"I have never had so much success (or fun) with the punt. Thanx heaps and great
punting to all!”
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In
a past PPM article I spoke about the importance of formulating a
pricing methodology to determine which selections represent value to the
invested dollar.
Horse-race betting requires a solid
understanding of, and respectful homage to, the issue of value, however
much the definition of value differs from punter to punter according to
their pricing styles.
It staggers me to note it was nine years ago when I wrote my first article for Practical Punting Monthly and I must admit to having enjoyed the experience immensely.
I have four children: Jenny, Mary, Joanne and Robert. Of the four only Robert shows any interest in betting and although his interest is in sports betting (mainly Australian Rules), I am sure all my children will someday read the articles I have written for PPM and be proud of their dear old dad.
A common gripe about harness racing is that there are too many short priced favourites. Some punters complain that because the form is so exposed and the animals so reliable, there is no value to be had by betting on the trots.
Well, I am here to tell you that value abounds in harness racing. In every race at every meeting there are one or two (and sometimes many) runners going off at extreme “overs” on the tote.
In March, 1998 I wrote my first article for PPM,
called “Pick ‘Em In Pairs”, in which I detailed my Pairs Analysis
Technique, or PAT for short.
This technique centered around
matching TAB 1 with TAB 2, TAB 3 with TAB 4, TAB 5 with TAB 6 and so on
in what basically ended up being match races between each pair.
Once
I had determined the “winner” of each pair I had to evaluate what I
considered would be the beaten margin between the two in a real match
race. The example I presented in that article comprised of a field of
eight past champion class horses one could only dream about seeing in
one race.
A subject that invariably crops up in discussions about betting is the issue of betting to your own price lines. It’s a topic that we’ve covered before in PPM, and one which just keeps on popping up in letters we receive from our readers and in the columns of racing publications around the world.
Books have been written on it, the latest called The Six Secrets of Successful Bettors. It quotes a range of well-known US identities on the subject and what they have to say makes for interesting reading.
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