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	Title	Type	Author	Description
	Betfair API Programming II	Software	John Jackson	John continues his series with the second part on how to utilise the Betfair API to automate your betting needs
	The Turtle Story	General	Russell Clarke	Russell (ex odds on columist) looks back at the Turtle investment experiment and how it ties in with the psychology of betting and investment
	Great Betting Coups	Horse Racing	Rick Taylor	Rick takes a look back at some of the great betting coups of the past
	Evaluating the Reliability of Systems	Horse Racing	Email Group	A discussion on the email forum takes a look at various ways of evaluating the validity of system data
	Switching to a New NH Trainer	Horse Racing	Dave Renham	An in depth look at the significant stable switchers within NH racing


	Title	Type	Author	Description
1	What Are My Odds	Horse Racing	Dr Alun Owen	A resume of the talk on horse racing betting given by William Bentner in 2004
	Lingfield Winter Derby	Horse Racing	Nathan Hughes	Which simple stat has produced 7 of the last 10 winter derby winners ?
	Big Race Trends ToteSport Trophy	Horse Racing	Rick Taylor	What to look for when examining the runners for this big post Christmas NH handicap
1	Betbutler Afterthoughts and Experiences	General	Email Group	Discussion on the email forum regarding the use of Betbutler since our last appraisal of the bet brokering service
	5f Turf In Running	Horse Racing	Dave Renham	Dave continues his examination of approaches to dobbing with an in depth look at 5f races


	Title	Type	Author	Description
	Going Up	Horse Racing	John Jackson	An account with some pictures of Novembers SmarterSig get together in Oxford.
5	Betting on the AW Southwell	Horse Racing	Ricky Taylor	Rick looks at what is required to improve your betting on the Southwell AW track for this coming season.
1	New Year Predictions European Leagues	Football	Paul Mcglinchey	Following on from last year Paul takes a look at league positions in the new year and final finish positions for some European leagues
	Selectivity or Turnover	Horse Racing	Nathan Hughes	An interesting discussion on the email group on to turnover or not to turnover
1	Starting Points NH	Horse Racing	Dave Renham	Dave introduces some sound platforms from which to start developing systems for the NH
2	Betfair API Programming	Horse Racing	John Jackson	Part 1 of 3: programming the Betfair API using Visual Studio and VB or VC#
	AM Market Analyser II	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	Further updates on the Market Analyser


	Title	Type	Author	Description
3	To DOB or not to DOB that is the question	Horse Racing	Dave Renham	DOBbing is a variety of in running betting. Dave explains its basis and approaches to achieving it
	Market AM Price Analyser results	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	Highlighting where the profit has been on the new AM market analyser on the web site
	NH Ten to Follow	Horse Racing	Rick Taylor	Rick gives some advice which could be invaluable to Tote ten to follow as well as regular punters
	Become a Small Stable Expert Update	Horse Racing	Nathan Hughes	Nathan gives us the promised update from his spring article on tracking small stables
1	Soccer Betting on the Asian and Over Under Markets	Football	Alun Owen	Alun demystifies what at first seems like strange markets and highlights his some of his own success with his models
	BetButler and Introduction and QA	Horse Racing	Email Group	A QA session with a rep from the brokering firm BetButler along with some user experiences


	Title	Type	Author	Description
1	More Data Extractions	Horse Racing	John Jackson	Along with some accompanying utilities John explains how to extract data from various useful web sites
	A Brief Encounter Negative Vibrations	Horse Racing	Nathan Hughes	Which bookmakers early prices should we be taking note of especially when they are out of synch
1	The Big Race Trends Angle	Horse Racing	David Lee Priest	Author David Lee Priest takes a look at whether race trends can be taken seriously and offers an alternative approach to Cheltenham
	Using Proform Comments to Analyse In Running	Horse Racing	Dave Renham	Dave digs down into the into the pre race in running comments of Proform Racing
	Betting in Novice Chasers Will your Bet Fall	Horse Racing	Rick Taylor	A look at the stats covering fallers at various UK courses and where we should be careful with our novice bets
	Morning Market Analyser	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	An introduction to the new facilty on the web site to analyse morning race markets


	Title	Type	Author	Description
1	The Psychological Pitfalls of Betting For a Living	Horse Racing	Rick Taylor	We would all like to turn our passion into a living but what are the psychological hurdles that are just as great an obstruction as choosing the right selection methods
	Preservation Society	Horse Racing	John Jackson	Lots of talk recently of obtaining back copies of SmartSig from the 90's. John presents a solution beyond Smartsig
2	Winning Punters Pay Harsh Penalty for Success	Horse Racing	Email Group	A lively email debate on the rights and wrongs of bookmaker's banning punters
	Home and away goals and the simple Poisson model	Football	Alun Owen	Alun continues on his PhD work and looks at the correlation between home and away goals
	2yo Maiden Winners Does the distance matter	Horse Racing	Dave Renham	As we enter a glut of 2yo races, does the distance they win at make any distance over the next three starts


	Title	Type	Author	Description
1	Draft 2 Introduction	Staking	John Jackson	An overview of John Jackson forth coming book
	How does glorious Goodwood form work out	Horse Racing	Dave Renham	What should we be backing next tiome out as we come out of the Goodwood festival ?
	Statistical analysis of goal rates for in play betting	Football	Professor John Goddard	Fresh from the Salford University conference on Mathematics in sport Professor Goddard examines the factors that influence scoring rates
	Betfair Premium Charges	Horse Racing	Email Forum	A debate from the forum on the jsutification or not of increased Betfair premium charges and how to calculate it.
	How can you compile your own speed ratings	Horse Racing	Ricky Taylor	A look at the fundamental components of creating your own speed ratings
	Beating Betfair SP	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	How and when should bet in order to out perform Betfair SP ?


	Title	Type	Author	Description
	A Royal Ascot Nightmare	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	Take a brolly with you to Ascot even if its not raining
	Winning Distances	Horse Racing	Rick Taylor	You can win and lose a lot on distance spread betting. Rick explains some of the key factors that influence the spreads
1	Nursery Handicaps	Horse Racing	Dave Renham	The Nursery season is upon us and Dave marks our card on where we should be focusing
	New Trainers On The Block	Horse Racing	Nathan Hughes	Nathan sets the scene for an ongoing review of how to hopefully locate promising new trainers
1	International Conference Mathematics in Sport	Horse Racing	Alun Owen	A summary of the 3rd international conference on Mathematics applied to sport held at Salford University
1	Overnight Withdrawels Continued	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	Following on from Colin Magee's article a broader look at the performance of withdrawn horses next time out


	Title	Type	Author	Description
	Big Race trends The Royal Hunt Cup	Horse Racing	Ricky Taylor	As the royal meeting approaches some angles and stats to get you on the right side of the Hunt cup
	Profit From The Losers Revisited	Football	Nathan Hughes	If you liked or indeed made money as many did from Pauls March article, Nathans article will also be of interest.
	Using Excel to Monitor Official Ratings	Horse Racing	Peter M Chadburn	How to get a spreadsheet of changing OR's and the analysis of meaning behind them.
	Pace in a Race Revisited	Horse Racing	Dave Renham	Dave starts with tracks but go's much further in his analysis of pace in a race.
	The Golden Rules of Betting	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	Is there such a list the Racing Post seem to think so. Smarties contribute their own ideas to the subject.
1	A Brief History of Money Mangement	Staking	John Jackson	John takes a look at some of the past ideas and research on this topic. Even Phill Bull gets a wrap across the knuckles.


	Title	Type	Author	Description
	Aussie Firepower Slightly Damp For Ascot	Horse Racing	Brian Blackwell	Which Aussie invaders should we be looking at for the June Ascot festival
	A Dynamic Forecasting Model Of Football Match Outcomes	Football	Alun Owen	Alun continues his look at his PhD work and the unique dynamic nature of his football model
	The Newmarket Wizards Jon Babb	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	Interveiw with pro punter Jon Babb
	Become A Small Stable Expert	Horse Racing	Nathan Hughes	Having a finger on the pulse of good small stables can be very profitable, Nathan checks out some likely candidates.
	Not Accepting The Luck Of The Draw	Horse Racing	Colin Magee	An examination of how to change those bad draw withdrawels into profit
	Calculating The Draw Bias At Goodwood	Horse Racing	Ricky Taylor	A look at Goodwoods draw bias and perhaps more importantly how to calculate it
	LTO Winners on The Flat	Horse Racing	Dave Renham	How important are LTO winners and which should we take notice of?


	Title	Type	Author	Description
	John Jackson	Football	Tarnished Beauty	What has gone wrong with the beautiful game? John lets off steam and suggests a few remedies
	Colin Magee	Horse Racing	Rolling trainer strike rates	Deciding when a trainer is in or out of form is no easy task. Colin examines the evidence through rolling strike rates.
	Rick Taylor	Horse Racing	What did the professor have to	Rick looks at alternative academic sources for betting ideas
	Mark Littlewood	Horse Racing	The Newmarket Wizards	Interview with tipster, pundit and long time pro gambler Steve Lewis Hamilton
	Email Group	Horse Racing	Betting and Stress	Coping with stress can be as important as those form factors we adhere to but how best to cope with it?
	Dave Renham	Tennis	The clay court season stats	An interesting article for regular tennis bettors or those looking to break into this area


	Title	Type	Author	Description
	Using the betting market as a guide to finding winners	Horse Racing	Ted Ashworth	How much notice do we take of the shape of the betting market and more importantly how can we measure it.
	Variance what does it look like	Horse Racing	Mark Goodhead	A look at how variance can fool us all. An accompanying spreadsheet allows you to test your own samples.
	2010/11 an unusual year in the Scottish Premier	Football	Dr Alun Owen	Its a funny old game and certainly a funny old year in the SPL
1	New year predictions revisited	Football	Paul Mglinchey	How reliable are new year league positions with regard to end of season results. Paul uncovers some remarkable value
	Ratings and Regression	Horse Racing	Email Group	Some useful discussion on the email group about compiling ratings
	Cheltenham festival trends 2011	Horse Racing	Dave Renham	Trends expert Dave Renham drills down into the relevant trends as we approach the festival
	Improving apprentices for the turf season	Horse Racing	Nathan Hughes	With the turf flat season looming Nathan takes a look at some apprentices to keep an eye on. His previous selections returned a profit.


	Title	Type	Author	Description
	PDC World Championship 2011	Darts	John Jackson	Jacko makes an early start to unravelling the up and coming darts world championship
	Sire Analysis - A Dirty Dozen	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	A look at a quick and easy method for analysing sires for the AW
	Using Data Mining Tolls in Horse Racing Prediction	Horse Racing	Simon Ord	A beginners guide to the free data mining tool WEKA and its application to regression analysis
	Steamers Well Horses That Drop in Price	Horse Racing	Dave Renham	An examination of how various trainers perform when market supported.
2	Creating an Oddsline	Horse Racing	Ricky Taylor	Ricky takes a look at the four steps you need to cover to create a reliable oddsline
	Lie Dammed Lies and Recent Trainer Form	Horse Racing	Colin Magee	Just how useful is it looking at recent trainer form. A look at some of the methods used


	Title	Type	Author	Description
	New Year KISS		John F Jackson	A KISS for the more volatile markets where reaction is usually an over reaction.
	Improving Apprentices For The AW Season		Nathan Hughes	A look at some apprentices worth noting for the coming AW season with profits already generated in December
	In Play Trading Using In Play Data		Mark Littlewood	How useful is past in play data for future in play trading.
	Automatic Exchange Betting		Rick Taylor	A review of AEB and Colin Magees's book
	Trainer Analyser		Mark Littlewood	Six years of data and a look at the trainer analyser on the web site.
	The Apprentice Betting System Task		Dave Renham	Sir Alan sets the would be apprentices a system building task, with regret someone will be fired.


	Title	Type	Author	Description
	Fitting Poisson Models to Football Match Outcomes Part IV	Football	Alun Owen	In this fourth part of the series Alun takes a look at how good the Poisson model is at forecasting individual scores
	Betfair User Security and Your Responsibility	General	Nathan Hughes	The recent experiences of one reader can be a lesson to all of us when it comes to improving the security of our online betting security
	Big Race Trends - The Welsh National	Horse Racing	Rick Taylor	What key factors should we be examining in order to improve our chances of finding the Welsh National winner
	National Hunt Pace Bias	Horse Racing	Dave Renham	A track by track look at how pace effects the outcome of NH races
	Racing Post Tipster Selection KISS	Horse Racing	Ted Ashworth	A look at the viability of finding a profit laying or backing on the selections of the Racing Post
	Recent Trainer Form - Flat	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	Continuing from last month a look at the worthiness of recent trainer form on the flat and a potentially profitable area


	Title	Type	Author	Description
	Wet and Wellin Review	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	A review of the results and profit generated from Septembers well in angle
	NH Sires	Horse Racing	Dave Renham	Flats sires have always been ripe for analysis but Dave takes a look at the NH scene from a breeding perspective
	Jumpers to Follow	Horse Racing	Ricky Taylor	With the new NH season getting into full swing Rick takes a look at some possible money earners
	Fitting Poisson models to forecast football match outcomes	Football	Alun Owen	Part 3 of Aluns series in which he compares the simple and bivariate poisson models
	Recent Trainer Form	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	How significant is the recent form of a trainer when assessing a bet


	Title	Type	Author	Description
	The global supercomputer Darknet	General	John F Jackson	Jacko invites us all to take the red pill in his final trilogy on the computer big guns and their dubious practices
	The jump to profit system	Horse Racing	Rick Taylor	A profitable system for the coming NH season
	Using Scrum to become a successful punter	General	Ted Ashworth	The software project development methodology Scrum applied to making you a better bettor
	Averaging ratings using Perl	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	If you want to start writing code to analyse your own data then this may be your starting point
	Lessons from the worlds biggest punter	Horse Racing	David Duffield	A look at the common ground between horse betting and the worlds biggest hedge fund operator
	Pace Angles for the Winter	Horse Racing	Dave Renham	Dave takes a look how pace influences the winter game


	Title	Type	Author	Description
	Post Mortem	Staking	John F Jackson	John examines a series of bets in his usual challenging style and shows how a combination of proportional staking and hedging can blow the roof on the profit graph
	Wet and Wellin	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	With the weather changing who is well in on the coming soft ground and how can we measure it
	Paddock Notes	Horse Racing	Rick Taylor	Rick takes a look at paddock notes and how to get the most out of this relatively unused area
	Something for Everyone	Horse Racing	Dave Renham	A pub conversation leads to a selection box of stats and useful angles from Dave
	Sire Analyser	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	Which sire has an over 40% ROI on fibresand. A look at how to use the new Sire analyser facility on the web site
	Doncaster St Ledger meeting the trends	Horse Racing	David Myers	Trends expert David Myers publishes his first article here with a look at the up and coming Ledger festival


	Title	Type	Author	Description
	MySheet	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	A look at the latest web site facility that enables you to create personalised data sheets for the days racing.
	A simple system for maiden races	Horse Racing	Rick Taylor	The headline results from testing this system show that over the last three years the system found 389 selections and had 177 winners, representing a strike rate of over 46 per cent. This keeps losing runs short and is good from a psychological point of view because you are frequently at the payout window. The overall profit to a 1-point stake was almost �65
	Implementing Bivariate Poisson football models in R	Football	Alun Owen	Alun continues his article series after reader requests to cover the Bivariate Poisson model
	Automatic bet placement	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	An introduction to a utility that may solve your bet placement needs whilst you are on holiday
	Draw bias revisited	Horse Racing	Dave Renham	Sometimes the draw can be like moving quicksand, Dave is an expert on the draw and he looks at what has been changing recently.
	How to use Excel 2007 as a system builder	General	George Swan	Getting data into Excel is one thing but how can we use Excel to then test the validity of various system scenarios.


	Title	Type	Author	Description
	KISS a simple system for 2yo races	Horse Racing	Rick Taylor	A simple system for the coming spate of 2yo races
	Fitting Poisson models to predict football match outcomes us	Football	Alun Owen	An insight into Aluns football modelling PhD work this time using R as his exploratory vehicle
	Is there a link to more successful trainers using past in ru	Horse Racing	Dave Renham	How do individual trainers perform in respect to a horses running style, Dave uncovers the facts.
	Using support vector machines to predict winners	Horse Racing	Ted Ashworth	Ted introduces to his series the all important aspect of finding overlays
	Trainer Analysis	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	Introduction to the new Trainer analysis facility
	Watching Racehorses	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	Some of the key factors behind John Hutsons paddock watching and a possible quick and dirty alternative.


	Title	Type	Author	Description
	Jam,ie Spencer jockey analysis	Horse Racing	Dave Renham	You either love him or loathe him (Spencer that is), Dave takes a look at the stats associated with this most talked about jockey.
	World cup 2010 update	Football	John F Jackson	John exmaines how to utilise the spread odds and traditional fixed odds to form a model for the tournament. Accompanying software with the article.
	Front running favourites	Horse Racing	Dave Renham	How leathal are favourites that get to the front early and where best to back them.
	Draw bias at Royal Ascot	Horse Racing	Rick Taylor	With the big summer meeting on the horizon Rick runs over the draw at the royal meeting.
	How to use LightSVM	Horse Racing	Ted Ashworth	Ted continues his series on Support Vector Machines and provides some accompanying software.
	Gelded since last run	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	A look at the overall performance of horses gelded since their last run and which trainers do well with these types.


	Title	Type	Author	Description
	World Cup 2010	Football	John F Jackson	With only weeks to go to the 2010 World Cup, you cannot afford to bet without consulting Johns article and spreadsheet
	Using Support Vector Machines to Pick Winners	Horse Racing	Ted Ashworth	Used by William Bentner, Ted gives the first of a series on utilising SVMs
	Lessons from Kelly	Horse Racing	Mark Goodhead	Mark looks at the effect the odds have on bank growth when utilising Kelly
	Bumper Profits	Horse Racing	Bill Smith	How to use the Cheltenham bumper race to secure future profit
	The Derby Ssytem	Horse Racing	Ricky Taylor	A profile of the key factors that determine the Derby winner
	3 yo Maidens	Horse Racing	Dave Renham	We are in the 3yo maiden period and approapriately Dave takes a look at the profitable areas within these races.


	Title	Type	Author	Description
	Dany Nichols sprint king or is there more to him	Horse Racing	Dave Renham	He is known mainly as an effective trainer of sprint handicappers but is there more to Dandy Nichols than this?.
	The Newmarket Wizards - Tom Segal	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	Interview with Tom Segal, Pricewise of the Racing Post
	Early season 2yo races	Horse Racing	Dave Renham	With early 2yo races about to unfold Dave takes a look at where the profit can be found
	Avoiding account closures	General	Email List	A very active session on the email list looks at methods to keep bookmakers off your scent when it comes to closing down winning accounts.
	Aintree stats other than the National	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	A look at the hurdle and chase races at the big spring meeting and where the better bets have been.
	Delta Neutral	Staking	John F Jackson	Controlling volatility and locking in profits by hedging ... detailed, worked examples for a bookmaker special offer and a daily SP spread bet.


	Title	Type	Author	Description
	Can We Talk	Staking	John F Jackson	John go's for the jugular after a frustrating exchange on the email list about hedging. If you didn't believe Phill Bull maybe John will convince you.
	Staking How Should We Do It	Staking	Michael Wilding	After a debate on the email discussion list Michael sets out his thoughts on how to approach staking, including an explanation of Kelly and half Kelly
	Readers Requests - Trainer gambles	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	An update on which trainers were profitable with their gambled horses in 2009
	Big Race Trends - The Arke Trophy	Horse Racing	Rick Taylor	An in depth look at the trends behind the Arkle trophy at Cheltenham
	The Newmarket Wizards - Richard Hoiles	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	Interview with TV pundit and commentator Richard Hoiles.
	Key Cheltenham Trends	Horse Racing	Dave Renham	A look at the key trends behind all the Cheltenham races. Invaluable if you are punting at the festival.


	Title	Type	Author	Description
	Newmarket Wizards Nick Aubrey	Horse Racing	David Duffield	Interveiw with the Australian pro punter Nick Aubrey
	Validating Ratings	Horse Racing	G Swan	How can we measure confidence in a set of ratings.
	Betting on the Kempton AW	Horse Racing	Ricky Taylor	A look at some of the factors surrounding Kempton AW betting with a simple to follow system in summary
	Rating the five betting systems	General	Alun Owen	Alun applies some of his previously documented methods with a blow by blow attempt at the pre xmas competition to rate five betting systems
	3 yos first run of the season	Horse Racing	Dave Renham	Whith the flat looming who should we be looking out for with 3yo seasonal debuts
	Knockout	General	John F Jackson	With the help of Excel John explains how to calculate winning chances from various knockout tournament stage positions


	Title	Type	Author	Description
	ARCHIE a method for evaluating systems	Horse Racing	Steve Tilley	Steve's original article shows a simple to opearte method for evaluating the validity of system results. Published also as a pre read to Aluns piece.
	The Newmarket Wizards - Hugh Taylor	Horse Racing	SystematicBetting.com	The next installment of the Newmarket wizards is an interview with ATR's Hugh Taylor
	Big race trends - The King George	Horse Racing	Ricky Taylor	A look at the race trends and stats that can help you unravel the boxing day showdown
	A Christmas selection box	Horse Racing	Dave Renham	A selction of systems and angles to take you into a profitable new year.
	How many bets do you need to assess your system using ARCHIE	Horse Racing	Alun Owen	Alun continues the work of the original Archie article which looked at how to assess the robustness of system results.


	Title	Type	Author	Description
	Market Bias Revisted Part II	Horse Racing	Dave Renham	Dave continues his study of market bias with the second part of his article looking at field size.
	The Hennesy Gold Cup	Horse Racing	Ricky Taylor	Narrowing the field down with a race profile of the up and coming Hennesy.
	Olympic Memories	Horse Racing	John Jackson	While we are united by a common interest in gambling ... are we not also united by a love of the sports themselves? The thrill of the chase. The beautiful game. The spectacle. The atmosphere. The friendship. Here are one punter's memories of arguably the greatest sporting event in the history of mankind.
	Neural Network Learning Methods and AW Racing	Horse Racing	Peter May	A look at some of the underlying principles underpinning neural networks and their application to horseracing
	Draw LTO	Horse Racing	SystematicBetting.com	Good draw last time out bad bet next time out ?, a look at the stats.


	Title	Type	Author	Description
	Profitable Headway	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	We read the daily race comments on a daily basis but do we really understand them all in terms of profitable impact.
	Grumpy Holiday Notes	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	A typical example of the application of pace despite the Algarve keyboards
	Beating the Football Spreads using conditional Probabilities	Football	Ted Ashworth	A look at how to gain an edge by examining the odds in seperate but related football markets
	Pace Running Styles in NH races	Horse Racing	Dave Renham	How does the question of pace relate to NH racing. Dave takes a long overdue look at the winter code.
	Wellin Horses II	Horse Racing	SystematicBetting.com	The second part in a look at horses returning to favourable marks, with a trainer by trainer breakdown.
	Prediciting Pace	Horse Racing	Rick Taylor	Rick continues his series on how he approaches the analysis of race pace.
	King Canute Must Die	Horse Racing	John F Jackson	Where do you stand with respect to the digital revolution?, be prepared to at least shuffle a little after reading Jacko.


	Title	Type	Author	Description
	System testing competition	Horse Racing	Peter May	Using a set of results from 2008 can you predict which of a number of systems have perfomed the best in 2009 and win 4 months free membership.
	Well in horses	Horse Racing	SystematicBetting.com	What does it mean when a horse is well in and how profitable can it be to follow them
	Trainers two runners	Horse Racing	Dave Renham	What should we do when a trainer has two runners in a race. Dave examines the stats.
	Measuring early pace	Horse Racing	Ricky Taylor	Ricky explains his approach to catagorising and measuring early pace in a race.
	Mamite market mapper	Horse Racing	A N Other	A useful software tool for monitoring exchange prices
	Market Bias revisited	Horse Racing	Dave Renham	Dave continues his research into market bias witha more general look at turf races
	Show me the supercomputer	Horse Racing	John Jackson	John takes a look at what needs to be considered when you set out to buy a new computer system


	Title	Type	Author	Description
	Educating Trevor	Horse Racing	SystematicBetting.com	A year with an apprentice bettor at his side highlights how mindset is probably the most difficult pro punter characteristic to adopt
	Market bias in 5f handicaps	Horse Racing	Dave Renham	Dave takes a look at what assistance the market offers in 5f handicaps
	Multiple Mugs	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	Would a profitable straight win set of bets create better returns if bet in Lucky 15's.
	How reliable are breeding stats	Horse Racing	Mark Foley	A look at some of the myths and dangers of misuse of breeding stats
1	Developing Statistical Models using R III	Horse Racing	Alun Owen	Aluns third part in a series looking at statistical methods using R. This month developing a binary logistical regression model
	Developing Systems	Horse Racing	Rick Taylor	Rick gives some general advice on how to improve your chances of developing successful systems


	Title	Type	Author	Description
	Developing statistical models part II	Horse Racing	Alun Owen	Following on from June, part II of Alun's introduction to building models for horse racing data.
	Two year old debutants in maidens	Horse Racing	Dave Renham	With the 2yo season starting to flourish, Dave takes a more in depth look at 2yo debutants.
	Impact Values	Horse Racing	Michael Wilding	In response to an email request Michael takes an introductory look for beginners at the use of Impact Values.
	When to back the favourite	Horse Racing	Ricky Taylor	Finding good favourites and avoiding bad ones, Rick takes a look at the figures.
	Are you feeling lucky, well are you Steve	Horse Racing	SmarterSig	Should we put any faith in numbers, well Steve doesn't think so and he should know he works for the Racing Post
	2yo Trainers	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	How do the various trainers fair with their 2yo's first second and third timne out


	Title	Type	Author	Description
	Developing statistical models for racing using R	Horse Racing	Alun Owen	A beginners guide to building statistical horse racing models using the free downloadable package R
	Pace Running Styles for Jockeys	Horse Racing	Dave Renham	Dave takes a look at which Jocks to watch out for in relation to pace profiles.
	Programming with the Betfair API	Horse Racing	Ted Ashworth	Introduction to programming the Betfair API
	Jockey and Trainer Trends for Royal Ascot	Horse Racing	Rick Taylor	Who should we look out for this months up and coming Ascot festival
	Successful Betting Characteristics	Horse Racing	Email Chat	What characterises a successful punter, interesting discussion from the email list
	Derby 2009 Breeding Ratings	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood & Peter May	Evaluating this years derby from the npoint of class and distance using pedigree ratings.
	Going and Pace	Horse Racing	SystematicBetting.com	Do front runners do better on soft or firm, AW or turf?.


	Title	Type	Author	Description
	Good Pace Good Draw Good Bet	Horse Racing	SystematicBetting.com	An examination of which course, track and draw sections offer the best figures for horses with prominent running pace profiles.
	2nd Run 2yos	Horse Racing	Mark Foley	Which trainers can be relied upon to show marked improvement from their second time out 2yos.
	Conference news	Horse Racing	Alun Owen	Updates on a couple of up and coming conferences that may be of interest to sports bettors.
	Finding Different Ways to Evaluate Performance	Horse Racing	Dave Renham	Is wins to runs the only or best way to evaluate performance when analysing past data?.
	Repeat Winners	Horse Racing	Ricky Taylor	Which trainers can be relied upon to get repeat wins from their 2yos, Rick investigates.
	Statistical Forecasting & Football Match Outcomes	Football	Alun Owen	The final part in Aluns series sees him find further improvements to the model developed last eyar.


	Title	Type	Author	Description
	Premier league darts part III	Darts	John Jackson	Johns third installment takes a look at some general principles for gathering data from the web and in particular Betfair prices
	Trying to spot horses that shorten in running	Horse Racing	Dave Renham	Dave takes a look at some methods for trading horse prices for a profit via the in running markets.
	Grand National Trends	Horse Racing	Ricky Taylor	Some vital stats and trends to help you find this years National winner
	Finding Winners by Natural Selection	Horse Racing	G E Swan	George takes a look at the Darwinian world of Genetic Alogorithms and their application to winner finding. Accompanying software to get you going with your own experiments.
	Kiss Tips update and Avoiding Closed Accounts	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	An update on the profits from the first month of the Kiss Tips and some further advice on keeping betting accounts open.


	Title	Type	Author	Description
	Premier League Darts 2009 Part II	Darts	John F Jackson	John continues his model building process for the ongoing darts tournament. The fixed odds and spread quotes produced take account of the first throw advantage.
	2yo Summary 2008	Horse Racing	Peter May	Peter Mays top 2008 2yo's with breeding predictions for 3 yo careers.
	Horse Profiling	Horse Racing	Dave Peat	Dave continues his look at horse profiling as a method for bet selection.
	The Betting Market As A Guide To Winners	Horse Racing	Ricky Taylor	Utilising the betting market as a short cut to profit.
	Was All The Research Worth It	Horse Racing	Dave Renham	As the flat season looms up Dave looks at some trainer predictions that held up last year and hopefully will repeat again.
	KISS Tips	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	A daily KISS brought right to your door


	Title	Type	Author	Description
	Cheltenham festival trends - The Champion Hurdle	Horse Racing	Ricky Taylor	Rick turns hs attention away from the Gold cup and this month focuses on the up and coming Champion hurdle with ideas that have produced good profits in the past.
	Favourites in Novice Hurdles	Horse Racing	David Renham	How to make a profit from fancied horses in novice hurdles. A wealth of stats point the way through.
	KISSed Again	Horse Racing	Justin Penrose	Justin continues his look at the relationship between the two main betting forecast sources and the final outcome of horse races.
	ATASS Sports Seminar review	Horse Racing	Alun Owen	A review of the December 2008 West Midlands statistical society talk by ATASS sports (sports modelling) and Mark Dixon
	Horse race prediction - Monte Carlo simulation	Horse Racing	G E Swan	How to use a Monte Carlo simulation to convert horse ratings into probabilities. Comes with accompanying software to carry out the simulation
	Weighing up horse profiles	Horse Racing	David Peat	A first look at horse profiles and the useful ingredients that can paint a rich picture about a horses preferences and limitations.
	Premier League Darts	Darts	John F Jackson	John takes a look at assessing odds and identifying profitable bets on the coming 2009 Premier darts league in addition to downloading up to date prices from bookmakers and Betfair


	Title	Type	Author	Description
	Kelly Matters and the Varance/Mean stakng Plan	Staking	Jon Desler	Jon examines the application of Kelly to markets that are not easily receptive to the popular staking plan.
	KISSed Some More	Horse Racing	Justin Penrose	Justin continues his investigation into the strategies that lie behind an examination of the forecast markets.
	Discpline	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	Is it really important or just an excuse as one Betfair forum member suggests
	Using Systems to Lay Horses	Horse Racing	Dave Renham	Dave takes a look at the other side of the fence with some stats and methods for layers.
	Bouncing Bobby Robbie Bookie	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	How significant is the bounce factor and are there any outright profitable systems surrounding it.
	Cheltenham Festival Trends	Horse Racing	Ricky Taylor	First article from Rick who takes a look at selection trends for the Cheltenham Gold Cup


	Title	Type	Author	Description
	When conditions are just right	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	Mark finishes some unfinished business from 1995
	Backing horses with poor recent form	Horse Racing	Dave Renham	There is nothing like backing a big priced winner. Dave looks at some factors to slim ddown the picks.
	Changes in distance does it matter	Horse Racing	Dave renham	What relevance does the previous distance run have at various distances of todays race.
	Topspeed Recency and Runs NH	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	How best to use topspeed ratings. this time a look at the NH hurdle scene.
	KISSED	Horse Racing	Justin Penrose	Justin looks at a possible assist to other systems via the betting forecasts.
	Flat Trainers in Sellers	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	A continuing look at the performance of trainers in Flat race sellers


	Title	Type	Author	Description
	Trainer Changes	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	A look at the performance of horses coming out of new yards.
	The course can make a difference	Horse Racing	Dave Renham	Which trainers should be noted at which courses, Dave uncovers some useful stats.
	Trainer Gambles NH 2007	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	A continuation of the exmination of trainers to note when backed in the market.
	Rating Maiden Debutants	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	Prompted by an email discussion, an initial look at rating newcomers based on trainer trends.
	NH Trainers in Sellers	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	Who are the trainers to follow in sellers and how do they do with seller debutants
	Price Equivalence	Staking	John Jackson	With so wide a variety of markets available to us John takes a look at some methods for extracting the best deals


	Title	Type	Author	Description
	NN and AI ratings video	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	A downloadable video of how the ratings were compiled for the NN article. Apologies for slight synch problem on second half of video. Download Video
	Trainer Gambles	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	A continuation of the examination of trainer performance with market droppers and drifters. This time the NH trainers come under the microscope
	Systems have a shelf live	Horse Racing	Dave Renham	Dave takes a look at some previously profitable systems that have fallen on harder times and explains why many systems suffer this fate
	Neural Networks AI Ratings	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	Mark dips his big toe into the practical world of NN's and re-explores the compilation of the AI ratings
	Placepot Analysis	Horse Racing	Dave Renham	The first in a series of articles examining the underlying influences on this popular bet
	Automated Exchange Betting book review	Horse Racing	Patrick Gamble	A review of Colin Magee's new book on Automated exchange betting


	Title	Type	Author	Description
	Free wine lunch and yankees	Horse Racing	John Jackson	Whats the best approach to an offer of a free yankee if only one of your original yankee selections wins.
	Profiting from staying 2yos in the latter part of the season	Horse Racing	Mark Foley	It takes a certain kind of horse to win the late season staying 2yo races. Mark examines the factors that offer the best guidelines
	Readers requests trainer gambles 2	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	The second part examining the performance of flat trainers with respect to their entries that drift and drop in the betting
	Late season trainer 2yos	Horse Racing	Mark Foley	Which trainers should we focus on as the Autumn 2yo season kicks in
	Email chat - combining ratings	Horse Racing	Email group	Some interesting email discussion on combining two sets of ratings to make selections
	Do you remember the Legacy system	Horse Racing	Gerald Simpson	Gerald takes a run through the system and how it can be applied today
	Statistical forecasting models and football match outcomes 3	Football	Alun Owen	Alun continues his series with part 3 on modelling football match outcomes.


	Title	Type	Author	Description
	Readers Requests - Trainer Gambles	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	How do various trainers perform with their price droppers and drifters.
	Statistical Forecasting Models and Football Match Outcomes	Football	Alun Owen	Part II of Aluns series on modelling techniques for football match prediction.
	Jockey / Trainer Combinations	Horse Racing	Dave Renham	A look at the profitable areas surrounding various trainers and jockeys combined
	Does the Going Matter	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	Just how important is the going to the betting pound in our pocket
	Front Running Research	Horse Racing	Dave Renham	Dave continues his research into pace patterns on the flat
	Blink Update	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	Update on the progress and profit of Blink selections from the web site


	Title	Type	Author	Description
	Profiting From Pullers	Horse Racing	Mark Layden	What have the Derby winner New Approach and the 60 rated Grey Boy got in common?.
	Key Race profits	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	A continuation of the key race analysis from the last couple of months
	Pace Disadvantaged LTO	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	A look at what constitutes a pace disadvantaged horse last time out and how to spot them.
	Running Styles / Pace Bias	Horse Racing	Dave Renham	Dave continues his analysis of pace bias paying particular attention to courses
	Blink - Thats Overpriced	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	Inspired by a recent read, a ready replacment is found for the Edgewise experiment with some promising early results.
	My Euro	Football	John F Jackson	John takes a look at his Euro 2008 betting experience


	Title	Type	Author	Description
	Everything you wanted to know about Kelly	Staking	John Jackson	John sets about unravelling the much talked about Kelly
	Entry Profiling	Horse Racing	Mark Litlewood	Whats in an entry, a look at the stats behind the trainer habits.
	Profiting from Market Movers	Horse Racing	Peter Marko	Peter continues his look at trading the horses and appeals for volunteers
	Email Chat	Horse Racing	Michael Bowman	A discussion of the WellIn horses on the web site highlights an excellent start to the season.
	Key Race Profits	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	A look at the profit from the previous months key races and a look ahead to this month
	Three breeding KISS systems	Horse Racing	Dave Renham	Three systems based on pedigree stats
	Statistical Forecasting Models and Football Match Outcomes 1	Football	Alun Owen	Part 1 introduces Models Based on the Poisson Probability Distribution


	Title	Type	Author	Description
	Topspeed Recency And Runs	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	This month the question of what works best with topspeed is turned on handicap chasers.
	Key Races II	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	Following on from last months article, a look at Mays key races and how the April ones have shaped up.
	A Possible Method For Greening Up On Betfair	Horse Racing	Saltbob	A look at one of this months exchanges on the email list.
	The Punters Revenge Effect	Horse Racing	Justin Penrose	The first in a series of recommended books that helped shape members thinking about betting.
	KISS	Horse Racing	Dave Renham	The second of Dave's keep it simple stupid systems.
	Profiting from Market Moves	Horse Racing	Peter Marko	Is it possible to identify sufficient morning price droppers to trade a profit. Peter looks at a method that shows some early promise.
	The Newmarket Wizards III	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	This months interview with the pro's is with author and pro punter Alan Potts
	Trading in Running	Horse Racing	Dave Renham	Dave takes a look at in running trading with a blow by blow account of one days trading.


	Title	Type	Author	Description
	Watching Paddock Watchers III	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	The conclusion to the paddock watching experiment and the question of whether there is value in the parade ring.
	Topspeed Recency and Runs	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	Prompted by an email list question, a look at how best to use speed figures in terms of recency and runs.
	Racing Trends Revealed	Horse Racing	Dave Renham	A review of the new book by David Myers
	Sprint Handicap Preparation for the Flat Season	Horse Racing	Dave Renham	Dave takes a look at an alternative approach to evaluating race class.
	Key Races	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	Can we identify key races before they occur. A look at the American definition and perhaps how past key races might help.
	K.ISS	Horse Racing	Dave Renham	A welcome return for this series of simple systems put forward by readers.
	Sample Space	Horse Racing	John F Jackson	John gears his probability corner towards some questions raised on the email list regarding the value or no value inherent in a free yankee bet offered by bookmakers.
	Review of the 2007 2yo Turf Season	Horse Racing	Peter May	Peter May takes a look at last years 2yo with a view to the 2008 season


	Title	Type	Author	Description
	The Journey of the Invisible Pink Unicorn	Horse Racing	John Jackson	John identifies common but erroneous gambling beliefs. Explains the intuition behind Kulldorff�s strategy for gambling on favourable games.
	Your Country Needs You	Horse Racing	John Jackson	Jacko makes a call to arms and as an example asks what you would like to see in a programming or probabaility corner.
	The Edgewise Experiment part 1	Horse Racing	Justin Penrose & Peter Marko	The wisdom of crowds and concensus value betting experiment currently active on the email list, Justin and Peter go behind the figures to maximise profit.
	Watching Paddock Watchers II	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	Does paddck watching actually offer an edge. An update on the figures first quoted in the Feb Mag.
	Making a Profit with Spread Betting	Horse Racing	Alex	Getting started with spread betting isn't easy. Alex guides the way.
	The Newmarket Wizards II	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	Under the spotlight this month is pro gambler Laurence Lambourn, the man behind equineinvestments.co.uk
1	Pace Angles for Profit III on the AW	Horse Racing	Dave Renham	Dave continues his investigation of pace angles focusing this month on Lingfield
	Automatic Betting Data Sources and Smartform	Horse Racing	Colin Magee	An introduction to the world of automatic betting in its widest sense and the limitations of previous provisions.


	Title	Type	Author	Description
	EdgeWise the wisdom of crowds	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	An account of how SmarterSig members pooled resources and opinions to crack open some real profit in January.
	Watching paddock watchers	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	Does paddock watching yield a real edge. Mark begins a project to find out.
	The newmarket wizards	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	Last months interviewee and pro punter Russell Clarke answers some readers questions on pro punting
	Pace angles for profit on the AW (2)	Horse Racing	Dave Renham	A continuation of this series into how pace analysis can be utilised on the AW
	AI ratings review	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	The AI ratngs have been around for a few years. What are they made up of and how have they performed?.
	A bumpy ride on the road to profit	Horse Racing	Mark Foley	Mark takes a look at some profitable angles in NH bumper races
	Alternative strategies for football game predictions	Football	Stefan Perry	Stef takes a look at how it may be possble to move away from an overall evaluation of form when assessing a football match to one which becomes sensitive to how each team has perfomed against similar sides to the one it meets today.


	Title	Type	Author	Description
	Early, Live and SP Betting	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	Are we better off betting in the early or pre race live markets. Some stats from a survey highlight where its best to play.
1	The Sports Trader Blog	Horse Racing	Justin Penrose	Justin looks at the methods behind a profitable in running sports trader.
	AW Trainer Stats	Horse Racing	Dave Renham	With the AW season about to kick in, Dave takes a look at some profitable AW trainer angles.
1	Pace Angles for Profit	Horse Racing	Dave Renham	An examination of pace and its potential for profit on the All Weather tracks
	The Newmarket Wizards	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	First in a series of interviews with the professional players kicks off with Russell Clarke, ex Odds On columnist and long time pro'
1	First Time in Handicaps - Trainer Analysis	Horse Racing	Mark Littlewood	A brief look at trainer profiles for inmates making their first, second and third run in handicap company. Accompanying spreadsheet shows all trainers.