Don’t miss out on essential analysis from the RTR team. Before and after meetings we will be posting our thoughts, which will give you detailed insight into specific events. Combined with our ratings, and extra services you will have all you need to make a smarter bet.

Betfair Hurdle – JP potentials and 50/1 Shot!

2020-03-16T13:26:54+00:00February 5th, 2020|

Betfair Hurdle – Saturday 8th February – Can JP win it again?

This weekend sees the Betfair Hurdle return to Newbury after it was run at Ascot last year due to the Equine Influenza outbreak. It’s a race that has had some very talented winners in the past including Make A Stand, Landing Light, Get Me Out Of Here, Zarkandar, My Tent Or Yours and more recently Ballyandy and Kalashnikov.

Both Get Me Out Of Here and My Tent Or Yours were owned by JP McManus whilst he has also had Bleu Et Rouge, Movewiththetimes, Alaivan and Waxies Dargle run good races in recent years.

This year he has 3 possible entries […]

Cheltenham Festival 2019 – Where Are They Now?

2020-03-16T13:59:55+00:00January 3rd, 2020|

Cheltenham Festival 2019 Top 5 and In Running Lows

Horses that run well at one Cheltenham Festival generally run well at subsequent Cheltenham Festivals either due to the way the races are run or because connections target a return and here we look at those who finished in the Top 5 of each race of the Cheltenham Festival 2019, the in-running low and where they are now and what the targets could be this season.

Supreme Novices Hurdle 

Klassical Dream  – subsequently won at Punchestown in April. Has since been beaten at Punchestown and at Leopardstown.

14/1 for Champion Hurdle & 33/1 for Arkle

Thomas Darby – (in running […]

What makes the Best Horse Racing Ratings service?

2020-03-16T16:41:45+00:00July 22nd, 2019|

The 4 main areas to choose the Best Horse Racing Ratings service!

Seems like a strange or biased article for a Ratings service provider to publish right? But once upon a time we were ratings service customers, rather than a ratings provider. Our experiences completely shaped the way we run the RatingTheRaces service today. Below is a short list of things that frustrated us when we were customers of Ratings services and our rules, we subsequently hold ourselves to.

ONLY ONE TOP RATED HORSE PER RACE

Seems obvious right? But so many services have a Top Rated, a Top Speed Rated, a Top Course Rated, a […]

Ante-Post Handicaps – Can I Land Another Touch?

2020-03-18T14:44:18+00:00June 27th, 2019|

Bet365 Trophy

Here is my analysis for some upcoming races including my Ante-Post selections for these races. Fingers crossed they all run!

Who do I (Liam) fancy in the Bet365 Trophy at Newmarket

The obvious starting point is Fujaira Prince who made my Royal Ascot Eyecatchers AND I suggested this race as his next likely target before a run in the Ebor later this season. Currently number 27 for this race, I would be surprised if he didn’t get in. He does also hold an entry for the 1m2f Diamond Jubilee Handicap at York the following day but that race wouldn’t really make any sense. He looks like […]

Colossus Competition Sponsorship AND MORE!

2019-07-01T00:43:54+01:00June 25th, 2019|

NAP Competition Sponsorship AND NEW Subscription Bonuses!

We are delighted to announce that Colossus are going to sponsor the RatingTheRaces Weekly AND Monthly NAP Competitions for the next 3 months!

The RatingTheRaces NAP Competition is FREE to enter and there are some fantastic prizes available to be won for anyone finishing 1st, 2nd or 3rd in both the Weekly AND Monthly NAP competitions.

If you’re a Premium or Professional member, we also have some extra Subscription Bonuses!

Who are Colossus?

By now you really should know who Colossus are but if not then please give the following blog post a read: Who are […]

Liam’s Royal Ascot 2019 Eyecatchers & Targets

2019-06-25T13:59:36+01:00June 24th, 2019|

Here are my Royal Ascot Eyecatchers and where I think they should be targeted at!

Golden Horde – 5th in the Coventry Stakes over 6f

Golden Horde ran a great race for 5th despite looking very green. He tracked the early pace on the far side set by Monoski who faded back to 16th but drifted left and right and required some sharp straighteners from Adam Kirby. The front 3 are all likely to be smart with the hot favourite and TOP RATED Arizona winning suggesting the form should be strong. Golden Horde looks like he will be stepped up in distance sooner rather than later.

Potential Target: […]

RatingTheRaces Interview with Our Form Expert Liam!

2022-10-23T12:40:04+01:00June 20th, 2019|

RatingTheRaces Interview with Our Form Expert Liam!

RatingTheRaces: Royal Ascot has been good so far (going into day 3) with some big winners found. Can you tell us what made you pick The Grand Visir and Afaak?

Liam: Royal Ascot is going well, guaranteed a profit of 31 points is great and hopefully we can add to that today.

The Grand Visir, I’ve been a fan of for a little while now, ever since he won a handicap at Haydock over 2m. He finished really well that day under James Doyle for William Haggas and demonstrated to me that he was maybe even a pattern class horse.

After a few months […]

Royal Ascot NAP Competition sponsored by Colossus!

2019-06-25T12:59:07+01:00June 12th, 2019|

Royal Ascot NAP Competition – Sponsored by Colossus

We are delighted to announce that Colossus (follow them on twitter @colossusbets) are AGAIN sponsoring the FREE to enter RatingTheRaces NAP Competition for Royal Ascot!

Royal Ascot is a fantastic 5 days of Racing and we have some awesome prizes to be won thanks to Colossus!

It’s FREE for EVERYONE to enter the RatingTheRaces NAP Competition and prizes down to 3rd place!

Who are Colossus?

Colossus offer pools betting with jackpots for both sports and racing. Players place bets into their pools for a chance to win (or with other winners) the jackpot prizes!

They offer guaranteed jackpot prizes, consolations and Cash Out offers that […]

Colossus – York Dante Festival NAP Competition Sponsor

2019-06-26T15:45:23+01:00May 11th, 2019|

Colossus – NAP Competition Sponsor

We are delighted to announce that Colossus Bets (follow them on twitter @colossusbets) are AGAIN sponsoring the FREE to enter RatingTheRaces NAP Competition for the York Dante Festival with some AMAZING prizes on offer!

Who are Colussus?

Colossus are the first ever ‘crowdbetting’ service for sports pools including Horse Racing which is fantastic news for you, our members and followers!

If you’re a fan of sports betting in general, Colossus is the place to be!

Colossus is a pool betting product offering both sports and racing jackpots. Players place bets into their pools for a chance to win (or share with other winners) the jackpot prizes.

Colossus have modernised […]

3 Out Of 4 Grand National’s predicted by a Statistical Algorithm!

2019-05-10T01:14:56+01:00May 10th, 2019|

3 Out Of 4 Grand National’s predicted by a Statistical Algorithm!

Not just any old algorithm, it was the RatingTheRaces ratings algorithm!!!

So how on earth does an algorithm, achieve this? Well, as many of you know statistics can be used to predict a lot of things, and in horse racing we can generate A LOT of statistics. Fun fact – did you know the human brain can only consider a maximum of 4 parameters. I know. Stunned. Me too. We all feel smarter than that, but apparently, we simply are not. However, whilst an algorithm does have limitations in terms of numbers of parameters, it is far, far greater […]