5 things you didn't know about Epsom
April 22th, 2013Today we focus on Epsom for our 5 things series.
Plenty of Spirit
The sire Invincible Spirit has a very solid record at Epsom with 9 winners from 46 runners in the last 5 years, which is nearly a 20% strike rate and a profit of £35 to a £1 level stake at Betfair SP after deduction 5% commission. They are winning 63% more races than expected. NOTE: There are other profitable sires and some notably poor ones. In fact one of them has had only 3 winners from 43 runners. You can find all these and more in a few clicks with the Proform Software, Join Now.
Boyle Over
Trainer Jim Boyle's record at Epsom is very poor with just 2 winners from 91 runners in the last 5 years, which is a strike rate of just 2%. You could have made £64 profit laying all of his runners in the win market. His runners are under performing at Epsom by 70%. NOTE: There is another prominent trainer with a very poor record and two trainers with very solid record and profits of £64 and £72, members will find these in minutes.
Combo
Andrew Balding and David Probert have teamed up for 9 winners from 34 rides for a impressive 26% strike rate and profit of £48 to BSP. This 74% better than expected.
Flying Fallon
Keiren Fallon has still got it at Epsom with 12 winners from 47 rides in the last 5 years for a £65 profit to BSP and a strike rate of 25%. This 88% better than expected. NOTE: There are 4 more jockeys with solid profits at Epsom and one very notable poor jockey with just 2 winners in the last 5 years from 46 rides. Subscribe now and get them all in two clicks.
Brighton Your Day
Horses that ran at Brighton last time out have a very good record when then running at Epsom with 15 winners from 96 runners for a profit of £48 to BSP. This is 57% better than expected. It is not surprising that horses who ran at Brighton last time out run well at Epsom with the undulations at the coastal race course.