It's easy to ridicule the behaviour of betting shop punters, labelling them "mugs", but this hive mentality is to be expected when so many in the racing media use the words "steamer" and "drifter" as short-hand for "certain winner" or "certain loser"....

It is not uncommon for punters to get unto a flap when a horse drifts. They begin to imagine all manner of horror stories, largely circulating around the prospect that their horse will not be doing its best. During our earlier form study we have already...

After handicapping the race yesterday evening, upon reviewing the early prices this morning I was concerned that Corals were biggest price on one of my selections Rapid City in the 2:10 at Lingfield. Fortunately per my “two horses against the field”...