So, just a couple more months to go before the National Hunt/Jumps season starts in October.
The Flat Season this year has certainly been “interesting”, the weather hasn’t been too bad so the ground has been predictable for the most part.
While some people may disagree with me, I’m liking the smaller fields at many meetings as opposed to those big field handicaps.
The problem with those — in my opinion — is that they’re nothing but a lottery and more often than not some 20/1, 33/1 outsider pops up that few people predicted would win.
So all in all, I’m not a big fan of big field handicaps … I think that the lack of them this season, and the previous season has been a positive thing for punters.
There are still a lot of favourites winning (many are overpriced), many people forget that a 5/4 shot with a true 1/2 chance of winning is a value bet — just as a 10/1 shot with a 5/1 chance of winning is.