Quick
Tips
1. Look for horses that finished in the placing,
that is first, second or third at their last
four starts in their current campaign.
2.Include any non-placed
run if it was within two lengths of the winner.
3.Last run must be on a metropolitan
track unless it is a city standard horse.
This little method will give you plenty of
horses to check out and regularly comes up
with some good winners.
Remember occasionally taking
odds on about a horse is like putting your
head in a hot oven. Regularly taking odds
on is like putting your head in a hot oven
and closing the door!
Always check and see what
odds the TAB and bookies are offering and
take the one, which will provide the best
return.
Horses that are true odds
on chances are generally very short in the
betting ring, often odds on. You are very
lucky if you can get better than 6/4. Of course
there are also plenty of true 2/1 and 3/1
chances or even worse that are offered at
6/4 in the betting ring. Bettors generally
take the short odds because they feel comfortable
knowing plenty of money has gone on the horse.
If they lose, many other bettors lose along
with them. That is also why many media tipsters
like tipping the short priced favorites. They
know there is no value backing most of these
horses but because they accept that their
tips are going to lose overall they want the
comfort of being incorrect in the same way
as most other judges.
Horse
Betting Strategy
Winning on the Tote It is
not easy to make money betting on horses.
That is why you can have two people both armed
with the same quality information. One of
them makes money over the long term. The other
loses and after a while gives up. Here are
some points you need to consider.
1. The aim of betting is
to beat the races, not your home state tote.
2. If you are relying on
tote odds only from your home state you are
putting yourself at a huge disadvantage. You
are effectively trying to beat your home state
tote, not the races. You are more often than
not even missing the best tote odds available.
3. You are also betting into
markets of around 120%+ compared to significantly
less for most Saturday metropolitan bookmaker
markets and usually well less at top official
betting ring price (TF or top fluctuation).
4. You will find it very
difficult to get good odds about the best
selections. If there is support for your horse
in the betting ring you will often back it
at the worst price, worse even than its official
plunged starting price in the betting ring.
5. You will invariably miss
out on backing winners because the price on
your tote is too short. Were you able to obtain
best tote odds or best betting ring odds you
would have been on a winner.
6. When you do back winners
you will invariably get way under the odds
available. That will also cost you money.
7. To win long term at racing
you need good selections and you need to get
good prices about them.
8. That means you must shop
around between totes from across the country
and the betting ring prices.
9. Well over 90% of bettors
are long-term losers. They lose for many reasons
such as poor bets, poor staking and lack of
discipline.
10 You can be the most disciplined
bettor around but if you restrict your win
betting to prices available on only one tote
you will regularly miss out on backing value
winners because the price is not available
in your little part of the betting world.
The price will often be available on other
totes and in the betting ring.
11. Additionally you will
regularly be getting so far under the odds
available when you back a winner that it isn't
funny.
12. Don't kid yourself. If
you put yourself at such a huge disadvantage
it is practically impossible for you to make
a profit at the punt.
13. We do not know any professional
who would even dream of operating under such
a handicap.
Racebooks
If you are serious about backing winners
and making a profit from horse racing then
you must bet with Racebooks. When a horse
is successfully plunged, Ravebooks can lose
on the race that means bettors as a group
actually win on the race. But no matter
how much money is put on a horse on the
tote, the tote still wins. Bettors as a
group lose every race on the tote no matter
what horse wins!!!
Analyzing
the Racing Form
There
is a tried and true saying in racing, "Winners keep on winning, losers keep
on losing." Horses that won at their
previous starts provide a rich source of
winners. Here are some key points to consider
when doing form. They are not in any particular
order:
1. Was the win within the
last four weeks?
2. Is the horse early in its preparation when
you can expect further improvement?
3. Is the horse rising or dropping in weight?
If there is a weight increase can it handle
the increased weight? If the weight is dropping
will this compensate for the rise (if any)
in class?
4. Did the horse have to overcome any difficulties
to win or did it get a very soft run?
5. Was the horse eased down near the line
or did it have to work very hard to win?
6. Does the horse have the same jockey? If
not, why not?
7. Does the horse have a good strike rate?
Low strike rate horses every so often fluke
a win but don't often repeat.
8. Did the horse run a good time?
9. What are the main differences, for example,
pace, between this race and the race the horse
won?
10. Do not concern yourself with how the horses
it beat has performed since. That is unnecessary
and an irrelevant distraction.
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