I thought it might be interesting to see how individuals approach race reading ?
The chances are that we have our own ideas and rarely deviate from what we are used to, certainly that would be me, a bit old fashioned but hopefully always opened to suggestions.
Using attheraces won't be everyone's first choice but it suits me in that i like the layout and find it easy to use, for instance when looking at low class handicap at say wolves i will click the formscan button as a starting point to get a sense of whether or not we have horses that have a habit of beating each other or notice that the handicapper has maybe overreacted to one or two runs.
So then if i want to chase a little deeper by clicking on the name you get to see every race this horse has run in and when choosing a race to examine further a quick gander around the "future form" immediately gives a clearer idea of the standard of race beyond just the numbers involved.
Obviously you need to see how the horse performed during the race but not all racing is on ATR so i always have page open with The Sporting Life who cover the others other than chelmsford, this can be time consuming and i know others use databases to eliminate horses etc....(ATR) is free.
Anyway without waffling on it might be worth trying to select a race and engage in exchanging thought processors on how we all read form and see if something worthwhile comes out of it, maybe not but you never know.
At the moment i'm taking an interest in the 3.15 donc thurs which in my opinion has some absorbing form lines that those with a interest in such like might care to share their thoughts and approach to selecting a bet.
The chances are that we have our own ideas and rarely deviate from what we are used to, certainly that would be me, a bit old fashioned but hopefully always opened to suggestions.
Using attheraces won't be everyone's first choice but it suits me in that i like the layout and find it easy to use, for instance when looking at low class handicap at say wolves i will click the formscan button as a starting point to get a sense of whether or not we have horses that have a habit of beating each other or notice that the handicapper has maybe overreacted to one or two runs.
So then if i want to chase a little deeper by clicking on the name you get to see every race this horse has run in and when choosing a race to examine further a quick gander around the "future form" immediately gives a clearer idea of the standard of race beyond just the numbers involved.
Obviously you need to see how the horse performed during the race but not all racing is on ATR so i always have page open with The Sporting Life who cover the others other than chelmsford, this can be time consuming and i know others use databases to eliminate horses etc....(ATR) is free.
Anyway without waffling on it might be worth trying to select a race and engage in exchanging thought processors on how we all read form and see if something worthwhile comes out of it, maybe not but you never know.
At the moment i'm taking an interest in the 3.15 donc thurs which in my opinion has some absorbing form lines that those with a interest in such like might care to share their thoughts and approach to selecting a bet.
Re My way when i write up a horse to post on here i try to explain my thinking and hold nothing back because i do not have any holy grail secrets. Every horse we back will have some possible negatives involved and the best edge is achieving correct balance but explaining this thinking is seldom an easy ask.
