I thought I would drop out this week's free newsletter
slightly earlier in the week than usual.
Yesterday Guy sent full members a bit of an advance look
at Friday's Portland Handicap.
I thought those of you who like to think for yourselves a bit
might find of interest some of the researched stats he has uncovered.
So a copy of this snippet from full member stuff is copied below for you.
Also is an extra small bit of commentary on Saturday's St Leger.
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Over to Guy and those Portland and St Leger comment extracts I mentioned above.
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Portland Handicap
Doncaster
Friday
Portland Handicap
( originally sent Wed Sept 11th )
Bielsa 7/1 Dazzling Dan 10/1
Justanotherbottle 10/1 A Momentofmadness 12/1
Equitation 12/1 Gunmetal 12/1 Oxted , Arecibo 14/1
Camacho Chief 14/1 Came From The Dark 14/1
Green Power 14/1 Jumira Bridge 14/1 Muthmir 14/1
Open Wide 14/1 Blue de Vega 16/1 Concierge 16/1
Copper Knight 16/1 Embour 16/1 Hyperfocus 16/1
Makanah 16/1 Marnie James 16/1 Only Spoofing 16/1
Orvar 16/1 Saaheq 16/1 Watchable 16/1 Yimou 18/1
Growl 20/1 Konchek 20/1 Muscika Venturous 20/1
Wentworth Falls 20/1 Tomily 22/1 Dark Shot 25/1
Savalas 25/1 Show Stealer 25/1 Tawny Port 25/1
Teruntum Star 25/1 Tropics 25/1 Abel Handy 25/1
Spoof 28/1 Abel Handy 33/1 Intense Romance 33/1
Lancelot du Lac 33/1 Poyle Vinnie 33/1 Harome 40/1
Secretinthepark 50/1
Race Statistics
Available at the end of the message
Seem to be a strong set of statistics
No Declarations yet
No Draw yet either
We can make a start
BIELSA only has 3 runs
None of the previous 22 winners
Had fewer than 5 previous races
To be fair he has won all 3 races
Nice horse but this is a big ask
Class 2 Handicaps
Run over 5f 6f 7f
Since 2007
Any time of year
Horses aged 4
Under 4 career starts
Have a 0-30 record in them
BIELSA the 31st to try this
DAZZLING DAN is a 3yo
One of these will win this soon
But all 28 since 2001 have failed
He has never met an older horse
He has a handicap mark of 107
Only 1 of the previous 22 winners
Managed to win rated 102 or more
AMOMENTOFMADNESS is a 6yo
He managed to win this last year
Problems now he is a 6 year old
6 year olds are 0-72 since 2007
Horses aged 6 or more like him
Coming from a 5f race last time
Absent more than 3 days are 0-65
AMOMENTOFMADNESS is unsafe
Race Statistics Below
If we apply those angles
And assume only horses rated 88 +
Will get into this years race
JUSTANOTHERBOTTLE shortlisted
ARECIBO is a bit too exposed
MUSCIKA needs further investigation
CAMACHO CHIEF looks reasonable
EMBOUR positives but up in class
JUMIRA BRIDGE not ruled out
OPEN WIDE seems acceptable
HYPERFOCUS is also a positive
The above horses
Far from the finished shortlist
Some will be kicked off the list
Others will come onto it as well
Found a new angle
Just a few moments ago
Horses running within 10 days
Finishing 1st 2nd 3rd last time
Have a 0-38 record since 1997
That is quite interesting
Several fail this 0-38 statistic
ARECIBO has this problem
OPEN WIDE also fails this
HYPERFOCUS also fails this
Something to consider later
When we get Decs and Draw
Portland Handicap
Race Statistics
The last 18 winners
Had the following draws
18 22 12 10 15 12 21 15
16 18 21 5 5 13 15 20 9 8
Avoid horses drawn 1-2-3-4
The last 18 years they are 0-76
Since 2002
Every Portland winner
Ran within the previous 46 days
3 year olds
Have a 0-48 record since 2001
Last year one did finish second
But none have won in 18 years
4 year olds
Won 4 races since 2002
They had 9 7 17 18 career starts
They had 4 3 6 9 runs that season
Absences of 24 42 24 18 days
Won from ratings of 95 100 96 100
Won from Draws of 12 5 12 14
4yo's winning last time are 0-19
4yo's with over 18 runs are 0-32
All came from Class 2 handicaps
Those from lower grades 0-18
5 year olds
Won 8 races since 2002
They had 29 30 24 19 6 8 20 31 career runs
They had 8 6 6 3 5 5 4 8 runs that season
Absences of 46 14 19 28 7 35 28 15 days
Won from ratings of 99 101 97 97 96 100 95
They won from Draws of 18 22 14 20 19 6 17 14
6 year olds
Have a 0-72 record since 1997
Horses aged 6 +
Have a 1-168 record since 1997
Since 2005 they are 1-93
Horses aged 6+ from 5f races
Absent over 3 days are 0-65
Fillies have a 1-59 record
The winner a 4yo filly in 2013
Lighter weights struggle
Horses with 8st 8lbs or less
Have a 0-43 record since 2002
Horses rated 102 or more
Have a 1-48 record since 2002
That winner (Steps) ran 3 days before
Avoid 1-2 runs that season
Horses from Pattern races 1-41
That winner ran 3 days before
No winners came from 7f or 8f
Horses beaten 12+ Lengths last time
Have not won this race in decades
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Doncaster St Leger
( originally sent Thurs Sept 11th )
St Leger meeting underway
They may not be very happy
About the field sizes this week
Doncaster Friday has 8 races
Only 57 runners in these races
And 14 are in the opening race
May not be the big festival week
That everybody was expecting
St Leger Saturday
Dashing Willoughby 14/1
He was backed yesterday
Paul Kealy has tipped him
Understandable at the odds
Feel locked in myself here
Given this is a classic race
Hard to ignore the obvious
Aidan O'Brien + John Gosden
English Classic Races
Since 2015
19 Classics
Aidan O'Brien 14
John Gosden 3
Others Trainers 8
Aidan should be on 15
As he had an odds on faller
Who would have won this race
I never oppose Aidan lightly
Steve Millar the Dosage expert
In his annual Weekender piece
Has gone with Sir Dragonet
Scores well on the Dosage index
But to be fair most do these days
Going to see how many run
Declarations come through today
At the moment my choice of bet
Would be Sir Dragonet each way
Worth considering the draw
There is one even over this far
The last 22 St Leger winners
Were drawn between Stalls 1-9
Horses drawn 10 or more
Have a 0-27 record in the race
Only last year Lah Ti Dar lost
As a beaten favourite drawn 10
That could yet influence things
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