Wednesday's free Geegeez GOLD feature, the Trainer Statistics (TS) report is, in fact, four reports in one.
It contains information on a trainer’s recent form, and their longer term course form. For each of 14 day, 30 day, course one year, and course five year, users can filter by runs, wins, places, win profit/loss and each way profit/loss. Clicking on any row in the report will reveal the runners that trainer has entered on the day in question, and clicking on the runner row will open that race in a new tab.
HINT: It can help to cross refer the profit figures of the trainer with their win/place percentage. A few big priced winners can mean a trainer has a high profit number but a low strike rate. You may need to be very patient, and a bit lucky, to come out in front this way!
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My own personal settings for the TS report are fairly restrictive...
...but have still highlighted the following pair of runners in the same race...
...14-day form...
In addition to the free daily feature, we always open up a number of racecards to non-Gold subscribers and for this Wednesday, they are...
- 3.15 Thirsk
- 5.05 Tipperary
- 5.25 Thirsk
- 6.10 Tipperary
...and I think I'll have a look at the pair of Robert Cowell-trained sprinters in the 7.00 Bath, a 9-runner, Class 6 Classified Stakes (all carry 9st 9lbs, with 3yos receiving 5lbs) over a left-handed 5f on firm ground...
None of these managed to win last time out, but Katar was a runner-up and both Captain Bentley and Wedgewood made the frame. In fact Wedgewood is the only one in the race with a relatively recent win, having scored at Lingfield two months and three starts ago with all her rivals having failed to win any of their last six (or more) races.
Daley T is denoted as a fast-finisher, but as a 12-race maiden with recent finishes of 576785, one might think he's not a fast starter! Call Me The Breeze will wear cheekpieces for the first time here, as she aims to make the frame for the first time after failing to do so in all eight career starts, whilst it's a debut in a visor for La Verite who has gone one better/worse by failing to place in her eight outings.
All bar Zeno (71 days) and Daley T (135 days) have had the benefit of a recent (9-34 days) run and with the whole field carrying 9-9, bar the trio of 3yo's carrying 9-4, it's La Verite who is supposedly best off at the weights with Captain Bentley and Katar joint worst.
That said only Bernard Spierpoint (6 from 55) and Wedgewood (4 from 24) have actually won a race to date, the other seven are a combined 0 from 82. Of those seven, Katar has managed to make the frame in 11 of 32 defeats, but the other half dozen have made the frame just 3 times in 50 total races.
Three of Bernard Spierpoint's six wins and all of Wedgewood's four wins have been over today's trip, but the field is a combined 0 from 12 here at Bath and wit h a field so bereft of winners (all Wedgewood's win have been on the A/W), we're slightly better off skipping straight to the place stats on Instant Expert...
...where as expected Bernard Spierpoint, Katar and Wedgewood are the only ones of note and they'll emerge from the three lowest stalls, but there's very little to be gained from the draw here...
...with the emphasis purely on speed over this fast 5f, it pays to be up with the pace...
...which looks like being more good news for at least a couple of our trio from above...
Summary
Not a race to dwell on, nor one to chuck too much money at, so I've done neither. There's no shying away from which three horses are the most likely to score here and it's the three lowest drawn runners, Bernard Spierpoint, Katar and Wedgewood.
Katar is still a maiden after 32 starts and despite a reasonable 34.4% place strike rate, he's hard to recommend as a win bet. Wedgewood is the most recent winner in the field, of course, but has yet to win on turf, making the frame just once in eleven starts, so almost by default, the pick is Bernard Spierpoint and even he's on a 14-race losing streak, but does have a 40% place record on the Flat.
And for those of you wanting to place an early bet, here's how the market looked at 4.45pm Tuesday...
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