Post by Alan Browse on Mar 19, 2018 10:40:01 GMT
With ECM 2018 only three months away, I've fired up my trusty horse racing program to generate some beer and petrol money. It relies on "screen scraping" several websites, so I needed to fix quite a few errors due to website changes since I last ran it. But it was well worth the effort, as after one week I'm already £500 up! 
Anyway, going through today's races, it popped up with a selection in the 17:20 at Limerick - a horse named Alpine Cobra.
My program operates on a well proven system based on using trend analysis to find horses whose odds are likely to shorten before the race starts, thereby giving me an advantage over the bookmakers. So it's all about maths and statistics rather than individual horses - but I have to say I'm tempted to double my usual stake on this one! Not only is the name very appropriate for ECM 2018, but with all the Irish racing cancelled over the weekend it's the first day's racing since St Patrick's Day - so it may have all the luck of the Irish behind it, begorrah!
He's won quite a few chases and hurdle races, but this is only his second appearance on a proper racecourse. He was well beaten at 20/1 in his first one, and there are two hot favourites in this race - so it will be interesting to see how he gets on!
Anyway, going through today's races, it popped up with a selection in the 17:20 at Limerick - a horse named Alpine Cobra.
My program operates on a well proven system based on using trend analysis to find horses whose odds are likely to shorten before the race starts, thereby giving me an advantage over the bookmakers. So it's all about maths and statistics rather than individual horses - but I have to say I'm tempted to double my usual stake on this one! Not only is the name very appropriate for ECM 2018, but with all the Irish racing cancelled over the weekend it's the first day's racing since St Patrick's Day - so it may have all the luck of the Irish behind it, begorrah!
He's won quite a few chases and hurdle races, but this is only his second appearance on a proper racecourse. He was well beaten at 20/1 in his first one, and there are two hot favourites in this race - so it will be interesting to see how he gets on!
