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Ratings discussion, how-to guides and the latest from the RatingTheRaces team.
Analysis of the 4 days of Cheltenham Festival 2017
Probably not quite as much as previous years in terms of quality with lots of runners withdrawn due to injury. Let’s hope at least some of these make it to…
21 Mar 2017WebRatings Release 6.7.3.0 – “Export and more data”
Calculate price reduction for Exchange Traders. Enable users to download WebRatings as CSV. Addition of profit and loss statistics to hover text’s.
14 Mar 2017WebRatings Release 6.6.0.0 – “Mainly making things faster!”
Much faster page rendering on web/mobile devices. Migration to faster database architecture – faster user experience. Allow sort ability of leaderboards.
13 Mar 2017WebRatings Release 6.5.8.0 – “Tweaking”
Release of selections feature to enable users to track Profit and Loss with ease. Better mobile experience on touch devices.
13 Mar 2017WebRatings Release 6.5.4.0 – “The New Standard”
Added the ability to autodelete NagMe’s. Added the ability to get to the latest available day of the WebRatings Improved a series of tests to try and ensure…
13 Mar 2017Early Season Eyecatchers!
I decided that I wouldn’t include winners in this list otherwise the likes of Altior (Nicky Henderson), Buveur D’Air (Nicky Henderson), Frodon (Paul Nicholls)…
21 Dec 2016How to go from a complete novice to professional bettor in just over a year!
The RatingTheRaces NAP Competition is now over a year old and we decided to contact and interview the All-Time Leader Charles Crayford to find out his…
30 Nov 2016Dan Skelton Analysis – RatingTheRaces Race Placement Service
We asked Aaron the lead Horse Racing Data Analyst at RatingTheRaces what he thought of objective data for race placement: “Horse racing is one of those sports…
24 Oct 2016How Trainers and Owners could and should be using our Ratings
As well as punters and professional gamblers using our ratings, we suggest that Trainers and Owners should also be using our ratings.
19 Oct 2016National Hunt Horses to Follow – 2016/2017
Avenir D’Une Vie Avenir D’Une Vie ran in 6 NHF races between November 2015 and April 2016 winning twice and finishing 2nd once.
18 Oct 2016Aiden O’Brien and his Group 1’s
Godolphin have 2 trainers in the UK with Saeed Bin Suroor and Charlie Appleby and yet they last had a Group 1 winner in the Britain in 2013!
9 Oct 2016Future Champion Jockeys?
With the end of the Flat Season drawing ever closer, it looks more and more likely that Jim Crowley is going to take the Champion title away from Silvestre De…
28 Sep 2016