Bumpers – Is It Possible To Make A Profit?

Bumper races or National hunt flat races are possibly the races that have the least amount of betting activity. The reason for this is probably due to the fact that there are too many unknowns – lightly raced horses whose careers will be shaped more in future races. A good proportion of bumper runners will simply be gaining experience, especially if their trainers perceive them to be ‘chasing-types’. Also they are pretty low grade affairs with not that much prize money on offer. At this juncture I feel I am almost talking myself out of investigating these races in more detail, so before I do, let me crunch some stats. I have taken data from 1^st January 2006 to 30^th September 2011. 

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We go on to analyse in detail the effect of criteria such as position in betting, country of horse's breeding, days since last run, sires and trainers.

Several profitable angles are revealed.