The difficult first post...

I have been toying with the idea of a blog for a while now, probably about two years late I suppose but hey...

The purpose of my blog is to share my various musings regarding All Weather Horse Racing in the UK and possibly during the 'big' meetings where the UK is represented (Dubai World Cup, Breeders Cup etc) I will venture- unfortunately, hypothetically-to foreign climes and explore the goings on outside of these shores.

So: "Why All weather racing? surely some of the lowest standard of horse racing in the UK right?"
Well, I suppose in prize money terms then yes, but its not all about the money is it? ....is it?....

A few years ago I started to compile Speed Figures for all Flat races run in the UK. The aim of which was to use as another piece of useful information to aid the solution of the huge handicapping puzzle.
The figures are created using a composite of methods adopted by the 'experts', the UKs very own Nick Mordin (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/search-handle-url?_encoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books-uk&field-author=Nick%20Mordin)
and Andrew Beyer (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/search-handle-url?_encoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books-uk&field-author=Andrew%20Beyer).

I will delve into the mechanics of the production of these Figures in a later blog, for now it is sufficient for me to tell you that these figures seem to be more reliable, more successful and more profitable for races run on the All-Weather Tracks in the UK - Kempton Park, Lingfield Park, Wolverhampton & Southwell. (Great Leighs was not around long enough to get a proper grasp of the figures).

Obviously, following more success for the figures at these courses I began to take more of an interest in the All-Weather side of racing, and that is where the idea of this blog came from, an opportunity to share my knowledge, thoughts and quite possibly the many rants at certain jockeys, along with the figures I produce and the opportunity to share some winning wagers.

I aim to update the blog on a weekly basis - other commitments permitting - with a write-up of what I, along with my speed figures, believe to be the single All-Weather 'performance of the week', along with any other related information which I feel may be beneficial.

I've now rambled on for far too long, so I will sign off and concentrate on my first 'performance of the week' blog, thanks for reading and may all of your bets be winning ones...

Hollywood_G