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The horse Racing Database pages are a very important part of the whole equation. It contains vital info for all of you horse racing followers and betting people that do, or would like to do, their own handicapping and want to do race analysis in a professional manner. The pages feature the w.f.a. scale for both flat horse racing and jumps horse racing. There is also a guide to all the U.K. race track types, the race track classification, the effect of the draw at the different tracks and the differences in class between the various types of race.

I have added a new page to the horse racing database pages that will provide visitors with all the latest Trainer, Jockey and combinations statistics. Regular visitors will know that this info was on the How to Make Money Horse Racing tips page (2), but is so important and was starting to take up too much space. Therefore I have given it it's own web page.

I have also added an up to date sire statistics section in an effort to provide as complete a service as possible for my visitors. This covers sire statistics for:-

1. Sires-flat racing-click here
2. Grandsires-click here
3. 1st crop sires-click here
4. All-weather sires-click here
5. Sires of 2 year olds-click here
6. Jumps sires-click here
7. Average winning distance of a sires off-spring-click here

The Horse Racing Database is now divided into 6 parts.

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W.F.A.scales for flat & jump racing. Types of race tracks U.K. The effect of the draw at tracks U.K. Difference between the classes. breeding sire influences. trainer/jockey statistics I would like all my visitors to take a few moments to download this free e-book. It compliments what I have to say and my methods on the 'how to make money horse racing' so well. To make money on a consistent basis from betting on horse racing you don't need luck - you must have a logical, systematic, plan of action that eradicates the 'gamble' and places the odds firmly in your favour!! There is something I would like all my visitors to do, and that is to take a few moments to download an excellent free eBook which will prove to be the perfect addition to what I have to say on this page about the study of horse racing and what to look for in finding winners. In this FREE eBook you'll learn how to exploit simple elimination techniques that produce healthy profits year in, year out, by avoiding the dud losing bets and only betting when your horses are fired up to WIN ...It really is free, you have to buy nothing at all and all it will take is a few moments of your time. So please take advantage of this offer! Click here to download!! Part 5:-breeding sire influences. Breeding is of course the sum of two parts - sire and dam. The problem is that any dam can only produce one offspring per year, so it is almost impossible to measure her influence. Analysis of the dam sire can help, along with the racing record of the dam, but it is perhaps best to concentrate on the sire. There is no doubt that sires influence their progeny's favoured distance range. The table shows the most influential sires distance range strike-rates for their progeny. I found this in one of my books recently and it is a couple of years old. Breeding stats are subject to change and ideally need to be constantly updated. For one thing there are new sires coming along all the time.

However the table will still be very helpful when trying to assess whether a horse is likely to be effective over a certain distance. All of the figures relate to three-year-olds and above. Two year olds are a separate issue as they are not fully developed physically.

As you utilize the figures you will find they often help to explain so called 'form upsets' and put a new angle on the results. So many punters do not even consider such things, so these figures could provide a huge advantage. Having said all that, if a horse has proven form over certain distances 'in the book', then that is what you go by! The table is really a guide for when a horse is going over a distance he/she has not tried before.

Genetic influences in thoroughbred racehorses are very strong. One influence that a stallion transmits to its progeny is going preferences . The tables below show this preference for the leading sires in so far as deviations from good ground are concerned. Where a sire appears in the No Preference box it may be assumed that the stallion and its progeny have no real preference and are equally at home on any ground. Again, proven form on the going 'in the book' is what you go by if that is the case.

First indications of a horse's optimum distance lie with its breeding, as stamina, like speed, is hereditary. When it was announced in May 1998 that the filly Cape Verdi, having won the One Thousand Guineas over one mile, would be aimed at the Derby over one and a half miles, the first question was, did her breeding suggest she would stay? Her pedigree appeared to offer grounds for optimism. Her sire Caerleon had won the Prix du Jockey-Club over a mile and a half and had already sired a Derby winner in Generous; her dam Afrique Bleu Azur had won over eleven and a half furlongs in France, and was a daughter of Sagace, winner of the Prix de l' Arc de Triomphe over a mile and a half. On pedigree, it seemed reasonable to assume. Cape Verdi would stay; but, as so often, it took the race to settle the point. At Epsom, the filly faded inside the final quarter mile - a telling indication that she had failed to last the trip. The moral is simple. Racecourse performance is always the most reliable indicator of any aspect of form - and the corollary of that is that the more form a horse. has, the fuller picture you build of him and the less you need to rely on guesswork and theory. A word of warning, though. Assessing that performance is not so simple. Several factors affect how far a particular performance testifies to a horse's stamina - the pace at which a race was run, the state of the going, the nature of the track - and these must be weighed up and interpreted. For instance, any horse which is staying on at the end of a truly run race over two miles at Newmarket in soft going may reasonably be assumed to 'get the trip' - that is, last out the full distance"- whereas the winner of a slowly run race over two miles on firm going around a much tighter and flatter track such as Folkestone could not - on that evidence alone - be said to have the same degree of stamina.