Stop Backing the Favourite: How to Find Real Value Where the Public Fears to Tread

The biggest mistake in UK racing isn’t backing a loser. No, it’s backing a false favourite. If you want to move from being a hopeful punter to a profitable bettor, you have to learn to fade the herd and find the true value hiding in the mid-market.

Let's face facts: the favourite is the most popular horse in the race, not necessarily the best value. Every Saturday, we see the same phenomenon: the public piles their hard-earned cash onto the horse that's had the most media hype, the biggest name jockey, or the clearest recent win. The odds tumble, the moneyline shrinks and by the time the tapes go up, the favourite’s price is nowhere near what it should be, statistically speaking. They’ve become a "false favourite": a horse whose true chance of winning does not justify the poor odds being offered.

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The Group 1 action reaches its climax on the third day of the Ebor Festival this year when the 2021 Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes takes centre stage heading into a manic weekend of action at York.

The summer flat racing season continues with the much-anticipated Ebor Festival at York racecourse. The four-day meeting has been held since 1843 and welcomes more than 350,000 visitors each year.

The Ebor Festival in York always attracts top-quality Flat thoroughbreds to the Knavesmire, but comes towards the end of the sporting summer. For some of the horses that win at the meeting, their next step is obvious.

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Horse racing punters constantly search for ways to turn small stakes into big profits. One popular approach involves combining multiple selections into a single wager that multiplies both potential rewards and risks. Similar to the variety found across online gaming platforms, horse racing double tips offer one step beyond basic single bets, but accumulator wagers push this concept even further.

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From being part of the famous Cheltenham roar at The Cheltenham Festival, held in March each year, to the home of the Greatest Flat Race in the World, The Cazoo Derby held in June each year, Glorious Goodwood, and on to the Ebor at York in August. It’s your chance to be part of history and witness the extraordinary. From live music, shopping and Grade One racing... a day at a Festival is not to be missed.

We have updated the Racing Fixtures web site to include the meeting dates for the whole of 2022.

This update allows visitors to this web site https://www.racingfixtures.co.uk to view the race fixture dates for 2022 at each of the 59 UK Racecourses.

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Who is looking forward to a day out?

We sure are and we’re thrilled to announce that limited tickets for racedays between May 17th and June 20th will go on sale Monday 8 March!

Remaining fixtures will go on sale in the coming weeks.

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The public is invited to become a member of the unique Burrow Seven Racing Club in order to honour Rob’s legacy on the pitch and his heroism in his battle with MND

In January this year we commissioned a study into the economic impact of horse racing in Yorkshire, which was a very timely thing to do!

The results have now been published and a video presentation and links to the full study can be found in this e-newsletter.

British horseracing faces severe threat after delay to the public’s return to sporting events

The delay to the public’s return to sporting events is a serious blow to the horseracing industry and to the people and communities who depend upon it for their living.

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Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum’s star sprinter Battaash (IRE) overcame challenging conditions to record back-to-back wins in the Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes (G1) at York on Friday.

The victory secures Battaash a guaranteed start in the US$1 million Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1) through the international Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series.

Race programme and planning September’s Flat race programme has now been published on Racing Admin.

Several early closing races have been included in the schedule, which can be viewed here in …