To January…
It has been an odd season so far, nowhere near soft enough for many, some yards haven’t got going at all yet (I’m looking at you Venetia!) and now a cold snap. Below you can find two yard’s who’ve historically done well in January, we’ll see if they can repeat the trick again. As always, current yard form is important. One of them is Sue Smith, who’s already 1/1 this month with the angle below, and can hopefully carry on. With any luck I haven’t missed the boat but that would be just my luck. I’m conscious they’ve had a superb season already, getting going a lot earlier than they have in the past, a very good December, and it could be they tail off a bit at some stage, but hopefully not just yet! The other is team Twister, who before Matata winning at Chelt, were having a quiet few weeks, but that could be good for us if his win is an indication they’re about to hit form again. Here’s hoping…
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Nigel & Willy Twiston-Davies
- January / National Hunt
- Distance: Up to 3m1f (25f)
- Class: 1, 2, 3, 4 (not Class 5)
- All Handicaps
- Horse Win handicaps: 0-3 (unexposed)
- Odds: 10/1 or shorter SP (bigger: 2/50, 7p, -16 SP)
| Bets | Wins | Win% | P/L(SP) | Places | Place% | P/L(BF) | P/L(Plc) | BF A/E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALL | 142 | 40 | 28.17 | 81.55 | 61 | 42.96 | 107.22 | 22.72 | 1.78 |
| 2025 | 14 | 4 | 28.57 | 11.75 | 5 | 35.71 | 17 | 2.37 | 1.58 |
| 2024 | 12 | 4 | 33.33 | 6.7 | 7 | 58.33 | 7.93 | 6.6 | 1.89 |
| 2023 | 9 | 3 | 33.33 | 1.5 | 3 | 33.33 | 2.08 | -4.26 | 1.75 |
| 2022 | 9 | 3 | 33.33 | 16 | 5 | 55.56 | 19.13 | 7.06 | 2.27 |
| 2021 | 10 | 3 | 30 | 1.5 | 3 | 30 | 2.5 | -5.14 | 1.69 |
| 2020 | 13 | 2 | 15.38 | -5.25 | 5 | 38.46 | -4.58 | -0.27 | 1.03 |
| 2019 | 18 | 8 | 44.44 | 36 | 9 | 50 | 43.5 | 8.64 | 3.57 |
| 2018 | 20 | 3 | 15 | 1.5 | 5 | 25 | 3.26 | -2.54 | 0.89 |
| 2017 | 26 | 8 | 30.77 | 15.6 | 15 | 57.69 | 20.31 | 11.72 | 2.09 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2 | 18.18 | -3.75 | 4 | 36.36 | -3.89 | -1.47 | 1.21 |
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Sue Smith & J Parkinson
- January / National Hunt
- Class: 1, 2, 3, 5
- All handicaps
- Odds: Any
| Bets | Wins | Win% | P/L(SP) | Places | Place% | P/L(BF) | P/L(Plc) | BF A/E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALL | 104 | 33 | 31.73 | 117 | 52 | 50 | 144.79 | 45.53 | 2 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 100 | 8 | 1 | 100 | 9.45 | 2.22 | 11.11 |
| 2025 | 17 | 7 | 41.18 | 25.68 | 9 | 52.94 | 32.41 | 5.09 | 2.24 |
| 2024 | 8 | 1 | 12.5 | -3.5 | 3 | 37.5 | -3.54 | 2.72 | 0.85 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2 | 22.22 | 24.5 | 4 | 44.44 | 33.86 | 11.71 | 2.33 |
| 2022 | 11 | 4 | 36.36 | 12 | 6 | 54.55 | 13.52 | 4.22 | 2.44 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 9 | 3 | 33.33 | 8.33 | 5 | 55.56 | 9.83 | 2.05 | 1.79 |
| 2019 | 9 | 4 | 44.44 | 13.75 | 5 | 55.56 | 16.01 | 2.92 | 2.3 |
| 2018 | 14 | 5 | 35.71 | 10.24 | 9 | 64.29 | 11.85 | 10.22 | 1.83 |
| 2017 | 10 | 3 | 30 | 8.5 | 3 | 30 | 9.46 | -0.74 | 2.04 |
| 2016 | 14 | 3 | 21.43 | 11.5 | 7 | 50 | 13.93 | 7.11 | 1.55 |
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Hopefully those angles help you land on a few winners in the coming weeks.
Happy New Year,
Josh