update
- Geegeez Reader Wins £30,906… for a £3 Bet!
- Geegeez Syndicates Update
- Geegeez Upgrades: 26th April 2021
- Geegeez Upgrade: Known Issues
- Geegeez Wins… Again Again Again!
- Geegeez Writer Shortlisted for Derby Award
- geegeez.co.uk, GDPR, and You: An Outline
- Getting Physical (and Mental) with the Hill’s
- Glorious Goodwood Preview: Farasi Lane Offers Value In Saturday’s Opener
- Glorious Goodwood 2020: Day 1 Preview, Tips
- Glorious Goodwood 2020: Day 2 Preview, Tips
- Glorious Goodwood 2020: Day 3 Preview, Tips
- Glorious Goodwood 2020: Day 4 Preview, Tips
- Glorious Goodwood 2023: Day 1 Preview, Pointers, Tips
- Glorious Goodwood 2023: Day 2 Preview, Pointers, Picks
- Glorious Goodwood 2023: Day 3 Preview, Pointers, Tips
- Glorious Goodwood 2023: Day 4 Preview, Pointers, Tips
- Going For Gold In The Cesarewitch
- Gold Nuggets #1
- Gold Nuggets #10: Prepping for the Flat Season, Part 2
- Gold Nuggets #11: Trainer Profiling
- Gold Nuggets #12: Choose Your Battles
- Gold Nuggets #13: Race Reviews, and Creating Tissues
- Gold Nuggets #2
- Gold Nuggets #3: Px Form & Jackpot Joy
- Gold Nuggets #4: Using QT to Find Race Trends
- Gold Nuggets #6: Jackpot Windmill Tilting
- Gold Nuggets #7: Assorted Titbits
- Gold Nuggets #8: The Cheltenham Festival one
- Gold Nuggets #9: Prepping for the Flat Season, Part 1
- Gold Nuggets: Epsom Preview
- Gold Nuggets: Flat Fez Draw & Pace Research
- Gold Nuggets: Negative Draw Bias
- Gold Nuggets: York Biases
- Gold Updates: Cosmetics and PRB
- Gold Updates: February 2026
- Gold Upgrades: May 2023
- Gold, Punting Sense, and Mirth
- Go West In Veterans’ Chase At Newbury
- Grand National 2021 Preview, Tips and Runner By Runner Guide
- Great St Wilfrid 2021 Preview and Tips: Course Specialist Can Strike Again
- Grounds For Concern For Leading Superior Mile Runner
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- Handicaps: Today vs Last Run (Part 1)
- Handicaps: Today vs Last Run (Part 2)
- Handicap Losers and Official Rating Change: A Study
- Handicap Ratings in UK racing
- Handicap Winners and Official Rating Change: A Study
- Hat Trick (Plus) Seekers in NH Racing
- Haydock Grand National Trial Preview: Achille Has Claims For Form Reversal With Favourite
- Haydock Pace Bias Over Marathon Trips On Good Ground
- Headgear Return Gives Outsider Major Chance In Haydock Handicap
- Hever Sprint Preview: Consistent Runner Could Be Lord Of The Lings
- Hexham Racecourse Pace Bias
- HorseRaceBase Review
- Horse Performance: Course, Distance, and C&D Winners Compared
- Horse Racing Betting Angles: Part 1, Research Principles
- Horse Racing Betting Angles: Part 2, Query Tool Intro
- Horse Racing Betting Angles: Part 3a, Query Tool Examples
- Horse Racing Betting Angles: Part 3b, Bonus Module
- Horse Racing Betting in 2023: Five Key Differentiators
- Horse Racing Betting 101: Best of Geegeez
- Horse Racing Metrics: A/E, IV, PRB
- Horse Racing People to follow on Twitter
- How a Two Year Old Gets to the Races…
- How does exposure impact performance?
- How Newbury’s Pace Bias Changes Over Fences At Different Distances
- How Strong Is The Cheltenham Pace Bias?
- How To Back More Winners – The Complete Guide To Hot Form
- How To Back “Impossible” Handicap Winners
- How to Bet on Horses in High Summer
- How to Bet (and Win) on Exacta
- How to Bet: 10 Steps to Betting Better
- How To Be A Professional Gambler
- How to Compose a ‘Horses to Follow’ List
- How to Create an Odds Line / ‘Tissue’
- How To Create Simple Horse Racing Ratings: Example
- How to Find Winners When There is Little Form in the Book
- How to play the Cheltenham Festival Placepot
- How to Play the Early Days of the Flat Season
- How to Play the Ten to Follow
- How to Prepare for the Cheltenham Festival
- How to Settle a Dispute with a Bookmaker
- How To Spot Improvers in 60 Seconds or Less…
- How To Use The New Speed Ratings
- How to Use the Profiler Tab
- How to Use Tix for Multi-Race (Placepot) Bets
- How To Win The Placepot
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- iesnare Update: Victim Fights Back, urges others to do likewise
- iesnare: How Bookmakers are Spying on You from Your Own Computer
- Indianapolis Overpriced In Newbury Staying Handicap
- Instant Expert v2.0 is LIVE
- Introducing Tix Plus: A Placepot Tool for Everyone
- Introducing “Bet Finder”
- Introduction to Dobbing: Part 2
- Introduction to Dobbing: Part 3
- In-running trading diary, part 2
- Irish Angle: The Value of Handicaps
- Irish Trainers in UK National Hunt Racing
- Is Recent Trainer Form Important?
- It’s Christmas Time In Open Looking Welsh Grand National
- I Know What You Did Last Spring: Making Long Range Cheltenham Festival Projections
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- Jockeys and Run Style Revisited
- Jockey Pace Profiles
- Jockey Profiles: A General NH View
- Jockey Profiles: Best of the Rest
- Jockey Profiles: Blackmore, Kennedy, Townend
- Jockey Profiles: Brian Hughes & Sam Twiston-Davies
- Jockey Profiles: Danny Tudhope and Ben Curtis
- Jockey Profiles: de Boinville and Cobden
- Jockey Profiles: Harry Skelton & Sean Bowen
- Jockey Profiles: Hollie Doyle
- Jockey Profiles: Ireland, Flat
- Jockey Profiles: Ryan Moore
- John Smith’s Cup 2021 Preview: Take Pride To Emerge On Top
- Jon Shenton: From one place to another?
- Jon Shenton: Heading Further Leftfield
- Jon Shenton: Some Thoughts on Action vs Angle Bets
- Jon Shenton: The Spring Trainers
- Jon Shenton: Who to Layoff?
- Jump Jockeys: How Are The Mighty Fallen?
- June 2nd (Very Short!) Video Preview
- Just One Way To Profit From Geegeez
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- Lincoln Trial 2021 Preview: Eye-Catching Partnership Can Win Again
- Lingfield May Bring Out The Best In Intuitive In Mile Handicap
- Lingfield Preview: Bookies Overlook Profitable Trainer Change Angle
- Lingfield Racecourse All Weather Run Style Bias
- Live Now: New Card / Full Form Components
- London Racing Club Cheltenham Preview Night Notes
- London Racing Club Cheltenham Preview Night 2025 Notes
- London Racing Club Cheltenham Preview Notes
- London Racing Club: Cheltenham Festival Preview Notes 2024
- Looking at Past Cheltenham Festival Trends
- Lost racecourses 2: The Elephant Man
- Lost Racecourses 3: Colwall Park – 75th anniversary of royal winner
- Lost racecourses 4 – Bedford
- Lost racecourses 5 – Cheltenham Park
- Lost racecourses 6 – Lincoln and the Lincolnshire Handicap
- Lost Racecourses 7: Rugby
- Lost racecourses 8: Clifton Park, Blackpool
- Lost racecourses 9: Moreton-in-Marsh
- LRC Cheltenham Preview Night 2026
- Luna Lux: Another Cookie?
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- Making Sense of 3yo Class 2 Turf Handicaps
- Male and Female Jockeys: A Comparison
- Measuring the impact of a Tongue Tie
- Miscellaneous Jump Racing Angles
- Miss This Lingfield Runner At Your Peril!
- Monday Musings: A Euro Garden Party on the Lawn
- Monday Musings: Blank
- Monday Musings: Continuous Relentlessness
- Monday Musings: Horses In Training
- Monday Musings: Keeping One Eye on the Pirate
- Monday Musings: Newcastle helping the rich get richer?
- Monday Musings: Newmarket 875
- Monday Musings: Ten Grand Poms
- More Betting Thoughts: What Trends To Look For In A Horse Racing System…
- More on Pace in NH Racing
- More on Price Movement from Opening Show
- More on Price Movement in NH Markets, Part 1
- More on Price Movement in NH Markets, Part 2
- Mr Huge: The Legend of Alan Woods
- Multi-Race Bet Builder
- Musselburgh Draw & Pace Bias
- Mythbusters (Revisited)
- Mythbusters: Five Racing Adages Under The Microscope
- My Cheltenham Festival 2026 P&L
- My Simple Ratings Method Revisited
- My Simple Ratings Method, Part 3
- My Way Or The Highway In Kempton Handicap
- My 2020 Betting P&L
- My 2021 Betting P&L
- My 2022 Betting Profit and Loss
- My 2024 Betting P&L
- My 2024 Cheltenham Festival Betting P&L
- My 2025 Cheltenham Festival Betting P&L
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- National Hunt Racing Systems for 2024/25
- National Hunt Sire Data: An Edge? Part 1
- National Hunt Sire Data: An Edge? Part 2
- Negative Draw Bias in 2026
- Newbury Preview: King Can Conquer Mile Handicap
- Newcastle Punting Pointers: The Angles of the North?
- Newcastle Racecourse All Weather Run Style Bias
- Newmarket Cambridgeshire Handicap Draw and Pace Bias
- Newmarket July Meeting: A Ten Year View
- Newmarket Racecourse: Pace, Draw and Trainers
- Newton Abbot Pace Bias
- New and Improved: Draw / Pace Display
- New Data: Weird Experiment
- New for 2025: Introducing the Trends Tab
- New Geegeez Syndicate: Bringing in some Razzam-atazz!
- New Gold Features: Rate a Race, Pace Average
- New Metric on Geegeez Gold: PRB
- New Racing Syndicate: Seeking Nirvana?
- New Sectional Data Presentations
- New Syndicate: Gee Force Flyer
- New to Gold: Report Angles
- NEW: Draw Analyser Tool
- New: Fast Finisher indicators
- NEW: Gold Draw Data
- NEW: ‘My Races’ Feature Added
- NH Jockeys: Home or Away?
- NH Jockey Profiles: Creating Ratings
- NH Jockey Profiles: The Younger Generation
- NH Season Fast Starters
- NH Trainers: Short vs Long Distance Travellers
- NH 2023/24 End of Term Report
- Nine Runners To Consider In Saturday’s Big Sprints At Ayr
- Non-handicap juveniles in late turf season
- Northumberland Vase Preview: Everybody Loves Raymond
- November Feature Update
- November Handicap Draw and Pace Bias Revealed
- November Handicap 2020 Preview: Kingbrook Could Take Advantage Of Early Burn Up
- Novice Hurdles: What’s the form worth?
- Novice Hurdles: What’s the Form Worth? Part 2
- Nugget Looks Tasty In Newbury Spring Cup
- Nursery Nuggets: Betting in 2yo Handicaps
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- Pace Analysis in Action: A See-Saw Day
- Pace Bias in Non-Handicap Hurdle Races
- Pace Maps: Predicting the Future Just Got Easier…
- Pace Wins The Race: 5f All Weather Handicaps
- Pace Wins The Race: 6f All Weather Handicaps
- Part 2: The Importance of Pace in 5f Handicaps
- Past Pace as a Predictor of Future Performance
- Past Pace as a Predictor of Future Performance, Part 2
- Past Run Style as a Profitable Indicator
- Past Run Style as a Profitable Indicator, Part 2
- Pinball Wizard, Part 2: The Psychology of In-Running Betting
- Pinball Wizard, Part 3: The Theory of Winning In-Running
- Pinball Wizard, Part 4: The Practice of Winning
- Pinball Wizard, Part 5: In-Running Aids and Hacks
- Pinball Wizard: An Introduction to In-Running Betting Part 1
- Placepot Fun
- Planning Your Betting
- Playing The Handicaps
- Pontefract Draw & Pace Bias
- Pool Betting: Placepot / Jackpot / Win6 Techniques
- Poor Value Favourites in NH Racing
- Predicting Mark Johnston Runners, Part 1
- Predicting Mark Johnston Runners, Part 2
- Prepping for NH 2025/26, Part 1: Novice Hurdles
- Prepping for NH 2025/26, Part 2: Novice Chases
- Prepping for NH 2025/26, Part 3: Handicap Chases
- Prepping for NH 2025/26, Part 4: Handicap Hurdles
- Prepping for NH 2025/26, Part 5: National Hunt Flat
- Previous Winners Of Interest In Challenge Cup
- Price Movement from Opening Show
- Price Movement in NH Racing Markets
- Punting Angles using Sires & Damsires: Part 1
- Punting Angles Using Sires & Damsires: Part 2
- Punting Angles Using Sires & Damsires: Part 3
- Punting Angles Using Sires & Damsires: Part 4
- Punting Angles: Beverley Racecourse
- Punting Angles: Chelmsford City Racecourse Part 1
- Punting Angles: Chelmsford City Racecourse Part 2
- Punting Angles: Goodwood Racecourse
- Punting Angles: Haydock Racecourse
- Punting Angles: Kempton Park
- Punting Angles: The Triumph Hurdle
- Punting Angles: Uttoxeter
- Punting Angles: Windsor Racecourse
- Punting Confessional: Away from the limelight…
- Punting Confessional: The trainer’s role.
- Punting Pointers: Juvenile Hurdles
- Punting Pointers: Naas Racecourse
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- Race histories 10: The Dee Stakes
- Race Histories 11: The Royal Hunt Cup
- Race Histories 12: The Becher Chase
- Race Histories 5: The National Hunt Chase
- Race Histories 6: City and Suburban and Great Metropolitan Handicaps
- Race Histories 8 – 6 Rifles B Company Novices’ Hurdle
- Race Histories 9 – The Fighting Fifth Hurdle
- Racing and Data Analytics
- Racing into the Future: 5 Questions, 4 People
- Racing is Back! 1st June Video Preview
- Racing Maxims and Methods of Pittsburgh Phil (Part 1)
- Racing Maxims and Methods of Pittsburgh Phil (Part 2)
- Racing Maxims and Methods of Pittsburgh Phil (Part 3)
- Racing Pot Pourri
- Racing Systems: All Weather Angles
- Racing Systems: An Introduction
- Racing Systems: Flat Season Angles
- Racing Systems: Flat Trainers, Part 1
- Racing Systems: Flat Trainers, Part 2
- Racing Systems: Flat Trainers, Part 3
- Racing Systems: NH Trainer Angles
- Racing systems: Using systems to create shortlists
- Related Contingencies at the Cheltenham Festival
- Report Angles: How To Find Value Bets in Seconds
- Retiring Stat of the Day
- Revisiting All-Weather Draw Biases
- Ripon Draw & Pace Bias
- Roving Reports: Aintree Mayhem
- Roving Reports: And so it begins…
- Roving Reports: An Unexpected Shower
- Roving Reports: An Unwelcome Hat Trick
- Roving Reports: Ascot Reflections
- Roving Reports: A Boxing Day Miracle
- Roving Reports: A Royal Debrief
- Roving Reports: A Tale of Woe
- Roving Reports: Chasing the Easter Money
- Roving Reports: Compare and Contrast
- Roving Reports: Data Driven Drizzle
- Roving Reports: Do You Know Where You’re Going To…?
- Roving Reports: Ebor Action!
- Roving Reports: Epsom’s Downs
- Roving Reports: Goodwood
- Roving Reports: Here, There and Everywhere
- Roving Reports: HQ, and Closer To Home
- Roving Reports: In Between
- Roving Reports: It’s Glorious
- Roving Reports: Kingmaker for a Day
- Roving Reports: Let The Music Play
- Roving Reports: Lucky Man
- Roving Reports: Not Long Now
- Roving Reports: No Rest for the Wicked
- Roving Reports: Pastures New
- Roving Reports: Pointless
- Roving Reports: Reflections from the Festivities
- Roving Reports: Royal Ascot
- Roving Reports: Royal Ascot
- Roving Reports: Shut That d’Or
- Roving Reports: Silver or Gold at Newbury?
- Roving Reports: Slings and Arrows
- Roving Reports: Southwell, but not as we know it
- Roving Reports: Technical Issues, Please Stand By…
- Roving Reports: The Carnival is Over…
- Roving Reports: The End of the Line
- Roving Reports: The Going’s Hard in Places
- Roving Reports: The Month of May
- Roving Reports: The National’s Still Grand
- Roving Reports: The Rover Returns to Rolleston
- Roving Reports: The 4.00 at Plymouth
- Roving Reports: Time Away
- Roving Reports: To Cheltenham, eventually
- Roving Reports: Two Days of Epsom
- Roving Reports: Work til you’re Musselburgh Bound
- Roving Reports: Yarmouth Tales
- Roving Reports: “Are you sure?”
- Roving Reports: “Hey! Student”
- Roving Report: It’s beginning to look a lot like Fakers
- Royal Ascot Tix Picks 2025, Day 2
- Royal Ascot Tix Picks 2025, Day 3
- Royal Ascot Tix Picks 2025, Day 4
- Royal Ascot 2020: Day 1 Preview, Tips
- Royal Ascot 2020: Day 2 Preview, Tips
- Royal Ascot 2020: Day 3 Preview, Tips
- Royal Ascot 2020: Day 4 Preview, Tips
- Royal Ascot 2021 Clock Watcher: Sectional Horses of Interest
- Royal Ascot 2021: Day 1 Preview, Tips
- Royal Ascot 2021: Day 2 Preview, Tips
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- Royal Ascot 2021: Day 4 Preview, Tips
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- Royal Ascot 2022: Tuesday (Day 1) Preview, Tips
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- Royal Ascot 2024: Day One Preview, Tips
- Royal Ascot 2024: Day 2 (Wednesday) Preview, Tips
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- Royal Ascot 2024: Day 4 (Friday) Preview, Tips
- Royal Ascot 2025: Analysing The Group 1 Races
- Royal Ascot 2025: Day Four Preview, Tips
- Royal Ascot 2025: Day One Preview, Tips
- Royal Ascot 2025: Day 2 Preview, Tips
- Royal Ascot 2025: Day 3 Preview, Tips
- Running Well Against a Pace Bias, Part 1
- Running Well Against a Pace Bias, Part 2
- Run style analysis of a selection of National Hunt trainers
- Run Style Bias in Handicap Chases
- Run Style Bias in Handicap Chases: 2024/25 Season Update (Part 1)
- Run Style Bias in Handicap Chases: 2024/25 Season Update (Part 2)
- Run Style Bias in Handicap Hurdle Races
- Run Style Bias in Non-Handicap Chases
- Run Style in Smaller Field Handicaps
- Run Style: When Early Leaders *Don’t* Have The Edge
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- Sat TV Trends: 20th Feb 2021
- Secret Investor and Potterman Most Interesting In Ladbrokes Trophy Chase
- Sectional Timing, and How To Use It
- Seeking Future Profit from Last Day P’s
- Seeking Value with Female Flat Jockeys
- Shergar Cup 2021 Tips and Preview
- Silly Question Friday: Part 1
- Silly Question Friday: Part 2
- Silly Question Friday: The Gold Edition
- Sires on the Sand: All Weather Stallions To Note
- Site Issues: Update [6th June]
- Sky Bet Dash Preview: Lightly Raced Streamline Looks Value Play
- Sneak Preview: Geegeez is going Mobile
- Some Thoughts on Headgear
- SotD Update, 1st to 6th June 2020
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- Southwell Statistics: Horses for Courses?
- So Good For Honeyball and Dingle At Haydock On Saturday
- Specific Course/Distance Analysis: Lingfield 1m2f
- Spring Mile / Lincoln Video Preview
- Starting 2025 on the Front Foot
- Statistical Guide to Royal Ascot 2024 Mile Handicaps
- Statistics for National Hunt Racing in November
- Stat of the Day : An Overview
- Stat of the Day, 1st June 2020
- Stat of the Day, 10th August 2020
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- Stat of the Day, 31st August 2020
- Stat of the Day, 6th July 2020
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- Stat of the Day, 8th June 2020
- Stat of the Day, 9th March 2020
- Stat of the Day: Month-by-Month
- Stat of the Day: The 2014 Review
- Stat of the Day: The 2015 Review
- Stat of the Day: The 2016 Review
- Stat of the Day: The 2017 Review
- Stat of the Day: The 2018 Review
- Stat of the Day: The 2019 Review
- Steamers and Drifters: Part 2
- Steamers and Drifters: Part 3
- Stewards’ Cup 2020 Preview: Recent Evidence Suggests Low Means Go
- Stroke Of Luc Required In The 2020 Cambridgeshire Handicap
- Sun TV Trends: 18th April 2021
- Switching from All Weather to the Turf
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- Taking a Flyer on the 2026 Cheltenham Festival
- Taking A Flyer on the 2027 Cheltenham Festival
- Taking on the World at Royal Ascot
- These Three D’s WILL Make You A Better Bettor!
- The Anatomy Of A Breeze Up Sale
- The Best Exploiter of ‘The System’?
- The Draw Analyser Challenge
- The Ethics of Pacemaking
- The Favourite-Longshot Bias
- The Geegeez Racecards…
- The Handicapping Process: An Approach
- The Importance of Course/Distance Form in NH Racing
- The Importance of Pace in Three Mile Handicap Chases
- The Importance of Pace in ‘Speed’ Handicap Chases
- The Importance of Pace in 5f handicaps
- The Importance of Pace in 5f Handicaps: Part 3
- The Importance of Pace in 5f Handicaps: Part 4
- The Importance of Pace in 5f Handicaps: Part 5
- The Irish at Royal Ascot 2017
- The Logic of Sports Betting: Book Review
- The Maths of Multiples, Part 1
- The Maths of Multiples, Part 2
- The Pick of the Posts 2020
- The Pick of the Posts 2021
- The Punting Confessional 28th March 2012
- The Punting Confessional: Avoiding “expert” nonsense.
- The Punting Confessional: Beating the handicapper.
- The Punting Confessional: Compiling a Tissue
- The Punting Confessional: Exploding more clichés.
- The Punting Confessional: Finalising the Tissue
- The Punting Confessional: Final Thoughts on Video Analysis
- The Punting Confessional: Further Notes on Form Study
- The Punting Confessional: Further thoughts on Staking
- The Punting Confessional: Getting The Basics Right
- The Punting Confessional: In-play action
- The Punting Confessional: More myth-busting.
- The Punting Confessional: Opportunities and Threats
- The Punting Confessional: Pace and Position
- The Punting Confessional: Staking and the Betting Bank
- The Punting Confessional: The Galway Festival
- The Punting Confessional: The Price is Right?
- The Punting Confessional: When and where to bet?
- The REAL Reason The Irish Dominated Cheltenham
- The Shape of 2022 on Geegeez
- The Ten Worst Group 1 Winners in Recent Memory*
- The Tote is Back, and it’s better than ever
- The TRUTH About Steamers and Drifters
- The Ultimate Guide to Betting on Horses and Using Geegeez Gold
- The Ups and Downs of Tipping Services
- The Vagaries of Early Speed: Soft Leads and Pace Collapses
- The Value Machine
- The Value of Heavy Ground Form
- The Value of Scarcity in Race Reading
- The WORST Draw / Run Style Tracks in 2026
- The ‘Super Six’ NH Jockeys: What Happened Next?
- The (Occasional) Influence of Draw
- Thinking Out Loud: Trainer ‘P’ Form
- Thirsk Hunt Cup Preview: Astro Set For Star Turn
- This affects all of us
- Three Week Challenge Part 1: Race Selection
- Three Week Challenge Part 2: Shortlisting
- Three Week Challenge, Part 3: Bet Selection
- Time for a Middleham Derby
- Tix Week: ABCX
- Tix Week: Plus Pro
- Tix Week: Plus Simple
- Tix Week: Wrapping Up
- Today I am 40…
- Today I am 50
- Tony Keenan meets Feidhlim Cunningham
- Tony Keenan: Blinkered Thinking
- Tony Keenan: Focus for Optimal Betting Decisions
- Tony Keenan: Left-field Horses from Cheltenham
- Tony Keenan: Some Further Thoughts on Race Reading
- Tony Keenan: Some Views on Garnering Viewers
- Tony Keenan: Ten NOT To Follow
- Tony Keenan: The Bookmakers’ Perspective
- Tony Keenan: Watching the Markets…
- Tony Keenan: Why I’m Worried About Gambling
- Topspeed Ratings in UK National Hunt, Part 1
- Topspeed Ratings in UK National Hunt, Part 2
- Topspeed Ratings on the All-Weather, Part 1
- Topspeed Ratings on the All-Weather, Part 2
- Top Draw Biases for the 2024 Flat Season
- Top Ten All-Weather Front-Running Biases
- Top 10 Front Running Biases in Handicap Chases, Part 1: 10 to 6
- Top 10 Front Running Biases in Handicap Chases, Part 2: 5 to 1
- Tote Review
- Trainers and Run Style: Part 1
- Trainers and Run Style: Part 2
- Trainers and Run Style: Part 3
- Trainers and Run Style: Part 4
- Trainers and Run Style: Part 5
- Trainers in Two-Year-Old Races, Part 1
- Trainers in Two-Year-Old Races, Part 2
- Trainers in Two-Year-Old Races, Part 3
- Trainers with older runners (4 and up)
- Trainers with Three-Year-Old Runners, Part 1
- Trainers with Three-Year-Old Runners, Part 2
- Trainer Angles: Point and Shoot vs Education
- Trainer No Brainers: The Very Best At York And The Ebor Festival
- Trainer Patterns
- Trainer Profiles: Anthony Honeyball
- Trainer Profiles: Dan Skelton
- Trainer Profiles: Donald McCain
- Trainer Profiles: Fergal O’Brien
- Trainer Profiles: Fry, Lacey, Newland, O’Brien, Snowden
- Trainer Profiles: Gordon Elliott
- Trainer Profiles: Jeremy Scott
- Trainer Profiles: Keith Dalgleish
- Trainer Profiles: Nicky Henderson
- Trainer Profiles: Nicky Richards
- Trainer Profiles: Paul Nicholls
- Trainer Profiles: Venetia Williams, Lucinda Russell, Emma Lavelle
- Trainer Profiles: Willie Mullins
- Trainer Stats Point To Tempus In Mile Handicap
- Trials Day as a Source of Festival Winners
- Two Against The Field At Prices In Live York Handicap
- Two Cheltenham Festival Side Bets to Consider
- Two New Features in Query Tool
- Two-year-old A/W Debutants, Part 2
- Two-Year-Old Runners on Debut: Part 1
- Two-Year-Old Runners on Debut: Part 2
- Two-Year-Old Runners on 2nd Start: Part 1
- Two-Year-Old Runners on 2nd Start: Part 2
- Two-Year-Old Sires in 2025
- Two-year-old A/W Debutants, Part 1: Trainers
- Two-year-old Flat Debutants, Part 1: Trainers
- Two-year-old Flat Debutants, Part 2
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- Wetherby Pace Bias Over Both Hurdles And Fences
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- What Happens After Royal Ascot?
- What Happens on Next Run After The Cheltenham Festival?
- What is Pace in Horse Racing? And how to use it.
- What is the point of sectional timing in horse racing?
- What is Tix?
- What to expect in 2024
- When Classy Hurdlers Go Chasing…
- When Horses Change Stable: Part 1
- When Horses Change Stable: Part 2
- When Horses Return to the Same Race
- When Hurdlers Go Chasing
- When NH Trainers run two in the same race
- When Trainers Run Two in the Same Race
- Why Contrast is King When Seeking Good Bets
- Why Horses Fall (Part 2)
- Why Horses Fall…
- Why Sectionals Matter
- Why Strike Rate is Not the Only Metric in Town
- Winning at Betting: The (Untold) Truth
- Winter Webinars #2 and #3: Racecards and Reports
- Winter Webinar #1: Setting Up To Succeed
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- “Any fool can back 35% winners”
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- “The Price Is Wrong” – Three Part Challenge
- “The Reverse Rule 4” Method
- **Exciting New Syndicate** Novice Hurdler
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- 10 Things I think about the Betting Industry
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- 2-Year-Old Handicaps: Nurseries Part 1
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