I wanna tell you a story
Sierra Blanca was a good pass yesterday and the favourite did win that 7 furlong race at Wolverhampton.
Today I wanna tell you a story… 
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Young Darren was a bit of a loser!
A decent bloke, loved his racing, could pick a winner.
When I first started out I was betting the dogs.
I would study the form in the Racing Post and try and beat the newspaper tipster.
I did this for weeks, coming out ahead of the tipster and beating SP, S fricken P I tell you!!
But that was all on paper.
Once I started betting real money, twenties, which was a lot of money to me back in the eighties.
Everything changed, it only took a run of 4 losers to shake my confidence.
The next two bets I didn't actually bet.
They both won!
If anyone had asked I would've said I had a betting bank, but what I really had was a wallet that panicked every time it got lighter.
A proper bank isn’t just money — it’s mindset.
It’s a safety net that lets you ride out the losing runs that will happen — even to the best. If you’ve got a method that wins 40% of the time, that means it loses 60%.
And those 60% don’t line up politely between winners — they clump together.
You can easily get 8, 10, even 14 losers in a row. Not because the method’s broken.
But because that’s how maths works.
If your stakes are sensible and your bank is strong enough, those runs don’t matter.
They’re just noise on the way to profit.
But if you’re staking too high — or you don’t have a defined bank — every loser feels personal. Every near miss feels like a reason to quit.
And quitting is how you turn a good method into a bad result.
So here’s the golden rule:
Bet from your bank, not your emotions.
A decent starting point is 100 points.
That gives you breathing room to survive the storms and cash in when the sun shines.
The best pros expect losing runs. They don’t fear them, they prepare for them.
Because they know that consistency — not luck — builds profit.
So the next time you hit a bad patch, remember Young Darren. He didn’t lose because his method failed —
He lost because he gave up just before it worked.
Set your bank. Stick to your plan.
And when the winners come (and they will)… you’ll still be in the game to enjoy them.
Here’s to smart staking and strong banks.
By the way I decided to tell this story again because FormHorse Select is on a losing run of three and people are cancelling.
It's having it's 5th consecutive winning month, currently 10 points up for October.
It's showing a 24% ROI and a 59% strike rate since proofing started on June 1st and since then is £745 up to £10 level stakes.
The longest losing run to expect mathematically from this strike rate is 8.
I didn't write this mail to cast shade (as the kids say) on those that have cancelled, but rather to teach you what I learned the hard way!
It's too early to quit.
All the best
Darren Power
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