The Owl is Hooting....

Fact of the Day: Betting the same horses as the majority doesn't increase your chances of winning

The Bleedin' Obvious of the Day: You already knew that.... didn't you?

Horse of the Day: Tastahil (2-35 Newbury)

The Owl has spotted..... Tartak (2-15 Aintree)

SUMMARIES (weekly average in red in brackets)

The Handicap Ratings and Speed Ratings combined top three strike rate for Friday was 60% (72.8%)

There were five from six successful (4) and (5) UK graded races for dutching, Friday, giving a top two strike rate of 83% (88.8%)

The clear top rated winning strike rate of the (4) and (5) graded races Thursday was 50% (50.8%)

The Select Pick dutching races, Friday, provided a 100% winning strike rate (100%) (one day to create a new record)

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

HANDICAPS
Clear top rated strike rate was 33% (28.6%). Best top rated SP was 16/1
Top two strike rate (incl joints) was 47% (52.8%). Best 2nd top SP was 8/1
Top three strike rate was 53% (67%). Best 3rd top SP was 20/1

SPEED RATINGS
Clear top rated strike rate was 27% (23.5%). Best top rated SP was 16/1
Top two strike rate (incl joints) was 47% (41.3%). Best 2nd top SP was 15/2
Top three strike rate was 53% (55.8%). Best 3rd top SP was 16/1
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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