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SUMMARY
The big question for any punter
TO STAY OR NOT TO STAY!
Which is preferable? Round about the first Tuesday in every November, even the most hardened “sprinter bettors” in Australia probably break their rule for one particular race, and it’s probably just as likely (or nearly anyway) that they are enormously tempted on the Saturday preceding the big race.
SUMMARY
All is not what it may seem in the formguides
PROBE THAT DISTANCE WIN FACTOR
One of the many reasons the average punter loses money at the racetrack is an inability to rigorously assess the distance ability of the horses they are going to back.Knowing that Makybe Diva can run 3200m after two previous successes in the Melbourne Cup will not win you the Mr Rocket Scientist Of The Year award but knowing that a particular horse has failed several times at a distance when seemingly having had every chance, is vital knowledge that can save the punter one betting unit.
SUMMARY
It’s the ‘trip’ that counts in any race
THE TYRANNY OF DISTANCE
A very now and again I find myself wondering about some of the so-called “experts” in the racing game. The most recent example came with the voting for Horse of the Year. Makybe Diva was, of course, voted horse of the year, and I suppose it is within the possibilities of imagination that somebody, somewhere thought that she was not.I find it virtually impossible to imagine who that person could be, or how he or she could come to the conclusion that some other horse came even remotely close to what the wonder mare achieved, but that’s nothing compared to the absolute contempt you have to feel for the next lot of so-called experts.
SUMMARY
Should you back speed or stamina?
TORN BETWEEN TWO WORLDS!
When it comes to sprint or staying races, how do we decide which is the better medium or maybe which offers the better chances for punters?
One way of examining the overall situation is to have a look at the major tracks which will come to the fore in the spring. That means Caulfield, Flemington, Moonee Valley and Sandown in Melbourne and in Sydney we need to know something about Rosehill, Randwick, Warwick Farm and Canterbury.
The last couple of books written by Don Scott provide some good information about all of these tracks, although we might argue that some of the biases have changed over the past decade or so.
SUMMARY
WATCH YOUR POCKET
How much money should you take to the races
with you?
That may seem like a simple question, but it's a moot
point for many punters.
