Flat Trainers To Follow In 2011

Cheltenham’s passing starts to bring thoughts towards the Flat even though we still have two major Festivals at Aintree and Punchestown yet to take place in the National Hunt sphere and those following Paul Nicholls Denman will probably get to see him run one more race this season. But it’s always good to do some forward planning and here are three trainers to follow on the flat this year.

We’ll kick off with a man who is entering his 42nd year in the profession and one who is enjoying a fantastic renaissance which has brought pleasure to all who racing fans

February Trainer To Follow

V for Victor: Dartnall's a man to follow in February

In a packed programme tonight, as the pair of Ronnies used to say, we’ve got a trainer from Devon who is well worth keeping on the right side; two horses in whom I have a personal interest running today; and, a quick update on the questions I asked you earlier in the week.

So to business. I’ve been ‘mucking around’ with some settings in the Stat Attack feature in HorseRaceBase.com (the brilliant site I told you about a few weeks back), and each day it gives me a report for my criteria.

Essentially I’m always on the lookout for hot trainers (remember that TrainerTrackStats was my invention way back when, before Gavin took it on so excellently, and I’m still a trainer stats fiend!). And the chap I want to talk to you about today is one of those wonderful creatures who have recorded a level stakes profit in recent years.

In layman’s terms, if you’d backed all of his horses since the start of 2007, you’d be in front. Nice work. So, drumroll please, and step forward, Mr. Victor Dartnall.

He’s in great form at the moment which is what highlighted him to me today. But let’s break down his overall performance to draw on a few sub-trends in his profile.

Firstly, January and February have always been strong months for our Vic. In fact, during the period 2007 to now, he’s shown a 150% return at SP. To Betfair odds, that translates to an eye-watering 231.9%.

Now before you go mortgaging your house/spouse/mouse to lump on, note that Vic hasn’t made a profit in every year, though in the lean years, there was only a slight loss.

What about race types? Does Mr D focus on any specific types of race or is he a dab hand at one distance range over all others?

‘Yes’ is the unsurprising and short answer. In races of 2m5f or less (including flat races), Victor Dartnall has the following figures to his name since the start of 2007:

73 wins from 359 bets for a level stakes profit of 65.86 points at bookies’ starting price. Betfair punters would have been swimming in gravy to the tune of a whopping 203.73 points profit. Yikes!

In class 4 races or lower (i.e. Class 4, 5, 6, or 7) at the distances above, Dartnall’s stats are even hotter:

61 wins from 282 bets (21.6% strike rate) for a profit of 83.97 points. That’s

Cecil Looks to Follow Up with Midday

Posted by Leigh on October 19, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

It’s been a dream autumn campaign for the Henry Cecil team and they are anticipating following up recent successes with Midday when she attempts to bring home the coveted Breeders’ Cup in November.

Five Highly Profitable All Weather Jockeys To Follow

Posted by Matt Bisogno on September 21, 2010 · 4 Comments 

As part of a wider piece of research I’ve been doing, dear reader, I stumbled upon five jockeys that you should keep well on side this winter. This quintet contains a couple of well-known names and a couple of lesser known names. All are profitable to a pleasing degree in the context of the info presented below, so bear them in mind especially with the all weather racing season about to start.

The first of the five is…