Continuing our 5 things series we take a look at Ripon racecourse.

5f Trail Blazers

Horses that lead in 5f races at Ripon have won 30% of races in the last 5 years, which is 67% more than expected. The figures are 27 winners from 89 runners for a 98 points profit to BSP. Whereas horses held up have won just 13 from 304 runners, 45% lower than expectations.  

Henry Cecil

The above trainer has an excellent record at Ripon with 8 winners from 20 runners for a 40% strike rate and a 14 points profit to SP.  This is 53% above expectations. NOTE: This is not the best trainer record, there is one with a record of 59% above expectations and a 32 point profit and there are 10 more profitable trainers with solid records to be found and also 3 notable trainers with very poor records at Ripon, JOIN NOW and find them all in two clicks.  

Tom Tate / Micky Fenton

The above combination win 81% more races than they should with 10 winners from 44 runners for a 23% strike rate.  

3yo King

In 3 year old only races at Ripon, William Haggas stands out with a 41% strike rate with 7 winners from 17 runners for a profit of 36 points to BSP.  This is 52% above expectations.  

1m Draw Bias

In handciaps over 1m at Ripon there is a distinct draw bias to the first 5 stalls. Horses drawn in stalls 1 to 5 win 52% more races than they should and since 2006 you could backs all the runners in these stalls for a 29 points profit to SP.  That would be 28 winners from 190 runners. In contrast horses drawn in stalls 6+ have won just 3.3% of these races with just 10 winners from 305 runners.  This is 49% lower than expectations. NOTE: We use the Proform research tool to look at this specific draw example.  It took just 3 minutes to find the data and of course we can do this for all the race courses and distances in UK and Ireland using Proform.