Stat of the Day, 1st August 2012

Stat of the Day

Stat of the Day: 1st August 2012

A winner but a short-priced one yesterday. Key Gold won as she liked at odds of 5/4, having been suggested at 9/4. There was a small rule 4 for non-runners, meaning we got paid out around 15/8. That completed a fantastic July after our first unprofitable month in June (albeit that was a loss of less than a point).

Without wantonly blowing the Geegeez trumpet, Stat of the Day must be the best free tipping service on the internet. (If you know of a better one, can you let me know please?!)

Today, it’s tough, so I’m going for a real outside poke, in the…

3.25 Redcar

This is a poor race, summed up by the fact that the favourite hasn’t run for two years!

It’s far from a race to go mad on, but the track record of Michael Dods means we need to take a second look at his Henry’s Gift.

He’s rated 45, which means he’s rubbish basically. And his form figures of 5009 this year add little cause for optimism.

But Dods has winners at Redcar – plenty of winners. In fact, he’s had eighteen in the last five years, for a profit of 26.55 units.

Henry’s Gift is reverting to probably his best trip of ten furlongs, for the first time since finishing third around this time last year. Form at that trip is 343, and he might get an easy lead today as well.

20/1 BOG is the price, and each way is the call, very small stakes. Do…

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