Both flat turf meetings are soft / heavy today so here's the FlatStats Sire Stats Table for such ground. Note the standout sire Teofilo. The stats are blue (good value), the sample size is very sufficient and it passes the Archie test at the medium threshold. Teofilo has one runner today with Luminous Approach in the 2:39 at Leicester. The horse is lightly raced on the turf with just one run - a 4.4L 5th of 11 over course and distance. That run was on Good to Firm, so form-meisters may overlook this horse. But statters will see the sire's record on this ground and would expect this horse to improve on it. 2:39L Luminous Approach

Clearing out some of my mother's stuff I found these photos of myself at my first ever protest event. It's 1971 and I am aged five. I am the shortest kid in the middle of the first picture; looking smart with a tie on. The event was to protest the Carbon Black factory, which blighted Port Tennant on the east side of Swansea. My nan and uncle lived there and when I went to visit them as a child I remember the awful soot pollution in the air that permeated into the houses. It was really nasty stuff. The London protests (as well as early one's at Swansea) were unsuccessful which then led to the complete blockade of the factory. 50 "housewives" blockaded the site round the clock. Eventually Port Tennant residents won but it was a long battle that shook Swansea council, and parliament. I may have been only five at the time but I think it instilled in me the passion to try and put things right what I believe are totally wrong. It's why I took on BT over the Phorm snooping scandal, and it's why I feel so strongly about 48 hour declarations, the going and watering fiasco, that are detrimental to racing.

Here's some FlatStats resources that could help you find winners at Doncaster. Jockeys on Soft / Heavy Ground Tables This ranks jockeys by the A/E value stat with the best value jockeys listed at the top. Today the best jockeys for this ground are: Rhys Clutterbuck (Egoli, Seagoing) George Wood (Goldmoyne, Harlequin Dream) Clutterbuck passes the Archie test, Wood, is just slightly under the threshold. Look at the bottom of the table and you will see jockeys who do not perform so well on soft ground. Colin Keane is near the bottom. Sires on Soft / Heavy Ground Tables If a horse has had no or only a few runs on soft ground then you need to check their sire stats. At the top end of the table (thus good value) are: Galileo Gold, Fast Company They don't quite pass the Archie test and there are others with higher A/Es but have lower (unreliable samples). At the other end of the table there are negatives for: Starspangledbanner, Dutch Art, Dark Angel, Sea The Stars, Havana Grey They do pass the Archie test so the stats should be reliable. But remember! If a horse has shown it can handle the mud that fact should over ride the sire stats. Horse / Going Combo Stats This is a resource that shows horses' records on the going, at the course, over the distance. So if you want to find out how many times Under The Sun has run on soft ground this table will show you "8 times and 1 win". Of course this is going to be low sample, but if you want to quickly see which horses have run many times (and won or not) on soft ground then this resource is for you. All pages have free samples so you can try them out. If you like the pages then join today and have full access for the rest of the flat turf season and into the new AW season. 1/2

Dosage Selections for Thursday 1:45N Happy Love 7:00S Diamond Blue Point 7:30S Beatrice Brianne Selections made from using the FlatStats Dosage / Pedigree resources.

All stats sites are not the same! Some sites display meaningless draw bias stats that are based on number of wins, strike rate or profit. All of these metrics are flawed because they have no value element. FlatStats is different. We calculate a Draw Bias Index (DBI) based on the A/E value stat. We do this so that we can identify draw biases that are over or underbet by the masses. We analyse Draw Ranges (the lowest, mid, and third highest of the field) rather than individual stalls. Any site that says "Stall 7 is profitable" is giving you unhelpful information. It is far better to look at a range rather than a single stall that is just a random stat. We perform Stall Smoothing. This is where draw bias ranges are smoothed so that there is no 'cliff edge' change from one stall to the next. Other sites may not do this. We perform Stall Shuffling. This is where a stall is shuffled up when there are early non runners. This process helps to make draw bias analysis more accurate. Other sites may not do this. Does your current website or racing resource do all of this? If not then try FlatStats today and see the difference.

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