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Buy and sell at those parties
CALCUTTA CAPERS!
Is there a better way to back a horse in a race than in a calcutta? The value to be found in a calcutta can be the difference between a winning or losing year. There are downfalls but a smart operator who identifies the vagaries of a calcutta can certainly get an edge, and make a difference to their annual results.Firstly, for the uninitiated, what is a calcutta? Calcuttas are generally held on country cups in the area they are held and important races such as the Melbourne Cup. There are generally two parts. First is the selling and drawing of tickets to allocate ticket holders to horses and second, the auction of all horses in the race.
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Cup Day challenge
HOW MUCH TO BET
The Melbourne Cup is just around the corner. How much are you going to bet this year? Did you win last year? Are you, like me, still trading on a bank from a few years back? I have to, as I lost in 1997 and 1998. By a breath in '97, but they don't pay on breaths.
Last year I got it all wrong, even when the Caulfield Cup should have at least told me enough to have a quinella saver. So I am still using funds from a 1996 win. I allocated 20 per cent of that win to the next ten years' Cups. It's hard to stick to, but that's how it is. It's why I keep a diary. Each year I note in for the first Tuesday in November: $2000 allocation for mc.
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How to meet the challenge of the big ones
GROUP GLORY
There are those who swear by the old maxim that the way to stay in front is to place your horses in the worst company and yourself in the best.
Others, and they are punters, are heard to argue that the only horses to support with real cash are those entered in the best races: in other words, the best horses.
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Cup Special
DOUBLE INDEMNITY
Why attack the feature double? Because it's there, as a certain climber is supposed to have said.
There are several feature doubles in the racing year, but only one attracts the kind of attention that means you can get great odds about various combinations which have real chances.
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How to snare those carnival winners!
MAJOR RACES MULTI-BETS
When we talk about 'major' races in Australia, what are we really talking about? What are the 'major' races, and how does each race compare with the other?The only way to differentiate between top-class races is to stick with the proven 'Group' classifications. In other words, Group One races are the best races – and qualify as our major races – while the rest follow in sequence, Group Two, Group Three and then Listed Stakes races.
