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How to win at horse racing and betting generally
This is a hugely difficult time for you all, this country and indeed the world. For racing fans there is currently a huge void and I hope this article will in some small part fill that void albeit temporarily. At the time of writing I have no idea about when racing will start again. My
The 2020 Turf Flat Season was delayed due to the pandemic Coronavirus which caused all the racing in Great Britain to be postponed from Wednesday 18th March. We had the opportunity to savour the Cheltenham Festival but just a few days later it became apparent that it was necessary to stop racing and, although they
I’m writing this month’s article on what should have been the eve of Newmarket’s Craven Meeting. I should have been talking about the first two English Classics, Chester’s May Festival and York’s Dante Meeting. Sadly, the world is the grip of what looks like the worst pandemic since the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918. No
The 2020 Turf Flat Season is due to get underway on Saturday 28th March with the traditional curtain raising meeting at Doncaster. The Unibet sponsored meeting features the Lincoln heritage Handicap worth £100,000 in prize money. Given the status of the opening Big Handicap of the new season we will begin this edition with the
Without UK racing taking place, a lot of people have turned to U.S. racing to place their bets. It’s understandable, along with Australia it’s the only place in the world with horse racing taking place. I started my journey in betting on U.S. race tracks, and if you’re going to bet on them it’s important
There’s just one fundamental objective for punters and that is to make a consistent profit. To achieve that objective doesn’t necessarily depend on hours of form study or detailed assessment of each horse chance in the race. The aim of this series on improving your punting is to help punters who don’t have the time
Last month I looked at the importance of ‘mindset’ and how the right mindset can improve your punting. Well I said at the end of that article that I would be looking at importance of a horses previous starting price. This is the first of two-parts on the subject. This month’s article looks at backing
The Psychology of betting tends to be underestimated by most punters which is a shame as it’s the difference between success and failure. From my long years of punting I estimate that successful betting is 70% psychological and 30% the mechanics of the bet. If you want to win long term at this game, then
There’s just one fundamental objective for punters and that is to make a consistent profit. To achieve that objective doesn’t necessarily depend on hours of form study or detailed assessment of each horse chance in the race. Most punters don’t have the time or experience to undertake such tasks. Confusing Stats As punters it’s important
Having A Hunch – The Importance of Intuition in Betting I’m sure you will have seen the Betway advertising campaign, designed by Saatchi & Saatchi and the notion of ‘having a hunch’ and sticking to that hunch when discussing sports betting outcomes. The ‘hunch’ is a universal concept in betting, it’s that ‘gut feeling’ that
