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SUMMARY
The view from the racecaller’s box
HOW DAN DOES THE FORM – AND THE CALL
In what now seems like another life back in the early 70s, I was one
of those young punters who bet on almost anything, from pub pool, darts,
football, cards, horse racing, greyhounds and what was called in those
days “The Trots” but is now more sedately named harness racing.
Eventually
marriage and family commitments took hold of time and finances and
harness racing became a pleasant memory. Recently, I’ve wondered how
harness racing would seem to a newbie to the sport. In my opinion, there
is no more of an authority to ask than Sport 927 racecaller Dan
Mielicki whose magnificent calls highlight his passion and understanding
of the game from the viewpoints of both caller and punter. He is aware
of the pitfalls that await a novice punter and in this article I talk to
Dan from the perspective of what information a beginner needs.
SUMMARY
Get the factors right for the trots
10 VITAL FORM TICKS!
Understanding
harness racing form can be a tricky task - all those mile rates and
class changes.
My point is, don't concern yourself too much with
the intricacies but concentrate on some plain but powerful form factors.
SUMMARY
Hit the harness winners at value odds
MICRO-WHEEL TORNADO
Paul Wishe, 33, has been following harness racing from his schooldays
in Melbourne. He now lives in Sydney, runs a business consultancy and
bets 'semi-professionally' on Sydney and Melbourne trots meetings.
Harness
racing has its own vernacular, so much so that a lot of punters don't
understand half what's said or written about the sport. Even harness
racing's official website admits as much.
SUMMARY
How to find the formguide clues
TROTS TICKS
I have often wondered why so many punters fail to study harness
racing form. I should have realised that it's all due to a lack of
education. Not on the punters' side but on the harness racing
officialdom side.
It's a fact that there are more 'form
abbreviations' in harness racing than in the other two racing codes. Dog
racing is simple to follow compared to harness racing.
It's the
bewildering array of abbreviations that surely has the majority of
punters fleeing after sighting an official formguide for harness racing.
SUMMARY
Eliminate the no-hopers to find harness winners
CUT UP ROUGH
"You gotta cut up rough if you wanna get square in this game," an old
harness racing man once told me. What he meant in his cussy way of
speaking was simple: Get rid of the no-hopers in a race – and then set
about picking the likely winner.
The first thing that needs to be
done when you are faced with a field of pacers is to isolate the main
chances from those that stand little chance.
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