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This is the second part of the final article written by the UK expert Philip Alexander shortly before his sudden death earlier this year. Philip was regarded as one of Britain's top experts on betting and money management. Philip offers some provocative thoughts about staking.
Unless you are betting for sheer pleasure, or to maintain interest, or simply because the money is burning a hole in your pocket, backing horses can only be a very serious business. The whole operation should not be undertaken lightly, unless you wish to go broke!
Get the basics right and half the job is done. Sounds good, right? Yes, it does, but what are the basics?
Everyone has a slightly different idea. Class, form, fitness make up a threesome of basics. Then we get to staking, money management, profit control, and so on. In fact, I could go on and on, but let's get back to what this article is all about ... finding ways to win and betting the right way to win.
In this series of articles, Denton Jardine and
The Optimist chat about ideas for successful trifecta betting. As the
series continues, we will also be bringing you the ideas of various
experts from around the world.
The Optimist (TO): We were talking
in the last issue of PPM about creative multiples. My view is that if
you cannot get the field down below seven likely winners it’s too hard.
True, you may miss a good payout, but, assuming you have a favourite and
another favoured horse in your seven, you risk receiving a very
moderate return even if you win.
The late Don Scott once wrote that the
best form of exotic betting is the trifecta. I think he was right. Don
said picking a trifecta winning bet was a test of skill rather than a
game of chance. Punters who seek value, he wrote in his book Winning
More, will find it more frequently in trifectas than anywhere else.
There IS value to be found but it will be found in a creative approach.
In
this series of articles, I’ll pass on my own views about the trifecta,
and also those of my colleague The Optimist, who has much of enormous
interest to share in regard to this particular betting form.
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