It's Grand National day! There's no shame in picking your horse by silk colour, the funniest name, fave jockey or biggest price, but if you are looking for a helping hand, then we have you covered with some simple stats and trends! (thread) ๐๐ท #GrandNational#GrandNational2021
Dan Skelton is spot on here. If you decide as an industry that Cheltenham is the only thing that matters then you must change the calendar to ensure everything leads up to Cheltenham. At present the industry is on the fence to the detriment of many races.
๐ฃ โYou can't sell the whole industry off the back of Cheltenhamโ
Dan Skelton on Wednesday highlighted the contributing factors to only six horses figuring among the initial entries for the Betfair Chase
@Cav_TRF Interesting that the strike rate remains fairly static throughout. Does that suggest that the fav prices have got bigger over time. Be Interesting to use Proform to see if there is a sweetspot for price. Also whether beaten by x lengths is a better indicator than position
I say it every year but it was a sad day
OTD 12th May 1998
A sad day for racing
The only opposition to the @RacingPost The Sporting Life prints it's last ever edition and the newspaper is closed for good.
It moved online @SportingLife
1993 Void National
1989 40p