Cracking angles to improve your chances of backing festive winners
Christmas time is a treat for jump racing enthusiasts. Festivals at Leopardstown and Kempton deliver quality, and plenty of other fixtures over the busy period helps trainers – under pressure to give owners the perfect Christmas present of a winner – find suitable opportunities for their horses.
The sheer volume of races is potentially good news for punters, too. By digging into the stats it’s possible to identify trends and patterns that could improve your chances of backing festive winners.
Analysis of British-Irish jump races since 2010 which took place in a window covering the key festive races, between December 17 and January 10, has yielded these betting angles.
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