Sports and Racing Analysis
Zac Christie writes sports and racing analysis across TheAIbet media network, with a focus on form, data and the numbers that actually decide results.
Race PreviewsThe $1 million Golden Rose headlines Rosehill. Victoria has no metropolitan meeting at all, and the biggest Melbourne race of the weekend is on Sunday.
Race ReviewsAngel Capital broke through for his first Group 1 in the Sir Rupert Clarke at Caulfield. From here the carnival gets serious — Turnbull, Caulfield Guineas, Caulfield Cup, a Cox Plate at Flemington and a Melbourne Cup, all inside six weeks.
Track AnalysisJockeys refused the track on Group 1 morning. The rail moved before racing, an independent report is coming, and the Manikato has lost three starters.
Race ReviewsCaulfield, 29 August: a four-year-old resuming beat Mr Brightside and Cosmic Crusader, and Chris Waller had his second Group 1 in eight days.
Race ReviewsRandwick, 22 August: the first Group 1 of the Australian season went to the favourite, and to the trainer whose name is on the race more than anyone’s.
Racing NewsFirst acceptances close Tuesday. Sir Delius has topweight, Zahrann heads the market, and Half Yours is going to the Turnbull instead.
Track AnalysisFor the first time in its history the Cox Plate will be run somewhere other than Moonee Valley. The track is closed, and the race the Valley built has to work somewhere else.
Racing NewsThe $8,000 Stradbroke winner ran her Everest audition in The Shorts and didn’t win it. Two slots are filled. Ten are not.
Betting EducationRail positions, sectional times and the discipline of judging a bias while the meeting is still running.
Betting EducationWhat a betting market's percentage actually tells you, and why it's the quickest test of whether a price is fair.