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Horse Racing Tips: Kempton Park 1st February 2012

All Weather horse racing is set to take place at Kempton Park racecourse on the evening of Wednesday 1st February 2012. A card of seven races is scheduled to begin at 16:50. The ground is officially described as Standard. Weather at Kempton Park is forecast to be sunny. Below are betting tips and speed handicap figures for each of today’s races compiled by The Actuary our resident horse racing tipster.Today's horse racing results will appear alongside the first three shortly after the meeting ends!
4:50 Free Entry For Betdaq Members Median Auction Maiden Stakes Cl5 5f
99.8% * Cats Eyes 1ST 1-2
98.0% Miakora 97.0%
96.5% Bint Alakaaber 96.6%
96.4% Sannibel 2ND 13-2
96.3% Bobbyow 3RD 40-1
95.9% Sailing North
Kiss My Heart

5:20 Betdaq Multiples Handicap Cl5 1m2f
101.3% Megalala 101.2% 1ST 11-1
101.2% Lisahane Bog 101.4%
101.1% * The Mongoose
101.1% Focail Maith 102.0% 2ND 6-1
100.1% Edgeworth
100.0% King Of Windsor
99.9% Buxfizz 100.3%
99.8% Peponi
99.7% Menadati 3RD 12-1
Consider Yourself

6:50 Back Or Lay At betdaq.com Handicap Cl7 1m
99.1% * Ocean Countess 98.1%
98.2% Cairanne 2ND 7-1
98.2% Emerald Royal 98.7% 1ST 9-2
98.1% Le Reveur
97.9% Teen Ager 100.3%
97.2% By Implication
97.2% Chandrayaan
96.9% Sunset Boulevard
96.8% Harvest Mist 3RD 6-1
95.5% Five Cool Kats 95.5%
94.2% Gay Gallivanter
93.8% Henry´s Hero

6:20 Betdaq Mobile Apps Handicap Cl6 6f
98.3% Liquid Sunshine
97.3% Lord Buffhead
97.2% Chart 97.9% 2ND 11-2
97.1% Willow Beauty 97.8%
96.3% Flying Kitty 3RD 16-1
95.7% Very First Blade
95.2% Misred Melissa
Clodhopper 1ST 20-1
Gone By Sunrise
Periwinkle Way

6:50 skysports.com Handicap Cl5 7f
99.8% Tenbridge 99.8% 2ND 7-2
99.6% Darnathean 96.8%
99.5% Whipcrackaway
99.0% Berlusca 3RD 4-1
98.3% Prince Gabrial
97.4% Frock
Four Better 1ST 8-1

7:20 Skysports Racing Handicap Cl4 7f
101.0% Tamareen 100.6%
100.7% * Bianca De Medici 100.3% 3RD 6-1
100.5% Legal Legacy
100.3% May´s Boy 99.2%
100.2% Ocean Legend 101.1% 1ST 9-1
99.8% Bawaardi 100.1%
99.7% Santefisio 100.9% 2ND 7-2
99.5% Judd Street
99.3% Al Aqabah 100.1%
98.5% Last Sovereign 100.3%
97.9% Amethyst Dawn

7:50 Kempton For Weddings Handicap Cl7 7f
99.2% Blueberry Fizz 97.7%
99.0% Pastoral Jet 98.0% 2ND 5-2
99.0% Striking Willow 98.7%
98.6% Heading To First 98.8%
98.4% Jackie Love 98.8%
98.2% Wee Buns 2ND 33-1
98.2% * Lovat Lane 98.1% 1ST 8-1
97.9% Pavement Games 99.3%
97.4% Tawseef
97.2% Cavalry Guard 98.6%
96.7% Ain´t Talkin´ 97.6%
95.2% Sid 95.5%


Hello The Actuary

I must admit it's the first time I've seen this thread & personally I don't get involved too much in all-weather racing but I must commend you on the tremendous effort you put in & clearly you have a great knowledge & understanding of all-weather racing. I am certain that loads off gg.com members are finding this to be incredibly useful & benefitting from your work and this again illustrates the strengths & qualities of gg.com - all members prepared & willing to put time & effort in with the aim of helping fellow members achieve betting success & improve their knowledge. You have clearly had some very good results with your work & I commend you for that as I am sure all my fellow gg.com members do. You commented on

"it being a very disappointing last week. if it teaches me anything it will be to take nothing for granted" -

Now you said you made a profit in October so there is no need to worry or feel disappointment at a poor last week because that is the way when you study in depth because you can spend hours working on something only for it to all go wrong in a couple of minutes in a football match or matter of seconds in a horse race - I spend hours studying my football selections each week & yet in recent weeks it has been very frustrating with some poor results but that is not down to me doing things wrong but more to do with the random nature of football dictating that ultimately anything can & will happen. Horse races & football matches are random events that however much we assess & how much detailed analysis we do, the ultimate event is completely out of our control & as you quite rightly said you can take nothing for granted - horses that look certain to win easy run poorly, teams that look certain to win 3 or 4-0 lose 1-0 - that is the nature of sport & that is the nature of betting.As I said, I think the work you are doing is very informative & useful to gg.com members, so on behalf of my fellow members, here is a gg.com salute for you to show our appreciation.

THE ACTUARY - WE SALUTE YOU!!!

All the best with your all-weather bets & if I am considering having a bet on the all-weather I will definitely look for your work first to help me make my mind up.

Tommy

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Horse Racing Tips: Kempton Park 1st February 2012

All Weather horse racing is set to take place at Kempton Park racecourse on the evening of Wednesday 1st February 2012. A card of seven races is scheduled to begin at 16:50. The ground is officially described as Standard. Weather at Kempton Park is forecast to be sunny. Below are betting tips and speed handicap figures for each of today’s races compiled by The Actuary our resident horse racing tipster.Today's horse racing results will appear alongside the first three shortly after the meeting ends!
4:50 Free Entry For Betdaq Members Median Auction Maiden Stakes Cl5 5f
99.8% * Cats Eyes 1ST 1-2
98.0% Miakora 97.0%
96.5% Bint Alakaaber 96.6%
96.4% Sannibel 2ND 13-2
96.3% Bobbyow 3RD 40-1
95.9% Sailing North
Kiss My Heart

5:20 Betdaq Multiples Handicap Cl5 1m2f
101.3% Megalala 101.2% 1ST 11-1
101.2% Lisahane Bog 101.4%
101.1% * The Mongoose
101.1% Focail Maith 102.0% 2ND 6-1
100.1% Edgeworth
100.0% King Of Windsor
99.9% Buxfizz 100.3%
99.8% Peponi
99.7% Menadati 3RD 12-1
Consider Yourself

6:50 Back Or Lay At betdaq.com Handicap Cl7 1m
99.1% * Ocean Countess 98.1%
98.2% Cairanne 2ND 7-1
98.2% Emerald Royal 98.7% 1ST 9-2
98.1% Le Reveur
97.9% Teen Ager 100.3%
97.2% By Implication
97.2% Chandrayaan
96.9% Sunset Boulevard
96.8% Harvest Mist 3RD 6-1
95.5% Five Cool Kats 95.5%
94.2% Gay Gallivanter
93.8% Henry´s Hero

6:20 Betdaq Mobile Apps Handicap Cl6 6f
98.3% Liquid Sunshine
97.3% Lord Buffhead
97.2% Chart 97.9% 2ND 11-2
97.1% Willow Beauty 97.8%
96.3% Flying Kitty 3RD 16-1
95.7% Very First Blade
95.2% Misred Melissa
Clodhopper 1ST 20-1
Gone By Sunrise
Periwinkle Way

6:50 skysports.com Handicap Cl5 7f
99.8% Tenbridge 99.8% 2ND 7-2
99.6% Darnathean 96.8%
99.5% Whipcrackaway
99.0% Berlusca 3RD 4-1
98.3% Prince Gabrial
97.4% Frock
Four Better 1ST 8-1

7:20 Skysports Racing Handicap Cl4 7f
101.0% Tamareen 100.6%
100.7% * Bianca De Medici 100.3% 3RD 6-1
100.5% Legal Legacy
100.3% May´s Boy 99.2%
100.2% Ocean Legend 101.1% 1ST 9-1
99.8% Bawaardi 100.1%
99.7% Santefisio 100.9% 2ND 7-2
99.5% Judd Street
99.3% Al Aqabah 100.1%
98.5% Last Sovereign 100.3%
97.9% Amethyst Dawn

7:50 Kempton For Weddings Handicap Cl7 7f
99.2% Blueberry Fizz 97.7%
99.0% Pastoral Jet 98.0% 2ND 5-2
99.0% Striking Willow 98.7%
98.6% Heading To First 98.8%
98.4% Jackie Love 98.8%
98.2% Wee Buns 2ND 33-1
98.2% * Lovat Lane 98.1% 1ST 8-1
97.9% Pavement Games 99.3%
97.4% Tawseef
97.2% Cavalry Guard 98.6%
96.7% Ain´t Talkin´ 97.6%
95.2% Sid 95.5%


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Horse Racing - Trip Down Memory Lane

As there is no AWT racing until Monday 13th I decided to do some research and while thumbing through some old racing books found an old page from Raceform which bought back a great memory from my past carefully folded within the pages.
How attractive a proposition was Pipssalio. Still a Maiden after 4 outings, its 3 outings as a 2yo read beaten 16 lengths in Class 5 3k Novice, beaten 16 lengths in a Class 6 2k Maiden, Beaten 14 lengths in a Class 4 3k Maiden. 1 outing as a 3yo beaten ½ length in a Class 4 4k Handicap. Looked to be way out of its depth being entered in a Class 3 14k Handicap. Pipssalio was 10lb out of the handicap and the jockey (Francis Norton) was putting up 2lb over weight.

My speed figures told me a different story. In fact I can remember being so bullish I was nailing my colours to the mast on all the forums and to the Raceform. This for me was the outstanding bet of the following day, the outstanding bet of the week and of the month. I went to bed unable to sleep with anticipation for the following day fully confident I would be making a lot of money. As soon as I got up on the day of the race I started checking the prices to ensure the tissue given the evening before was correct. Pipssalio was still 20-1.

The time of the race had arrived and in horror I watched as Pipssalio fell out of the stalls. By the time they had reached half-way in the 1 mile contest it was flat to the boards well adrift of the rest of the field with Franny Norton rowing away and beating the horse to death!

My feelings at the time were partly embarrassment due to the comments I had made on various forums , partly anger and all confidence in my ability to create meaningful speed figures gone in 60 seconds but being the eternal optimist still a slither of hope.

With 2 furlongs to go Pipssalio started to reduce the gap. With a furlong to go the rest of the field started to paddle and Pipssalio appeared to have sprouted wings and was closing on the leaders at an unbelievable rate. As they flashed passed the post Franny Norton had driven Pipssalio between the two leaders to make a three way photo finish. Even though I believed Pipssalio had got there it was going to be on the nod. Pipssalio got the verdict beating 2nd Everest by a short-head who in turn had beaten 3rd Tumbleweed Tor by a short-head.

That is the margin between winning or losing. The difference between the feeling of abject failure and believing you can walk on water.