Trainers to Follow – March 2010

In a new series of horse racing articles I will be researching the habits and routines of the trainers to attempt to provide some profitable pointers by suggesting we back the runners from particular stables during the coming weeks.

I will be using a combination of past data from such resources as the Racing Post, Adrian Massey and Sporting Life sites coupled with recent form to highlight a short-list of Trainers and/or particular race types that may provide us with a source of winners and hopefully a profit at the end of the month.

In subsequent months I will report back on the results of each previous month and these will be based on placing a theoretical 1 point win bet using the Betfair SP facility.

To kick things off for the month of March, I have selected the following:-

O SHERWOOD

Oliver trains out of Upper Lambourn and although not having the best of seasons so far with only 11 winners from 111 runners he has had a couple of recent runners placed at big odds, and this is the time of year he generally comes into form. His results for this month during the past 3 seasons are as follows:

Overall (including National Hunt Flat races)

Hurdles

Chases

Oliver has a relatively small string of horses and he tends to bring them along steadily. His owners include genuine horse enthusiasts such as Trevor Hemmings, Andrew Cohen and W H Ponsonby, and therefore the welfare of the horses is very important and as a result they tend to run less often and the winners can crop up at bigger prices.

Given both his hurdlers and chasers have been profitable overall for the last 3 year period I propose to back ALL OF HIS HURDLE AND CHASE RUNNERS DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH.

MRS S J SMITH

Sue Smith trains out of West Yorkshire and is married to the well known former show jumping legend Harvey Smith. As with Oliver Sherwood, Sue has had a quiet start to this season with 23 winners from 285 runners, but March has traditionally been the period where the win-rate has performed at its best.

Overall (including National Hunt Flat races)

Hurdles

Chases

Whilst her record with hurdlers is fairly okay the real profits would appear to be with her chasers so I will be backing ALL OF HER RUNNERS IN CHASES DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH. When reviewing the trainer stats I will exclude all runners in National Hunt Flat races as these tend to be used for schooling purposes and the form from these types of races can often be mis-leading.

Finally I would like to draw your attention to a new method that has come to the market in the last week or so, which is also based on extensive research into trainer habits. The 1000 Point A Year System has already got off to a flyer with recent winners at 14/1, 9/1, 4/7 and 7/1, and it seems destined for another profitable year.