The Grand National is the world’s most famous steeplechase race and the centrepiece of three fantastic days of jumps horse racing at Aintree every April. Year in and year out, this ultimate test of stamina provides thrills and spills, and it’s estimated that two-thirds of the UK’s adult population place at bet on this event.… Read More »
Some days an interesting discussion pops up on the forum seemingly out of nowhere. I hope that the gentlefolk don’t mind my posting the messages because not only are they interesting but having them on the blog means that they can be found again for future reference. So, without further ado here’s Patrick’s first post… Read More »
This year’s Grand National might already be through, but this doesn’t mean that we, horse enthusiasts, shouldn’t make further preparations for it. In fact, the entire horse racing community is already planning and discussing things out as to how, where, and which horses are going to ace the next Grand National. What Exactly is the… Read More »
Rob, as we know, has been posting his selections since early March. But what if we started off with a bank of, say, just £50 and did these with a 200 point bank which we recalculate every seven days? Mark just did the following spreadsheet calculation based on just that. In twenty three weeks the… Read More »
At the end of the first day of September, both Pete and Rob gave their results for August, as well as the first day of September. Rob continues with his very profitable run with a nice set of results on the last day. Pete, however favours a more conservative approach and also posts his figures… Read More »
modLink Before we go any further into making our code, let’s look at something else. In the Object Tree find in the Modules section the module called ‘modLink’ and double-click on it so that it looks a little like this. In the code window you will see that there’s a procedure called ‘CreateClassLink()’. This can… Read More »
So far we’ve improved our Windows environment a little, we’ve downloaded the DA Tool, sundry files and, of course, the data files. We’ve set up the required folders, we’ve got Excel running properly and, finally, we’ve run our first report. We only just found out during the previous lesson that the report was simply looking… Read More »
Bellshill proved his credentials as a potential challenger for the Grand National at Aintree in the 2019 season. Tiger Roll won the even last term with a fine run to claim the crown, although Pleasant Company almost pushed him on the line. The Irish horse looked fairly comfortable on the track in Liverpool and should… Read More »
The Data Analysis Tool (DA Tool) has finally finished whirring and something like the following appears. The two graphs show the first few months of the data run but the important thing is that the DA Tool has changed view so we know it’s finished. So, let’s have a look at the report which is,… Read More »
Bet Victor have from the 20th of August of this year have announced that they are going to guarantee laying all bets to a maximum of £500. This will apply for all bets staked after 11am each day by selecting a Guaranteed Bet option. Bet Victor, and others, have opened Cheltenham betting offers. Punters who… Read More »