The Emperor strikes back !!

As you can see from today's total I got back on track today and the journey home after a few evening races at Great Leighs didn't seem so long this time. Hopefully my luck has changed just in time for Saturday's x-factor final and I won't have a losing week after all !!

I think most of the boys in the shop did well today because a few fancied runners got beat and yet they were available to lay at short odds for longer than usual. A big player seemed to be on the chase backing wise !!

To answer "Trader" enquiry as to whether I study much form, watch a lot of videos etc. Basically, I am lucky to have a very good memory and so I just watch the evening replays on Racing UK or ATR's morning replays. This gives me a chance to spot things I may have missed or confirms the impressions that i have had on a particular horse during the afternoon. Any useful info usually stays with me once I have watched a replay.

The things I look for are whether a horse finished it's race strongly (then I can be confident to back it next time) , or perhaps got an easy lead,or weak finishers like Pressgang this afternoon(and was therefore flattered to win) etc.

For each race during the afternoon I will have a quick scan of the race and assess the 2 or 3 most likely contenders. If I can't remember their previous runs then I will usually watch a video of it on the RP or ATR websites.

For any newbies I would suggest watching as many races and replays as you can and run over in your mind how you would have played them 'live' in running.