Saturday, 6 June 2015

Epsom Derby Trends Analysis

Firstly, an explanation for those wondering – some technical setbacks meant that we lost a lot of prepared content for the Derby and the Oaks that couldn’t be recovered in time for the big days. In fact, we should have been previewing every single race at Epsom this weekend in detail but due to other commitments couldn’t possibly have redone the many hours of work which had been lost.

However, for our trends analysis to miss out on Derby day would be a massive loss – in 2013, the Derby was one of the first ever races previewed by our trends analysis and provided us with one of our first winners at 9/1. The following year it repeated the feat, and although it was a shorter price, there’s only one winner and the trends analysis selected it.

Although the trends analysis has developed over time (two years ago you would have seen tables regarding days since their last run and positions in the market) but we think it has improved and so we’ll go into this Derby with confidence, provided the trends analysis actually gives us a bet. Let’s see...

1) Stall

Stall
Runners
Wins
W%
Places
P%
W/P
W/P%
1
9
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
2
9
0
0%
3
33%
3
33%
3
10
1
10%
1
10%
2
20%
4
9
1
11%
1
11%
2
22%
5
10
2
20%
1
10%
3
30%
6
10
0
0%
1
10%
1
10%
7
10
1
10%
1
10%
2
20%
8
10
1
10%
1
10%
2
20%
9
10
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
10
9
2
22%
2
22%
4
44%
11
9
0
0%
4
44%
4
44%
12
9
1
11%
2
22%
3
33%
13
5
0
0%
1
20%
1
20%
14
5
1
20%
1
20%
2
40%
15
4
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
16
4
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
17
3
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
18
2
0
0%
1
50%
1
50%
19
1
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%

Based on what we see above, the horses we’re going to focus on are those running from stalls 2, 5, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 18. Today these are Hans Holbein (2), Moheet (5), Jack Hobbs (10), Rogue Runner (11) and Success Days (12).

2) Place Last Time Out

Place LTO
Runners
Wins
W%
Places
P%
W/P
W/P%
1st
65
5
8%
12
18%
17
26%
2nd
26
3
12%
4
15%
7
27%
3rd
18
1
6%
2
11%
3
17%
4th
4
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
5th
5
0
0%
1
20%
1
20%
6th
5
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
7th
1
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
8th
5
0
0%
1
20%
1
20%
9th
1
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
14th
1
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%

Based on this we’ll be looking out for horses which finished 1st (Golden Horn, Hans Holbein, Kilimanjaro, Storm The Stars, Success Days), 2nd (Epicuris, Giovanni Canaletto, Jack Hobbs), 5th (Rogue Runner) or 8th (Moheet) last time out.

We need to remember that the data in this particular table only covers races in the UK and Ireland. This means that if a horse had their last run in France and their second last run in Ireland, their second last run will be included as their last run. Furthermore, 7 horses have run in the last 10 years without having ever run in the UK or Ireland, including one Derby winner, and none of these are included in the table. This just leads to some slight inaccuracies in the data.

10-Year Trends

3) 10 of the last 10 winners were sired by a horse with a stamina index of 9.0F+
Carbon Dating and Success Days don’t fit this trend

4) 10 of the last 10 winners had won at least 50% of their career starts
Carbon Dating is yet to win a race from 4 starts, Giovanni Canaletto has only won 1 from 3, Moheet had only won 1 from 3, Storm The Stars has won 2 from 6 – all the others fit this trend

5) 10 of the last 10 winners had run 1 or 2 times that year
Carbon Dating has been out 4 times this year, Hans Holbein has been seen 3 times, Storm The Stars has run 4 times and Success Days has run 3 times – the others fit this trend

6) 10 of the last 10 winners had finished in the top 3 on all of their starts that year
Carbon Dating, Moheet, Rogue Runner and Storm The Stars don’t fit this trend

7) 10 of the last 10 winners had run in the last 35 days
Epicuris is the only runner not to fit this trend

8) 9 of the last 10 winners had 2-5 career starts
Elm Park, Storm The Stars and Success Days have all run 6 times and so do not fit this trend.

9) 9 of the last 10 winners had won a group race
The only group winners in the field are Elm Park, Epicuris, Golden Horn, Hans Holbein and Success Days.

The Big Table

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Total
Carbon Dating
No
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
2
Elm Park
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
6
Epicuris
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
7
Giovanni Canaletto
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
6
Golden Horn
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
8
Hans Holbein
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
8
Jack Hobbs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
8
Kilimanjaro
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
7
Moheet
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
6
Rogue Runner
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
7
Storm The Stars
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
3
Success Days
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
6

It’s fair to say that this is exactly what we didn’t want – three horses finishing on the same score in the big table including the top 2 in the market. Golden Horn is currently the 15/8 favourite (Sportsbook), Jack Hobbs is 5/1 (Bet365, Paddy Power, StanJames, BetVictor) and Hans Holbein is 16/1 generally.  The first misses out based on the draw – he runs from stall 8 which has provided one winner and one place from 10 runners in 10 years. Jack Hobbs misses out based on the fact that he hasn’t won a group race – he was 2nd in the Dante behind Golden Horn on his sole group start. Hans Holbein has run one too many times this year to have a perfect record.

Officially, it is unfortunately a no-bet race but those are our three horses.

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