Extract from Sporting Bet website

Following trainer form is an angle that all punters should try to exploit. Turning this into a profitable exercise is often fraught, though, as we all latch onto the more newsworthy yards of Paul Nicholls and David Pipe. However, there is a bright young training star delighting the more savvy punters out there and his name is Tom Dascombe.

In his second season of training Tom Dascombe had an impressive 26 wins from 134 runs (a strike rate of 19%). This put him sixth in the strike rate table behind only training leviathans like Sir Michael Stoute, Godolphin and Sir Mark Prescott. Backing all of his runners blindly would have resulted in a level stakes profit of £38.64. One could have turned over an even bigger profit by following his horses in handicaps where he had 15 winners from 68 runners, netting a return of £44 to £1 stakes.

And this is not just a two year peak: Mr. Dascombe has started 2008 as he means to go on. In January he had 3 winners from 7 runners (43%). My hope is that when the flat season starts some of the more influential owners dig deep into their pockets at the sales and send some really classy types to this young turk.

Keep this man on your side, whatever you do!