BY DAVID DUFFIELD - sportsman
MY previous article shortlisted David Payne, Joe Pride, Kevin Moses and John O’Shea as four of the most profitable trainers to follow in metropolitan Sydney racing.
In applying a similar methodology to analyse the Sydney riding ranks, just three jockeys passed the test and are worth following from a punter’s perspective.
Nash Rawiller, Hugh Bowman and Nathan Berry were the only hoops that made at least 5% profit on turnover at level stakes in season 2008/9 and had at least 100 rides in the metropolitan area.
So how does their performance stack up over the longer-term? Let’s look at the numbers for the last three seasons combined:
Rawiller 18% POT
Bowman -9%
Berry 6%
(Please note these profit figures are based on tote prices only, so if you made the effort to find the best available odds you could improve these substantially).
Nash Rawiller’s profit figures are simply outstanding and they’re not the result of a couple of long-shots getting up. In fact you would have made very good profits simply backing his mounts when they’re in the market:
+8% when riding the favourite
+23% on the 2nd fave
+30% on the 3rd fave
Based on those numbers it’s worth taking a closer look Rawiller’s rides at Rosehill tomorrow:
Obama (Race 3)
Cortina Gal (Race 4)
Voice Coach (Race 7)
Snow Alert (Race
On the other side of the ledger, there were a number of jockeys that lost more than 30% on turnover from 100+ metro rides last season. Some of the bigger names who were well and truly overbet include Daniel Ganderton, Danny Nikolic, Jay Ford and Tye Angland.
