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2026 Flat Season

Just got back and watched the race

Zavateri probably would have won or gone very close with a clean run

Moore was clever and shut the door for a few strides

Albert einstein ran a weird race. Pulled too hard then sort of ran on but slowly. Just looks like hes not that good
 
Think we may have seen a royal ascot winner today

Great barrier reef was extremely impressive on debut

5/1 with hills 2/1 everywhere else


I was also impressed with the way star prospect travelled and quickened in the 1st race. looks like hed love a big field and strong pace

Great barrier reef coventry 5s 2pts
Star prospect 10s norfolk 1pt (if my mate still has his unibet account lol)

My first 2 ascot bets
 
Changed your mind on 5s being too short :LOL:

7/2 top priced now!

Did look good. Aiden says he'll run again before Coventry as well so probably right to take the price.
 
Benjy23 said:
Changed your mind on 5s being too short :LOL:

7/2 top priced now!

Did look good. Aiden says he'll run again before Coventry as well so probably right to take the price.
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Yeah

I read the article you mentioned just after the initial post and decided why not

That he was 2s elsewhere persuaded me. Can delude myself into thinking its a good price when hills eventually match it

Its not a good price though is it lol even at 5s

I feel like 7s or 8s would have been a good price

As you can probably tell im not as serious and price sensitive when it comes to flat antepost. Its just a bit of fun.

Im also looking at this Zeus Olympios for the queen anne. But surely. Think i may well be better off just backing him on friday at sandown at 9/4 than for ascot at 4s though.

Hasnt been a top miler really since baaeed and this lad looks potentially very very good
 
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Aye, it's plenty tight enough as they'll be loads we haven't seen but the only way he's getting bigger price if he proves he's not good enough beforehand in reality. So there's not much of a choice is there, if you liked him. I also took it but only in a few Cheltenham doubles.

Had a little look at that Friday race earlier. Was going to back Dancing Gemini each way at 14s. Thought he might be a bit more primed for it than some of the more fancy ones but Teal seems to be suggesting they're starting him a little slower this season for some later targets. And it was his second run of the season when winning last season's renewal, so that would track. Tends to run very well first time out anyway though, so that part hadn't initially put me off.

Zeus be giving 3lb to most of them, but may well be capable.
 
Been just watching sandown today

Main take aways

Field of gold got a shocker of a ride

The mare that produced baaeed, hukum and now raaheeb must be one of the best broodmares of all time
 
Not sure field of gold is that easy. Funny they jocked off shoemark and he's still supposedly getting shockers mind.

Buick have a winner a decent ride to be fair. Gemini would've needed a few more than 3 places haha
 
Benjy23 said:
Not sure field of gold is that easy. Funny they jocked off shoemark and he's still supposedly getting shockers mind.

Buick have a winner a decent ride to be fair. Gemini would've needed a few more than 3 places haha
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Yeah buick did well

His horse was fit from meydan and he made sure it wasnt a jog and sprint

Zeus olympios ran ok, travelled like a good thing then got tired. Next time will tell us if hes a group 1 horse. The way he travels youd think the sussex stakes and breeders cup mile would be his best chances this season.
 
Just walked the dog down the devils dike then across the Rowley Mile, now you can't get into the final mile as there's workers all over putting up advertising boards, I expect they'll be watering overnight as the sprinklers were on the peat moss gallop, but for now it's like a road all over where we could walk, just thought I'd pass it on.
Good luck.
 
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Should suit gstaad given his breeding if obrein has him fit enough
 
Does anyone have any recommendations for resources for understanding/getting into the flat? I've dabbled, but fallen a bit out of love with jumps, but have always found the flat a bit impenetrable. Would love to better understand the structure of the season, the differences between ages, handicapping etc
 
Start of some good racing at York today. Im finding it difficult to pick in a couple of races. Does anyone have any strong fancies in today's racing? 🤞 ;)
 
My main one for the week is damysus in the lockinge on saturday

Though im hoping to get 4/1 on the day. Present price is a tad skinny.

He looked like hed taken a big step forward from 3 to 4 last time.

Beat them absolutely hollow looking a group 1 winner in waiting.

He will likely be my cliff horse for the summer.

Has a very similar profile to ombudsman. Not given a hard time at 3 then improved a stone the season aftrr.
 
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My claude trends analysis for today at York. Yesterday gave an 11/1 winner, and was 3/4 of a length off a 44/1 double

Some kinks, still haven't trained it suggesting each way on evens shots, and for some reason today it's spammed the doubles lol

RaceSelectionEach-way Interest
2:20Brazen Bolt e/wEternal Sunshine
2:55Cerulean Bay winWalsingham
3:30See The Fire winDiamond Rain e/w
4:05Christmas Day winMorshdi e/w
4:40Revival Power winBlack Star Boy
Doubles (win selections): Cerulean Bay + See The Fire | Cerulean Bay + Christmas Day | Cerulean Bay + Revival Power | See The Fire + Christmas Day | See The Fire + Revival Power | Christmas Day + Revival Power
Trebles: Cerulean Bay + See The Fire + Christmas Day | Cerulean Bay + Christmas Day + Revival Power | See The Fire + Christmas Day + Revival Power | Cerulean Bay + See The Fire + Revival Power
Best value treble: Cerulean Bay + Christmas Day + Revival Power — three horses with dominant trend profiles in their respective races, none of them short prices.
Each-way accumulator angle: Brazen Bolt + Cerulean Bay + Christmas Day + Revival Power.
 
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robith said:
My claude trends analysis for today at York. Yesterday gave an 11/1 winner, and was 3/4 of a length off a 44/1 double

Some kinks, still haven't trained it suggesting each way on evens shots, and for some reason today it's spammed the doubles lol

RaceSelectionEach-way Interest
2:20Brazen Bolt e/wEternal Sunshine
2:55Cerulean Bay winWalsingham
3:30See The Fire winDiamond Rain e/w
4:05Christmas Day winMorshdi e/w
4:40Revival Power winBlack Star Boy
Doubles (win selections): Cerulean Bay + See The Fire | Cerulean Bay + Christmas Day | Cerulean Bay + Revival Power | See The Fire + Christmas Day | See The Fire + Revival Power | Christmas Day + Revival Power
Trebles: Cerulean Bay + See The Fire + Christmas Day | Cerulean Bay + Christmas Day + Revival Power | See The Fire + Christmas Day + Revival Power | Cerulean Bay + See The Fire + Revival Power
Best value treble: Cerulean Bay + Christmas Day + Revival Power — three horses with dominant trend profiles in their respective races, none of them short prices.
Each-way accumulator angle: Brazen Bolt + Cerulean Bay + Christmas Day + Revival Power.
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Brazen Bolt 7th, like all 28/1 shots with 6 places should come, Cerulean Bay a neck second, See The Fire wins nicely, not much on the other two.
 
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Todays robith.ai picks

Updated Selections Summary (all 5 races):
RaceWinEach-WayBig Fade(s)
2:20 Fillies' Stakes⭐ Synchronicity (5/2)So Regal (7/2)Pacific Mission, Act Of Kindness
2:55 Handicap⭐ Warrant Holder (3/1)Regal Ulixes (9/1)The Glen Rovers, Have Secret
3:30 Marygate⭐ Lady Blanche (6/1)Niewiadoma (5/1)Princesse d'Orange (2/1)
4:05 Yorkshire Cup⭐ Amiloc (fav)Epic PoetAl Nayyir
4:40 Handicap⭐ Arduis Invicta (IRE) (12/1)Old Is Gold (IRE) (5/1 e/w)Desert Treasure (11/4)
DOUBLES & TREBLES (updated):
Doubles:
  • Synchronicity + Warrant Holder
  • Synchronicity + Lady Blanche
  • Warrant Holder + Lady Blanche
  • Lady Blanche + Arduis Invicta (IRE) (value double)
  • Synchronicity + Arduis Invicta (IRE) (value double)
Trebles:
  • ⭐ Synchronicity + Warrant Holder + Lady Blanche (the three clearest trend alignments)
 
robith said:
Todays robith.ai picks

Updated Selections Summary (all 5 races):
RaceWinEach-WayBig Fade(s)
2:20 Fillies' Stakes⭐ Synchronicity (5/2)So Regal (7/2)Pacific Mission, Act Of Kindness
2:55 Handicap⭐ Warrant Holder (3/1)Regal Ulixes (9/1)The Glen Rovers, Have Secret
3:30 Marygate⭐ Lady Blanche (6/1)Niewiadoma (5/1)Princesse d'Orange (2/1)
4:05 Yorkshire Cup⭐ Amiloc (fav)Epic PoetAl Nayyir
4:40 Handicap⭐ Arduis Invicta (IRE) (12/1)Old Is Gold (IRE) (5/1 e/w)Desert Treasure (11/4)
DOUBLES & TREBLES (updated):
Doubles:
  • Synchronicity + Warrant Holder
  • Synchronicity + Lady Blanche
  • Warrant Holder + Lady Blanche
  • Lady Blanche + Arduis Invicta (IRE) (value double)
  • Synchronicity + Arduis Invicta (IRE) (value double)
Trebles:
  • ⭐ Synchronicity + Warrant Holder + Lady Blanche (the three clearest trend alignments)
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Be interesting to see how it does long term

Does it use race trends, official ratings, the going and horse profiles etc to generate the selections?
 
FinalFurlong91 said:
Be interesting to see how it does long term

Does it use race trends, official ratings, the going and horse profiles etc to generate the selections?
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been using it since Chester and just on the TV races and it's currently +4 pts for me, though i missed a couple of doubles it suggested at chester that landed so it should actually be a little more.

My main aim is trends and franked related form. Main issue is data; atttheraces is java script so it struggles to read it, and racing post has paywall functions restricitng APIs and web scraping (and I'm currently too cheap to sub lol) so keeping the entry consistent, and getting it to not fob off online tipsters as its own work is the battle.

It also produces a trends grid for each race that I read through as it sometimes makes spurious conclusions (eg ridiculously overweights gaps between races; had a couple of near perfect trends fits it excluded cos they were on seasonal debut and like 13/21 winners weren't). As I don't know much about the flat, it's then fun to watch the race, compare to the trends (i give it the results each day and ask it to assess its work) and work on the project rules as I go.
 
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Another point - it's avoid selections, particularly on shorter prices have been pretty good. i might start laying them
 
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