by Tappets
If you like to bet on five and six furlong sprints and you feel the favourite is always the best bet then Ascot has been the most profitable course in recent seasons. That said, it has been better to concentrate on Handicap and Group races there. This is a useful fact to know when building up an armoury of systems and methods for making betting profits but does it apply to other racecourses?
Winners are often hard to find in claiming races. Tappets’ Claimers System usually finds one or two races that fit the bill every week with a 40% strike rate in 2007.
Unless you are very lucky or inspired ignore all weather racing at Kempton Park. Of the all weather courses it is the most unpredictable. Followers of form get their fingers burned regularly so use this system at Wolverhampton and Lingfield. Be cautious with Southwell for now. It is marvellous to see racing return after the summer floods but its surface may have been affected – let’s see some results before we risk any money.
With the jumps season under way I have a little win system based on horses with proven form – those that have won three races in a row. In 2006 it produced 20 wins from 26 races and so far this year 11 wins from 17 so the strike rate is good.
I have been thinking recently about horses that place. Too often I have studied the form and picked an absolute certainty that just fails. It leaves me thinking that I should have done the selection each way – but often the price is too short to justify this.
So I did a little lateral thinking and thought, “Why should I bet win or each way when the betting exchanges allow you to bet a selection to place only?”
So I came up with a place system that seems to work pretty well. See what you think and leave any comment you have.
by John Anthony, Sure2Profit
For all of you that are reading this that do not know what “Laying” is, it is simply YOU predicting 1 horse in any race that will NOT win that race. In effect YOU become a bookmaker and take bets from people who had horse racing tips that the horse WILL win.
I do not know if you have your own system or you use horse racing tips from a tipster, but this a very simple horse racing system anybody can use.
By Dave Renham
I have researched some statistics that will give you more chance of finding that winning horse racing bet, or more importantly avoiding a losing one. I have tried to look at some more unusual angles that people may not be so aware of. I have used data from 1986 to 2002.
by: Martin Bailey
Too many gamblers are still living in the ‘dark ages’ and will only ever place a bet with a traditional bookmaker. They either can’t be bothered to learn how the exchanges work or simply don’t realise the features and value that can be had when betting within an exchange environment.
By Tappets
If you go into a High Street bookmaker you know where you stand when it comes to collecting your winnings. You pay your money over the counter and if you win you collect over the counter. Online gambling can be full of rip-off artists ready to take your hard earned cash so how can you avoid them? Here are some ideas for the sensible punter.
The first step to formulating a solution, is to define the problem.
The following points are areas of betting where many punters often get it wrong. My views arise from long personal experience and years of communication with successful and unsuccessful punters alike.
