Thursday, October 4, 2012

Welcome to the Good Form Blog

Welcome!
Welcome to Harness Racing Victoria’s ‘Good Form’ wagering blog. The first of its kind anywhere in Australia, the ‘Good Form’ blog has been created & designed to assist punters wagering on Victorian harness racing by offering a unique insight into form analysis and delivering comprehensive punting advice straight from HRV's form analysts to complement the daily form comment found via Punters Corner on www.harness.org.au -  and in several leading publications including the Herald Sun. 

What is it – exactly?
As of today’s launch, Good Form is a work in progress. As mentioned, its chief objective will be to deliver inside information from HRV’s in-house team of form experts.
The way this will be done is by offering fans and converts the hidden secrets and underlying info which will hopefully help them walk away winners on the punt.
In its formative stages, Good Form will focus on five clear categories.
They are: The Game Plan, Black Bookers, Star Triallers, Speed Maps & Programme in Review.



The Categories

The Game Plan
The Game Plan will be a daily punting platform which details how one of HRV’s form team – headed by Michael Polster – would attack the Victorian meeting/s of the day.
This platform will be variable, with some programme’s throwing up a series of quality exotics and value bets and others more difficult to pin down.
One constant in the Good Form Game Plan will be Quaddies. At least one Quaddie per programme will be listed although more often than not Quads will be split to accommodate a $100 spend.

Black Bookers
Black Bookers are also fairly self evident. In this section HRV’s form team will offer punters the benefit of their video reviews by nominating all the eye-catching performance of the previous day/night’s meeting/s.
Each horse nominated for the Black Book will be accompanied by a brief comment about why they have been nominated and a link to the video of their performance for punters to view for themselves.
Once a database of Black Bookers has been established, punters will also be informed before every meeting whether any previous Black Bookers are engaged.

Star Triallers
Much like Black Bookers the Star Triallers category will outline outstanding trial performances from the previous 24 hours so punters are abreast of a resuming horse’s progress before they make it back to the track.
Also as with the Black Book, all Star Triallers will be identified when next at the track once a stockpile has been created.
In the formative stages of Good Form, some Star Triallers may be identified before this stockpile has been gathered so punters can have confidence or otherwise about horses resuming from a spell.

Speed Maps
A seminal addition to current Harness Racing form analysis will be the inclusion of Speed Maps for every Friday night meeting at Melton from this weekend - 5/10 - onwards.
Each Speed Map will be defined by the identification of horses with gate speed who are drawn the front line along with the presence of Natural Enforcers – or horses who thrive on racing tough – and an appraisal on whether any given race will feature genuine speed or otherwise.
It is hoped Speed Maps will eventually be a feature of form analysis for EVERY Victorian meeting although trialling the concept on Friday night’s and benefitting from feedback from YOU THE PUNTER will be crucial to its ongoing success.

Programme in Review
Programme in Review will be the final regular segment of the Good Form Blog and its role will be to investigate how HRV’s form analysts are travelling with their tips and suggested bets.
As they say, the proof is in the pudding and by auditing our efforts via Programme in Review it’s hoped that those following Good Form can wager with confidence knowing they’re in safe punting hands.

Feedback
As mentioned several times, Good Form is here as the ultimate punters pal and as such we will be hoping for plenty of feedback from punters on how to complement & improve this service over the upcoming weeks and months.
To make a suggestion or ask a question about Good Form, simply email us at feedback@hrv.org.au.
Good Form form analysis will be updated DAILY and begins tonight's Melton programme. So join us then punters for all the Good Form news. 











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