The Magic Dragon's Day

Fact of the Day: British Horse racing was worth more than £3.7bn to the British economy in 2008

The Bleedin' Obvious of the Day: That's peanuts...

Horse of the Day: Puff (1-50 Newmarket)

The Owl has spotted..... High Jack (3-55 Uttoxeter)

The strange week for the ratings got even stranger, Thursday. The strike rates of the top three combined were running at 95% and the strike rate of the handicap top two was running at 85% at the end of the afternoon meetings. Then along came the ridiculous all weather...

Also, the Select Pick Dutches were fully successful again and the (4) and (5) graded races did well again.

SUMMARIES (weekly average in red in brackets)

The Handicap Ratings and Speed Ratings combined top three strike rate for Thursday was 86% (64.6%)

There were ten from twelve successful (4) and (5) UK graded races for dutching, Thursday, giving a top two strike rate of 83% (61.4%)

The clear top rated winning strike rate of the (4) and (5) graded races Thursday was 50% (22.4%)

The Select Pick dutching races, Thursday, provided a 100% winning strike (80%)

The full top three summary for Thursday (weekly average in red in brackets):

HANDICAPS
Clear top rated strike rate was 32% (20.8%). Best top rated SP was 5/1
Top two strike rate (incl joints) was 68% (42.4%). Best 2nd top SP was 5/1
Top three strike rate was 82% (61%). Best 3rd top SP was 11/2

SPEED RATINGS
Clear top rated strike rate was 29% (19%). Best top rated SP was 3/1
Top two strike rate (incl joints) was 50% (33.2%). Best 2nd top SP was 16/1
Top three strike rate was 82% (50.8%). Best 3rd top SP was 11/2
note: Unless there are overnight withdrawals there is always one clear top rated horse (in both services). There are never more than three horses (in either service) in the top two in any race where there are joint 2nd tops (one top rated two joint 2nd top). There are never more than four horses in the top three (in either service) in any race where there are either joint 2nd or joint third tops.

If a horse isn't in the top three rated of the handicaps or the speed ratings, then it is highly likely it won't win.

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