Field Size Is the Single Biggest Variable in Place Bet Profitability I can tell you the form, the going preference, the trainer’s strike rate and…
Horse Racing Commands the Second-Largest Slice of UK Betting Revenue People sometimes ask me whether horse racing still matters in the UK gambling landscape. The…
You Can Strip Out the Win Half and Bet Purely on a Place Finish It took me two full seasons of each-way betting before I…
Ante-Post Place Bets Lock In Better Odds — but at a Cost Six weeks before the 2025 Cheltenham Festival, I backed a horse at 20/1…
Smaller Fields and Softer Ground Make Jump Season Place Bets a Different Game My place betting approach changes fundamentally between October and April. The runners…
The Flat Season Produces the Biggest Fields and the Most Place Betting Opportunities My best months for place betting are always June through September. Not…
The Price You Take and the Price You Get Are Not Always the Same I backed a horse at 8/1 on the morning of the…
Rule 4 Protects the Bookmaker After a Late Withdrawal — at Your Expense I had a place bet on a 7/1 shot at Newbury that…
Five Million Racegoers Mean a Bigger On-Course Place Betting Market I stood in the queue for the Tote window at Ascot on King George day…
A Tax Rise from 15% to 21% Has Consequences That Reach Every Place Bet When the government announced the increase in remote gambling duty from…
UK Betting Turnover on Racing Is Shrinking — and Place Markets Aren’t Immune Three years ago I could place a 500-pound place bet on a…
Record Prize Money Draws More Runners — and That Means More Places I remember standing in the paddock at Haydock for a Saturday handicap hurdle…
