Stat of the Day, 1st January 2020
New Year's Eve's pick was...
3.20 Lingfield : Knockout Blow @ 11/4 BOG 4th at 11/4 (Mid-division, headway over 1f out, never nearer)
New Year's Day's pick runs in the...
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Who?
Redford Road @ 3/1 and Betfair SP
...in the 6-runner, Listed, Ballymore Novices Hurdle for 4yo+ over 2m4½f on Soft ground worth £14,238 to the winner...
Why?...
This 6 yr old gelding was a Grade 2 winner here at Cheltenham on his last start 18 days ago and although he now takes a drop in trip, he has won at 2m4f over hurdles in the past. In fact he's never been out of the first two home in five starts, winning three times and never beaten by more than a length, including...
- 3 from 3 going left handed
- 2 wins and a second from 3 over hurdles (all Novice events)
- 2 from 2 under jockey Sam Twiston-Davies
- a win and a second from 2 on Soft ground
- and 1 from 1 here at Cheltenham
Trainer Nigel Twiston-Davies' hurdlers who won last time out are 31 from 99 (31.3% SR) for 17.1pts (+17.3% ROI) when sent off at odds of Evens to 13/2 over the past four years, including of relevance today...
- 31/97 (32%) for 19.1pts (+19.7%) with males
- 25/67 (37.3%) for 30.2pts (+45.1%) with 5/6 yr olds
- 11/19 (57.9%) for 22.4pts (+117.7%) over trips of 2m3½f to 2m4½f
- 9/30 (30%) for 1.5pts (+5%) on soft ground
- 5/19 (26.3%) for 2.4pts (+12.4%) here at HQ
- 5/10 (50%) for 8.26pts (+82.6%) in January
- and 4/4 (100%) for 10.6pts (+265%) from those dropping in trip by 4-5 furlongs
...whilst from the above...5-6 yr old males racing over 2m3½f to 2m4½f are 9/15 (60% SR) for 21.53pts (+143.5% ROI) including 4/7 on soft, 2/2 in Jan, 2/2 dropping 4-5f and 1/1 at Chelts...
...giving us...0.5pts at Betfair SP and a 0.5pt win bet on Redford Road @ 3/1 as was available from Paddy Power & Betfair at 6.40pm on New Year's Eve. To see what your preferred bookie is quoting...
...click here for the betting on the 12.15 Cheltenham
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P.S. all P/L returns quoted in the stats above are to Betfair SP, as I NEVER bet to ISP and neither should you. I always use BOG bookies for SotD, wherever possible, but I use BFSP for the stats as it is the nearest approximation I can give, so I actually expect to beat the returns I use to support my picks. If that's unclear, please ask!
One really bad statistic is over the last five years father and son combo at Cheltenham in Non-Handicap hurdles are 0/25 with only 5 placing.
That’s the spirit, 0/26 now.
Happy New Year.
It wasnt meant as a slagging Chris I was just highlighting a negative stat , sorry if it came across as such it wasnt meant to be.
Perfectly fine, Mark.
All runners have negative stats. I’m just trying to find ones where I feel the positives outweigh the negatives and they’re at a price worth backing and that they’ve actually got a chance of winning. The picks never tick all the boxes, which is why I pick 3 losers out of every 4 selections.
I should also add something about the prices and the selection process.
Every evening I come to a point whereby I’ve got a shortlist of possibles for Stat of the Day and the http://www.statpicks.co.uk service. I ranked them in what I see as the most likely to win and it’s only then that I check the prices.
My no.1 rated last night was Wells De Lune in the 12.05 Fakenham today, which went on to win at 13/2 and should therefore, have been the SotD pick.
Sadly the horse was only available at 6/4 last night and was left out as a result.
This happens quite a lot and my shortlist produces lots of winners, but the odds are the final decisive factor.
I may have to revert to a morning of racing service and advising 10am BOG prices of betfair SP.
Hi Chris I Hope you revert to morning racing service kind regards H