Post of the Month

Do stats mean anything?

In this new feature we select our favorite Betfair Forum post from the last month – and send the winner a piece of Betfair merchandise!

This month we've chosen a post from “dobbbin” who started a thread on stats. It was an interesting point to make and stimulated some good debate.

Topic: Do stats mean anything
Category: Horse Racing
Initial Post: 3rd Oct
Posted by: dobbbin

“(Do stats mean anything) for example, stall 6 has never won the arc, guess who won today, stall 6. If the first race at n/a hasn’t been won by the fav for 10 years, would you lay it tomorrow, after all it might win this year and next year, the stats will then say the fav has good record in this race having won the past 2 years, do stats mean anything.”

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