Racing’s Kiss of Death – July 6
This week’s selections cover the July 6 meetings at Flemington and Rosehill.
Results for June 29 selections
Tips which were either scratched, outside the prescribed track conditions or too short in price
Scratched – nil
Track outside prescribed range – nil
Odds too short (less than $6 SP) – Imoto, Gig
Tips where the SP was in the $6-$9.50 range (1 unit bets)
Sunshine Coast – Belltone ($9.50 SP) – unplaced
Sunshine Coast – High Kin ($7.00) – unplaced
June 29 results: 2 selections, 2 units bet, no winners, 1 placing
2013 results: 47 selections, 47 units bet, 9 winners, 14 placings, SP return of 67.50 units (44% PoT), BOB return of 75.90 units (61% PoT)
2011-2013 results: 184 selections, 184 units bet, 24 winners, 54 placings, SP return of 181.50 units (-1% PoT), BOB return of 202.80 units (10% PoT)
Tips where the SP was in the $10+ range (0.5 unit bets)
Moonee Valley – Clear For Action ($11.00 SP) – unplaced
June 29 results: 1 selection, 0.5 units bet, no winners, no placings
2013 results: 23 selections, 11.5 units bet, 4 winners (1 dead heat), 2 placings, SP return of 24.00 units (109% PoT), BOB return of 27.75 units (141% PoT)
2011-2013 results: 92 selections, 46 units bet, 8 winners, 10 placings, SP return of 46.00 units (0% PoT), BOB return of 53.90 units (17% PoT)
Overall Results
June 29: 3 selections, 1.5 units bet, no winners, 1 placing
2013: 70 selections, 58.5 units bet, 13 winners (1 dead heat), 16 placings, SP return of 91.50 units (56% PoT), BOB return of 103.65 units (77% PoT)
2011-2013: 276 selections, 230 units bet, 32 winners, 64 placings, SP return of 227.50 units (-1% PoT), BOB return of 256.70 units (12% PoT)
Saturday July 6
Flemington (tips based on a track rating range of good 2 to dead 5)
Race 6 No. 2 Glaneuse
- Forgive his last start effort when carrying 61.5 kilos on a heavy track, 2 starts ago he finished only 2.1 lengths behind Another Prelate over 1400 metres (meets that galloper a kilo better), his best runs come over 1600 metres (8 starts for 4-1-1, compared to 32 starts for 7-4-1 at all other trips), won this race last year with 1.5 kilos more than he carries this time.
Rosehill (tips based on a track rating range of dead 4 to slow 7)
Race 5 No. 6 Under The Sun
- Back to his bets form last start, 11 starts in Sydney over the 1300-1500 metre distance range for 5-5-0, can potentially lead/ race handy from barrier 1 on a very moderate tempo.
Race 7 No. 9 Whitlam
- Turned the corner last prep after transferring to Kris Lees’ stable, Rosehill is his best track (4 starts for 2-1-0) and 1100 metres is his best distance (5 starts for 2-1-0, including wins at both of his previous runs at the track/ trip), last time he ran first-up he beat Sessions when conceding that galloper 2.5 kilos which gives him very strong form through the likely favourite Velrosso.
Thanks to Vince Caligiuri/Getty Images AsiaPac for use of the photo
Obviouslsy the PoT's are looking great in 2013. Have you changed the way you select your horses, simply got better or just a case of more luck?
Matt
Thanks Matt.
My suspicion is a little of columns A and C.
Have tinkered with the methodology a bit and that may be helping, but the win/ place disaggregation each year may be more telling:
Horses at $6 to $9.50
2011: 9/64 (14%) won, 25/64 (39%) ran first 3, $8.7 avg win price, BOB return of 78.00, 22% PoT
2012: 6/73 (8%) won, 30/73 (41%) ran first 3, $8.2 avg win price, BOB return of 48.90, -33% PoT
2013: 9/47 (19%) won, 23/47 (49%) ran first 3, $8.4 avg win price, BOB return of 75.90, 61% PoT
Now…. if those 'ran first 3' horses were split evenly across 1st/ 2nd/ 3rd each year and assuming an avg win price of $8.5 each time, I would have gotten the following:
2011: 64 bets, 8 wins, BOB return of 68.00, 6% PoT (regressing by 16%)
2012: 73 bets, 10 wins, BOB return of 85.00, 16% PoT (an improvement of 49%)
2011: 47 bets, 8 wins, BOB return of 68.00, 45% PoT (regressing by 16%)
Applying the same methodology to the longer shots on basis of 0.5 units per bet:
Horses at $10+
2011: 22 units bet, 2/44 (5%) won, 8/44 (18%) ran first 3, $14.2 avg win price, BOB return of 14.20, -35% PoT
2012: 12.5 units bet, 2/25 (8%) won, 4/25 (16%) ran first 3, $12.0 avg win price, BOB return of 11.95, -4% PoT
2013: 12 units bet, 4/24 (17%) won, 6/24 (25%) ran first 3, $13.9 avg win price, BOB return of 27.75, 131% PoT
Now…. if those 'ran first 3' horses were split evenly across 1st/ 2nd/ 3rd each year and assuming an avg win price of $13.0 (or $6.5 per half unit bet) each time, I would have gotten the following:
2011: 22 units bet, 44 bets, 3 wins, BOB return of 19.50, -11% PoT (an improvement of 24%)
2012: 12.5 units bet, 25 bets, 1 win, BOB return of 6.50, -74% PoT (regressing by 74%)
2011: 12 units bet, 24 bets, 2 wins, BOB return of 13.00, 8% PoT (regressing by 123%)
So it would appear that the results for $10+ have hit a lucky patch (especially this year!), but that the results for the $6 to $9.50 have been on the gradual improve over the past 2 1/2 years in terms of the percentage of tips that either win or go close to doing so.