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Ben Aitken (NTF)

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Horse Racing Website owner (www.narrowingthefield.co.uk) - Retired Greyhound owner - Scotsman living in Yorkshire - Scottish half of 'The Racing PodBlast' podcast - Looking to connect with other Horse Racing fans 🏇

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Ben Aitken (NTF) @narrowingthefield.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
There are horses that were beaten last week... ...and horses that never had a chance in the first place. The market often treats them the same... That's where the opportunity lies... Latest BDH Notes ⤵️ www.narrowingthefield.co.uk/ntf-badly-dr...
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The final stretch of the 2026 flat season has begun...
Champions Day at Ascot is now firmly on the horizon...Which means that the NTF Summer Service will soon be...
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Ben Aitken (NTF) @narrowingthefield.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
There are horses that were beaten last week... ...and horses that never had a chance in the first place. The market often treats them the same... That's where the opportunity lies... Latest BDH Notes ⤵️ www.narrowingthefield.co.uk/ntf-badly-dr...
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The final stretch of the 2026 flat season has begun...
Champions Day at Ascot is now firmly on the horizon...Which means that the NTF Summer Service will soon be...
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Ben Aitken (NTF) @narrowingthefield.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
📝 BDH Notes: You need Intense Vision to succeed... 🔗 www.narrowingthefield.co.uk/ntf-badly-dr... 🔎 The straight track at Ascot is still showing a significant bias towards one section of the draw… this week’s featured BDH horse being a perfect example… #horseracing
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The final stretch of the 2026 flat season has begun...
Champions Day at Ascot is now firmly on the horizon...Which means that the NTF Summer Service will soon be...
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Ben Aitken (NTF) @narrowingthefield.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
📝 BDH Notes: You need Intense Vision to succeed... 🔗 www.narrowingthefield.co.uk/ntf-badly-dr... 🔎 The straight track at Ascot is still showing a significant bias towards one section of the draw… this week’s featured BDH horse being a perfect example… #horseracing
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The final stretch of the 2026 flat season has begun...
Champions Day at Ascot is now firmly on the horizon...Which means that the NTF Summer Service will soon be...
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igiveyouthegist.bsky.social @igiveyouthegist.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
From Chris Cook’s column in today’s RP, a hugely painful betting disaster going back to 1993.
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Ben Aitken (NTF) @narrowingthefield.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The value winners in your tracker are far more likely to be hiding amongst the beaten horses than the obvious ones everyone is talking about... Worth a look if you're serious about finding value 👇
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Ben Aitken (NTF) @narrowingthefield.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
📝 NTF Badly Drawn Horse Notes: 20th – 26th Sept 🔍 '...there have been 14 such races in 2026, 12 of them won by a horse drawn in Q1 or Q2… horses drawn in Q3 & Q4 have returned combined stats of… 2/94 | 2% S/R | -£67.00 – 71% below exp…' www.narrowingthefield.co.uk/ntf-badly-dr...
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BDH to follow: Bro what you Say?
These big-field autumn contests create similar BDH opportunities that we find during much of the season... but with the added mix of softening ground... which gives the potential for some...
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Ben Aitken (NTF) @narrowingthefield.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
📝 NTF Badly Drawn Horse Notes: 20th – 26th Sept 🔍 '...there have been 14 such races in 2026, 12 of them won by a horse drawn in Q1 or Q2… horses drawn in Q3 & Q4 have returned combined stats of… 2/94 | 2% S/R | -£67.00 – 71% below exp…' www.narrowingthefield.co.uk/ntf-badly-dr...
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BDH to follow: Bro what you Say?
These big-field autumn contests create similar BDH opportunities that we find during much of the season... but with the added mix of softening ground... which gives the potential for some...
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Ben Aitken (NTF) @narrowingthefield.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🌧️ Now the ground has started to soften, one horse from this week's BDH Notes keeps catching my eye... 🏇 UNCLE DON 🔍 He's a lot more interesting than his recent form suggests... Read the full analysis here ⤵️ narrowingthefield.co.uk/ntf-badly-dr... #HorseRacing
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BDH Notes: 13th - 19th Sept
The Ayr Gold Cup Meeting produced some seriously testing conditions and the market inevitably begins to focus on horses with obvious...
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Ben Aitken (NTF) @narrowingthefield.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🌧️ Now the ground has started to soften, one horse from this week's BDH Notes keeps catching my eye... 🏇 UNCLE DON 🔍 He's a lot more interesting than his recent form suggests... Read the full analysis here ⤵️ narrowingthefield.co.uk/ntf-badly-dr... #HorseRacing
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BDH Notes: 13th - 19th Sept
The Ayr Gold Cup Meeting produced some seriously testing conditions and the market inevitably begins to focus on horses with obvious...
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Jane Wills @jwillsartist.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Ihave a late summer discount on all my limited editions in the shop . They are all signed and numbered editions and very limited . Please take a look , you may like something . Art is a bit of a luxury i know but these hard times have badly affected my income . paintyourhorse.etsy.com .
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Simon Nott @simonnott.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Newbury betting ring Saturday www.starsportsbet.co.uk/simon-nott-b...
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SIMON NOTT BETTING BLOG: Newbury Saturday
Today’s racing at Newbury looked, at least on paper like a difficult card, so difficult that my often-mentioned yesterday pro-punting pal Alan Potts had given the meeting a swerve, writes SIMON NOTT. ...
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Ben Aitken (NTF) @narrowingthefield.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Interesting 'angle' to keep in mind for Ayr this week... Andrew Mullen ✅ 21 wins from 63 ✅ +£73 .17 BFSP profit ✅ 76% above market expectation But only from specific draw quarters... Angle available in latest 'Draw Jockeys' post...👇 www.narrowingthefield.co.uk/draw-jockeys...
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Draw Jockeys: Ayr
The Draw Doesn't Affect Every Jockey Equally...The Ayr Gold Cup meeting is one of those mini-festivals where small edges can make a huge difference...
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Ben Aitken (NTF) @narrowingthefield.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Interesting 'angle' to keep in mind for Ayr this week... Andrew Mullen ✅ 21 wins from 63 ✅ +£73 .17 BFSP profit ✅ 76% above market expectation But only from specific draw quarters... Angle available in latest 'Draw Jockeys' post...👇 www.narrowingthefield.co.uk/draw-jockeys...
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Draw Jockeys: Ayr
The Draw Doesn't Affect Every Jockey Equally...The Ayr Gold Cup meeting is one of those mini-festivals where small edges can make a huge difference...
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Ben Aitken (NTF) @narrowingthefield.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
📊 Draw bias is only half the story... 🔎The other half? Jockey behaviour... 🏇 Who attacks, who switches, who panics, who thrives... 📝 Get it all here... ⤵️ www.narrowingthefield.co.uk/the-draw-zon...
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Free 'Draw Jockeys' Guide
Draw Jockeys: See the patterns most punters never even notice...
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Ben Aitken (NTF) @narrowingthefield.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
⚠️ HORSES TO FORGIVE ⚠️ Not every defeat is a bad run... Some horses were effectively beaten by the draw before the race even started... Like this 4yo from last week's Ascot action 👇 narrowingthefield.co.uk/ntf-badly-dr... #HorseRacing #ValueBetting
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Latest BDH for your notebook...
This handicap was dominated by the top-half of the draw/Q4 of the draw... the first 3 home were drawn...
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Ben Aitken (NTF) @narrowingthefield.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
⚠️ HORSES TO FORGIVE ⚠️ Not every defeat is a bad run... Some horses were effectively beaten by the draw before the race even started... Like this 4yo from last week's Ascot action 👇 narrowingthefield.co.uk/ntf-badly-dr... #HorseRacing #ValueBetting
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Latest BDH for your notebook...
This handicap was dominated by the top-half of the draw/Q4 of the draw... the first 3 home were drawn...
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Ben Aitken (NTF) @narrowingthefield.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🔀 Latest BDH post: The draw made it an even Harder Endeavor... 🏇 Based on some sire and trainer stats this one has a very interesting profile for the remainder of the season... www.narrowingthefield.co.uk/ntf-badly-dr...
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Latest BDH for your notebook...
This handicap was dominated by the top-half of the draw/Q4 of the draw... the first 3 home were drawn...
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Ben Aitken (NTF) @narrowingthefield.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
📊 Draw bias is only half the story... 🔎The other half? Jockey behaviour... 🏇 Who attacks, who switches, who panics, who thrives... 📝 Get it all here... ⤵️ www.narrowingthefield.co.uk/the-draw-zon...
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Free 'Draw Jockeys' Guide
Draw Jockeys: See the patterns most punters never even notice...
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Ben Aitken (NTF) @narrowingthefield.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
📊 Draw bias is only half the story... 🔎The other half? Jockey behaviour... 🏇 Who attacks, who switches, who panics, who thrives... 📝 I’ve broken it all down here... ⤵️ ben-aitken.optin.com/forms/448035...
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Ben Aitken (NTF) @narrowingthefield.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
📊 Ebor week was the kind of week that shows what structured thinking can do when the draw, pace, trends, stats and long-term patterns all line up… 👉 narrowingthefield.co.uk/ntf-badly-dr... 🔀 It's also a meeting that's ripe for picking off some BDH's to follow...
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BDH Notes: York Ebor Meeting Edition
The 2026 York Ebor Festival is now securely tucked away in the form book...And things were very much clicking over the 4-days on the full NTF Members Service...
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Ben Aitken (NTF) @narrowingthefield.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
📊 Ebor week was the kind of week that shows what structured thinking can do when the draw, pace, trends, stats and long-term patterns all line up… 👉 narrowingthefield.co.uk/ntf-badly-dr... 🔀 It's also a meeting that's ripe for picking off some BDH's to follow...
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BDH Notes: York Ebor Meeting Edition
The 2026 York Ebor Festival is now securely tucked away in the form book...And things were very much clicking over the 4-days on the full NTF Members Service...
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Geegeez @geegeez.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
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Ebor Festival 2026: A Statistical Overview
The Ebor Festival at York – A statistical look back over the past ten meetings The Ebor Festival at York Racecourse is one of the crown jewels of the British Flat racing season, writes Dave Renham. Indeed, I would argue it is the third most prestigious meeting of the year behind Royal Ascot and Glorious […] The post Ebor Festival 2026: A Statistical Overview first appeared on geegeez.co.uk.
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Ben Aitken (NTF) @narrowingthefield.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
📊 Most punters look at the draw... 4️⃣ Very few look at how jockeys behave from each draw quarter... 📖 This guide does... and it will change how you look at races... 👉 ben-aitken.optin.com/forms/448035...
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Ben Aitken (NTF) @narrowingthefield.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
📊 Most punters look at the draw... 4️⃣ Very few look at how jockeys behave from each draw quarter... 📖 This guide does... and it will change how you look at races... 👉 ben-aitken.optin.com/forms/448035...
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Enter your name and best email below and get five of the BEST (and five of the WORST!) Jockey Draw Angles delivered straight to your inbox...
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Ben Aitken (NTF) @narrowingthefield.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
🔀 7th of 18 from a tricky draw at Goodwood… but he can flow a very different way next time out... 📝 If you only track one BDH from Glorious Goodwood, make it this one 👇 www.narrowingthefield.co.uk/ntf-badly-dr...
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BDH to follow from Glorious Goodwood
Glorious Goodwood 2026 is now firmly locked and loaded in the form book...... and safe to say the meeting was a favourites paradise this year!
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Ben Aitken (NTF) @narrowingthefield.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
🔀 7th of 18 from a tricky draw at Goodwood… but he can flow a very different way next time out... 📝 If you only track one BDH from Glorious Goodwood, make it this one 👇 www.narrowingthefield.co.uk/ntf-badly-dr...
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BDH to follow from Glorious Goodwood
Glorious Goodwood 2026 is now firmly locked and loaded in the form book...... and safe to say the meeting was a favourites paradise this year!
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Ben Aitken (NTF) @narrowingthefield.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
❌ If you want hype, skip it. ✅ If you want understanding, download it. 👉 Free Goodwood guide... ben-aitken.aweb.page/unlock-goodw...
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Free Goodwood Guide
The 7 best Goodwood jockeys on the round track... the 2 best jockeys on the straight track... and a Goodwood draw matrix for all distances on the round track...
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Ben Aitken (NTF) @narrowingthefield.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
❌ If you want hype, skip it. ✅ If you want understanding, download it. 👉 Free Goodwood guide... ben-aitken.aweb.page/unlock-goodw...
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Free Goodwood Guide
The 7 best Goodwood jockeys on the round track... the 2 best jockeys on the straight track... and a Goodwood draw matrix for all distances on the round track...
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Ben Aitken (NTF) @narrowingthefield.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Glorious Goodwood (and beyond)... ⤵️
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Ben Aitken (NTF) @narrowingthefield.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Glorious Goodwood (and beyond)... ⤵️
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Ben Aitken (NTF) @narrowingthefield.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
🔎 An Oisin Murphy Goodwood angle that delivers at a 42% strike rate... www.narrowingthefield.co.uk/these-jockey...
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These Goodwood jockeys will drive you round the bend!
Goodwood is one of the trickiest tracks for a jockey to navigate......some jockeys make it look easy... whilst others... well... don’t!
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Ben Aitken (NTF) @narrowingthefield.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
🔎 An Oisin Murphy Goodwood angle that delivers at a 42% strike rate... www.narrowingthefield.co.uk/these-jockey...
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These Goodwood jockeys will drive you round the bend!
Goodwood is one of the trickiest tracks for a jockey to navigate......some jockeys make it look easy... whilst others... well... don’t!
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Ben Aitken (NTF) @narrowingthefield.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
📝 You need to Sail This Ship Alone... www.narrowingthefield.co.uk/ntf-badly-dr...
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Latest FREE BDH
The sheer quantity of cards is, however, a blessing for analysis. It gives me plenty of scope to dig for Badly Drawn Horses...
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Adam Mills @geegeebanker.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The remaining unraced 2YOs that the Fabre training partnership have yet to unleash for Godolphin in France 🇫🇷 The aptly named Friar Tuck and Critical Thinker are the ones that I’m most looking forward to ⬇️
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Ben Aitken (NTF) @narrowingthefield.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
📝 NTF Notes: Pop this BDH Master in your notebook... www.narrowingthefield.co.uk/ntf-badly-dr...
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Free Badly Drawn Horse to follow
All 3 of those meetings providing a selection of races that work brilliantly for my Race Trends analysis methods... the following 4 races...
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Ben Aitken (NTF) @narrowingthefield.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
📝 NTF Notes: Pop this BDH Master in your notebook... www.narrowingthefield.co.uk/ntf-badly-dr...
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Free Badly Drawn Horse to follow
All 3 of those meetings providing a selection of races that work brilliantly for my Race Trends analysis methods... the following 4 races...
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Ben Aitken (NTF) @narrowingthefield.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
📝 BDH Notes: Pop this Master in your notebook... www.narrowingthefield.co.uk/ntf-badly-dr...
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Badly Drawn Horse for your notebook
'There was a track bias at play at this Newbury meeting, with the straight track very much favouring those drawn low – with winners of the straight track races drawn in stalls 1-3-1-2-1...'
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Ben Aitken (NTF) @narrowingthefield.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
👀 Quick read, big edge: High draws were getting hammered at Newbury last week... as always, however, that creates big value for some runners on their next start(s)... www.narrowingthefield.co.uk/ntf-badly-dr...
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Badly Drawn Horse for your notebook
'There was a track bias at play at this Newbury meeting, with the straight track very much favouring those drawn low – with winners of the straight track races drawn in stalls 1-3-1-2-1...'
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Ben Aitken (NTF) @narrowingthefield.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
👀 Quick read, big edge: High draws were getting hammered at Newbury last week... as always, however, that creates big value for some runners on their next start(s)... www.narrowingthefield.co.uk/ntf-badly-dr...
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Badly Drawn Horse for your notebook
'There was a track bias at play at this Newbury meeting, with the straight track very much favouring those drawn low – with winners of the straight track races drawn in stalls 1-3-1-2-1...'
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Geegeez @geegeez.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Losing runs aren't good - in fact they are pretty grim 😡 How we cope with them can define us as bettors. Check out this article from Tony Keenan on dealing with losing runs 👇 www.geegeez.co.uk/the-punti...
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Coping with Losing Runs
The Punting Confessional: Losing Runs and how to deal with them... Dundalk, April 11thAnother losing day among many at the start of this  current flat season so now seems a good time to
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Ben Aitken (NTF) @narrowingthefield.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
🔀 NTF Badly Drawn Horse to follow... 🏰 A strong Sign from the Castle... www.narrowingthefield.co.uk/ntf-badly-dr...
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Badly Drawn Horse for your notebook
'There was a track bias at play at this Newbury meeting, with the straight track very much favouring those drawn low – with winners of the straight track races drawn in stalls 1-3-1-2-1...'
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Ben Aitken (NTF) @narrowingthefield.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
🔀 NTF Badly Drawn Horse to follow... 🏰 A strong Sign from the Castle... www.narrowingthefield.co.uk/ntf-badly-dr...
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Badly Drawn Horse for your notebook
'There was a track bias at play at this Newbury meeting, with the straight track very much favouring those drawn low – with winners of the straight track races drawn in stalls 1-3-1-2-1...'
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Ben Aitken (NTF) @narrowingthefield.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
🔀 The Royal Ascot track bias happened... it's done... the form is locked in... moaning about the bias won't change the results... so use it to your advantage and profit from what happens next... 👇 www.narrowingthefield.co.uk/ntf-badly-dr...
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NTF Badly Drawn Horse Notes: 2026 Royal Ascot Edition - Narrowing The Field
Royal Ascot 2026 is now firmly in the formbook...And I think it's safe to say it was a meeting dominated in no small part...
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Ben Aitken (NTF) @narrowingthefield.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
🔀 The Royal Ascot track bias happened... it's done... the form is locked in... moaning about the bias won't change the results... so use it to your advantage and profit from what happens next... 👇 www.narrowingthefield.co.uk/ntf-badly-dr...
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NTF Badly Drawn Horse Notes: 2026 Royal Ascot Edition - Narrowing The Field
Royal Ascot 2026 is now firmly in the formbook...And I think it's safe to say it was a meeting dominated in no small part...
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Geegeez @geegeez.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
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3yo+ First Time in a Handicap: An Analysis
Horses aged three or older: analysing their first run in a flat handicap In this article, as the title states, I will be looking horses having their first run in a handicap race on the flat, writes Dave Renham. Specifically, I am ignoring two-year-olds and focusing solely on horses aged three or older. Data have […] The post 3yo+ First Time in a Handicap: An Analysis first appeared on geegeez.co.uk.
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Ben Aitken (NTF) @narrowingthefield.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
🔀 BDH Notes: Royal Ascot edition... www.narrowingthefield.co.uk/ntf-badly-dr...
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NTF Badly Drawn Horse Notes: 2026 Royal Ascot Edition - Narrowing The Field
Royal Ascot 2026 is now firmly in the formbook...And I think it's safe to say it was a meeting dominated in no small part...
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Ben Aitken (NTF) @narrowingthefield.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
📝 Latest BDH available below ⤵️
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Ben Aitken (NTF) @narrowingthefield.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
🎶 I’m sorry Miss Jackson, ooh…🎶 🔀 Bad draw, big run... one horse I’ll be backing on coming starts... Notes here ⤵️ www.narrowingthefield.co.uk/ntf-badly-dr...
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'I'm sorry Miss Jackson, ooh, your draw was poor...'
Here is this week's Badly Drawn Horse for your notebook... taken from last Friday's Thirsk action...
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Ben Aitken (NTF) @narrowingthefield.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
🎶 I’m sorry Miss Jackson, ooh…🎶 🔀 Bad draw, big run... one horse I’ll be backing on coming starts... Notes here ⤵️ www.narrowingthefield.co.uk/ntf-badly-dr...
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'I'm sorry Miss Jackson, ooh, your draw was poor...'
Here is this week's Badly Drawn Horse for your notebook... taken from last Friday's Thirsk action...
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