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Gawd, if anyone has any fancies for the day’s remaining races i’d be delighted to hear them as times have been rough lately – and i mean
rough
. Eurgh. Well done, Zarkava – i hope my dead run picks up soon!
I guess i should send out a flare, or a call for help, or something, because i feel like i’ve lost track of things a bit this past month. I started betting on the gg’s about a month ago, and was £200 up after my past week (beginner’s luck i guess), but since then i’ve been slipping into the red progressively deeper, thinking all the time a winner would come along at any moment and write off my losses – trouble is, it hasn’t, and i’ve been dragged in to the extent that my bank balance has run almost dry. 1) I’m a student (nag all you want), and 2) I actually need a winner from somewhere! I feel really foolish for letting this happen. I had the money to stay in a room i rented over the summer before my losses started to mount up, now i can hardly afford to stay another two weeks.
I’m hoping
Elzaam
can win or place in the July Cup and help sort this mess out. I placed a bet a while back and i’m hoping it comes good before it’s too late. I’m optimistic and feel if i play my cards better i can recoup my losses – i’ve just played too loose and fast.
Never bet more than you can afford to lose. That’s the lesson i’ve now learnt, the hard way. I’m not asking for help, i just feel foolish and thought i’d cleanse myself by posting. Sorry all, i don’t mean to interrupt.
Great great race and a fantastic winner. Workforce had it exactly how he wanted it with the pacemaker making room turning in and then trying to hem in the winner. No excuses. Two wonderful horses and would also love to see a rematch at 1m 4f!
The time of 2m,4.77 secs says it all Joni,that was fast but i’m not sure Confront deserves any praise or shall we say Jimmy Fortune as Workforce has set it up for the fav.Anyone who knows their horses has to say the one paced cart horse picked up and quickened off a pace like that is better than i thought.The Arc will see Workforce coming from off a fast pace and i will be staying loyal but the winner proved today he is something special,over 11/4m anyway! Well done all those who supported him!
Come off it King, just admit it. So You Think was the better horse. Fortune did a grand job, if anything too good. Arguably Confront wasn’t doing his best to win it himself by going so wide. Was it against the rules of racing? And then was it team tactics by trying to keep So You Think in? Anyway, Fortune made a good pace without being over-strong. Yes it was a "fast time", but not especially fast considering the Racing Post Standard Times of the first two inferior races. Anyone who "knows their horses" knows So You Think is certainly not a "one paced cart horse".
Great race.
It will be interesting when So You Think meets Rewilding next. So You Think beat Sri Putra further in the Prince Of Wales than he did the Eclipse. Though the Godolphin horse needs to be fresh and hope he bypasses the King George for York.
The line through Sri Puta suggests So You Think did not improve on Ascot which in turn suggests to me Workforce is indeed a very slightly better horse at 1 1/2 miles.
Value Is EverythingGinge,No sour grapes from me as what goes round comes round at this game,BUT,i have watched the re-run several times and the head on clearly shows
Workforce
is not 100% happy on the ground inside the last 2 furlongs,when he does take it up his willing head is clearly out of sync with his under carriage,he is giving his all but he’s changed his legs at least once from leading with his off fore,he almost collides twice with the rail and is hanging all the time his head is gun barrell straight,that is the sign of one tough horse,he tried his heart out.The winner has given Workforce a 2 length lead at the 2 pole,Seamie gets after him and the response is slow,he looks held but inside the last when Workforce is still maintaining his advantage
So You Think
shows a remarkable turn of foot,albeit slightly exaggerated by Workforces own action coming under pressure.From a totally unbiased opinion one had to be impressed by the winners battling qualities too and you would say he should also be suited by a 11/2m,connections seem to think differently unfortunately!
keep the faith Zarkava,we burnt our fingers today but its only money loaned,you will have a nightmare watching Djokovic tomorrow,you feel the pressure big time on tennis as it drags on so long,i know from experience having had a treble on
Spain
,Euro 2008
Nadal
Wimbledon 2008 and
Duke of Marmalade
King George 2008,never again mate,i felt the pressure big time myself when Papal Bull loomed alongside!
Omg how much you stake and collect off that?
Gawd, if anyone has any fancies for the day’s remaining races i’d be delighted to hear them as times have been rough lately – and i mean
rough
. Eurgh. Well done, Zarkava – i hope my dead run picks up soon!
I guess i should send out a flare, or a call for help, or something, because i feel like i’ve lost track of things a bit this past month. I started betting on the gg’s about a month ago, and was £200 up after my past week (beginner’s luck i guess), but since then i’ve been slipping into the red progressively deeper, thinking all the time a winner would come along at any moment and write off my losses – trouble is, it hasn’t, and i’ve been dragged in to the extent that my bank balance has run almost dry. 1) I’m a student (nag all you want), and 2) I actually need a winner from somewhere! I feel really foolish for letting this happen. I had the money to stay in a room i rented over the summer before my losses started to mount up, now i can hardly afford to stay another two weeks.
I’m hoping
Elzaam
can win or place in the July Cup and help sort this mess out. I placed a bet a while back and i’m hoping it comes good before it’s too late. I’m optimistic and feel if i play my cards better i can recoup my losses – i’ve just played too loose and fast.
Never bet more than you can afford to lose. That’s the lesson i’ve now learnt, the hard way. I’m not asking for help, i just feel foolish and thought i’d cleanse myself by posting. Sorry all, i don’t mean to interrupt.
Don’t apologise. Always happy to help. I’m 23 and I’ve been gambling for almost 10 years. I learn lessons every single day – the struggle is remembering them. 9 days ago a Tom Dascombe newcomer called Electric Qatar was debuting. Tom’s a great judge of his 2yos and gave him a favourable write-up in Taplin’s book. The only other 2yos he’d flagged up had all won 1st or 2nd time out. The horse had such good entries and had been backed all back, so I had a £100 treble with him, Khor Sheed and Midday (before Snow Fairy was taken out). That horse lost and Khor Sheed won. The next day we had a good evening’s racing at The Curragh. Spent a further few hundred trying to get big trebles running onto Midday. Come Saturday and I’m messing around, getting deeper and deeper in. I caught a lucky break with a decent winner, plus Montaff placing in the Plate helped. I was £300 up after having lost about £600, so the entire £900 in my 2 accounts was piled onto Midday…
I then spent the next couple of hours struggling and grinding and somehow managed to get it back to £28 down. Lovely. Thought I’d keep £200 aside for the Grand Prix (I’ve shown a profit on every GP in-running this season) and lay out £200 in a few bets trying to get money running onto Carlton House….I ended up being £1090 down by Sunday night.
My insurance was the £400 I’d staked on Spain winning the U21 Euros and Djokovic, Murray, Nadal and…Federer getting to the semis. Federer 2-0 up against Tsonga, lovely stuff. And look what happened.
Before today, I’d lost £2500 since the Wednesday of Royal Ascot. I was in an incredible position. I had £30RFC trebles running onto So You Think and Planteur, £200EW on Planteur (1st, 2nd and 3rd), had some lovely ante-post bets on Green Destiny for the Royal Hunt Cup and everything just went to hell.
I don’t think I need to outline any lessons from that, you can work them out for yourself.
Another word of advice. Read Kingfisher’s posts carefully and note anything he says. Gordon is an unbelievable tipster, by a street the best I’ve ever seen and will ever see. He gets bad runs, but don’t we all. He tipped Evens and Odds about 2 months before the Stewards’ Cup, maybe more, stayed completely loyal to Workforce for the Arc after the King George, picked out Roderic and Misty for the Irish Guineas and the amount of other incredible tips he’s given out are just astounding. There was another the other week, a god-like tip. Prohibit for the King’s Stand. I must’ve looked at that horse’s profile on the RP 40 times and never once did I even give him a shred of hope. A horse with 15 odd runs since January who was on the go in Meydan win a King’s Stand? On your bike. Phenomenal. Incredible.
We all have our day and we all throw up good tips. I tipped up Zarkava to win the Arc the evening she won the Marcel Boussac and backed her accordingly the day the market opened up (hence the username), Cooldine winning the RSA was brilliant, Big Buck’s winning his 1st World Hurdle, Alberta’s Run winning the Ryanair both times (another of Gordon’s incredible tips), Alberta’s Run winning the Melling, Pour Moi winning the Derby after I’d backed him at 200/1, Lillie Langtry winning the Coronation after I’d backed her at 85/1, but those are flashes in the pan over the course of 3 or 4 years.
Galaxy on the old BBC 606 forum was good, but Gordon’s in a different league. God damn shame I’m too arrogant and ignorant never to have backed the majority of them or either been too late reading the thread to get the tips. Sagramor winning the Buckingham Palace hurt…especially as I’d backed that Devil thing that finished 3rd.
Don’t apologise. Always happy to help. I’m 23 and I’ve been gambling for almost 10 years. I learn lessons every single day – the struggle is remembering them. 9 days ago a Tom Dascombe newcomer called Electric Qatar was debuting. Tom’s a great judge of his 2yos and gave him a favourable write-up in Taplin’s book. The only other 2yos he’d flagged up had all won 1st or 2nd time out. The horse had such good entries and had been backed all back, so I had a £100 treble with him, Khor Sheed and Midday (before Snow Fairy was taken out). That horse lost and Khor Sheed won. The next day we had a good evening’s racing at The Curragh. Spent a further few hundred trying to get big trebles running onto Midday. Come Saturday and I’m messing around, getting deeper and deeper in. I caught a lucky break with a decent winner, plus Montaff placing in the Plate helped. I was £300 up after having lost about £600, so the entire £900 in my 2 accounts was piled onto Midday…
I then spent the next couple of hours struggling and grinding and somehow managed to get it back to £28 down. Lovely. Thought I’d keep £200 aside for the Grand Prix (I’ve shown a profit on every GP in-running this season) and lay out £200 in a few bets trying to get money running onto Carlton House….I ended up being £1090 down by Sunday night.
My insurance was the £400 I’d staked on Spain winning the U21 Euros and Djokovic, Murray, Nadal and…Federer getting to the semis. Federer 2-0 up against Tsonga, lovely stuff. And look what happened.
Before today, I’d lost £2500 since the Wednesday of Royal Ascot. I was in an incredible position. I had £30RFC trebles running onto So You Think and Planteur, £200EW on Planteur (1st, 2nd and 3rd), had some lovely ante-post bets on Green Destiny for the Royal Hunt Cup and everything just went to hell.
I don’t think I need to outline any lessons from that, you can work them out for yourself.
Wow, thank you so much, Zarkava. It’s so nice of you to have posted such a caring response – i really appreciate it. Strangely enough £2.5k is the total amount i’m in the red by at this very moment, and it’s gone downhill since – you guessed it – Royal Ascot. You certainly don’t need to be any more transparent with your message; it’s a real up and down game, unpredictable at best, and things can go from bad to good and back again at the drop of a hat. It must’ve been a bit tormenting finding yourself in loss after those seemingly dead-certs came about and went, and you definitely deserved to reap the fruits of your well-placed bets today, so congratulations!
It just felt like a silent demon creeping up on me, and the moment
Workforce
lost, i realised i didn’t even have enough money to pay for a whole month’s rent any longer. I feel really stupid for what’s happened, but i figure that i basically have three weeks to come out £240 in the positive before i have to pack my bags and head home. I don’t have an awful lot left so i need to be shrewd now, but you’ve shown it can all turn around, and i think if someone somewhere can help me get out of the rut, i’ll be far more responsible in the future. I’m 21 by the way. Thanks again.
"Zarkava" wrote: picked out Roderic and Misty for the Irish Guineas
I did that too
Those were the days…
Best thing anybody can do in gambling is first of all, not getting addicted. Probably since the Sunday of Royal Ascot I’ve had a bet on maybe 7 days? Certainly not more than 10. That’s half the battle. Everything in moderation is fine. Drinking, smoking cigarettes, smoking pot, gambling, etc. Don’t let anybody ever tell you differently.
Second off, find your speciality. Find a sport you know back to front or find something within that sport. I bet almost purely on Fastest Lap during the Grand Prix and occasionally the race winner. Occasionally in a football game I’ll bet on either the team winner, double result or over/under 2.5 goals. Never on a player to score, never correct scores and never scorecasts. Too much of a lottery involved in that. I love betting on NFL, sometimes tennis, very rarely snooker and that’s basically it. Don’t bet on boxing, cricket (unless it’s the Ashes), rugby or whatever else. I’ve got roughly 5 categories that I bet from because that’s what I know best.
With horse racing for example, my speciality is Pattern stuff and 2yos. Any Group or Graded racing is my cup of tea. The races aren’t bent, bad jockeys don’t win them and the horses are trying. Nothing’s being stuck out the back to get a better handicap mark or to get a better price next time out. Mid-week AW dross and bent handicaps are not my idea of a reliable betting medium. It’s all fixed and any punter with a brain can work that out. Just spend a day sitting in a bookies with Betfair on your phone or tablet PC and you see everything. However, a member on here finds that racing to be very profitable. Not sure how, but he does.
Early-season 2yo maidens are wonderful. Find a couple of hot ones (the 2nd, 3rd or 4th will win comfortably next time out)) and back everything that finished immediately in front of or behind next time out. There was a 9/1 winner I had at the end of May, forget the name. Finished 5th in the race North City Bay debuted in. Not Excelebration, but something similar. He opened up 9/1 in the maiden he won and the form of that Goodwood race was **** hot. He won by over a length and went off around 13/2 I seem to remember.
Just find what you’re good at and stick to it.
p.s. I didn’t have both but I had Misty For Me
I then had to stick all that on Man Utd-Blackpool draw in-running cos the prick of a referee was doing his best to screw over the £800 I had on Man Utd at 1/2!!!Another word of advice. Read Kingfisher’s posts carefully and note anything he says. Gordon is an unbelievable tipster, by a street the best I’ve ever seen and will ever see. He gets bad runs, but don’t we all. He tipped Evens and Odds about 2 months before the Stewards’ Cup, maybe more, stayed completely loyal to Workforce for the Arc after the King George, picked out Roderic and Misty for the Irish Guineas and the amount of other incredible tips he’s given out are just astounding. There was another the other week, a god-like tip. Prohibit for the King’s Stand. I must’ve looked at that horse’s profile on the RP 40 times and never once did I even give him a shred of hope. A horse with 15 odd runs since January who was on the go in Meydan win a King’s Stand? On your bike. Phenomenal. Incredible.
We all have our day and we all throw up good tips. I tipped up Zarkava to win the Arc the evening she won the Marcel Boussac and backed her accordingly the day the market opened up (hence the username), Cooldine winning the RSA was brilliant, Big Buck’s winning his 1st World Hurdle, Alberta’s Run winning the Ryanair both times (another of Gordon’s incredible tips), Alberta’s Run winning the Melling, Pour Moi winning the Derby after I’d backed him at 200/1, Lillie Langtry winning the Coronation after I’d backed her at 85/1, but those are flashes in the pan over the course of 3 or 4 years.
Galaxy on the old BBC 606 forum was good, but Gordon’s in a different league. God damn shame I’m too arrogant and ignorant never to have backed the majority of them or either been too late reading the thread to get the tips. Sagramor winning the Buckingham Palace hurt…especially as I’d backed that Devil thing that finished 3rd.
Kingfisher (i hesitate to use his real name considering i’ve only been haunting these parts for nary a month, haha), from what i have read, is as you say, a tipster from the heavens – i’ve never encountered someone who can attribute the level of foresight, logic, methodical prediction and natural gauge to the sport of horse racing as Kingfisher does. Not for a single moment would i even thinking of blaming him for my losses – he has made some incredible calls, and at the end of the day, i have the final say as to whether i back a horse or not, and how much i bet. Although
Deauville Flyer
only placed in the Northumberland Plate last week, i made £150 off that horse thanks to KF – my biggest single win, so i truly appreciate him keeping a tally of his tips and bets for me to see. Some of the more historic calls he has made are spellbinding, and if one of those happens to come along in the future, i’m pretty sure it could pay for the entirety of third year at university
Not only KF, but all the haunters of this thread, including you Zarkava, and Ginger, Cormack etc. all pitch in to create hotbed of information which i really enjoy reading – i learn alot from these pages, so thank you all. I’m especially grateful as although things aren’t going so well right now, it’s wonderful that someone can pop out of the woodwork and say "hey, i’ve been there".
Blimey – Gord are all these pseudonyms of yours????!!!
He’s not bad but he does get the occassional blind spot.
"this perfect mix of poetry and destruction, this glory of rhythm, power and majesty: the undisputed champion of the world!!!"
Best thing anybody can do in gambling is first of all, not getting addicted. Probably since the Sunday of Royal Ascot I’ve had a bet on maybe 7 days? Certainly not more than 10. That’s half the battle. Everything in moderation is fine. Drinking, smoking cigarettes, smoking pot, gambling, etc. Don’t let anybody ever tell you differently.
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With horse racing for example, my speciality is Pattern stuff and 2yos. Any Group or Graded racing is my cup of tea. The races aren’t bent, bad jockeys don’t win them and the horses are trying. Nothing’s being stuck out the back to get a better handicap mark or to get a better price next time out. Mid-week AW dross and bent handicaps are not my idea of a reliable betting medium. It’s all fixed and any punter with a brain can work that out. Just spend a day sitting in a bookies with Betfair on your phone or tablet PC and you see everything. However, a member on here finds that racing to be very profitable. Not sure how, but he does.
Early-season 2yo maidens are wonderful. Find a couple of hot ones (the 2nd, 3rd or 4th will win comfortably next time out)) and back everything that finished immediately in front of or behind next time out. There was a 9/1 winner I had at the end of May, forget the name. Finished 5th in the race North City Bay debuted in. Not Excelebration, but something similar. He opened up 9/1 in the maiden he won and the form of that Goodwood race was [expletive] hot. He won by over a length and went off around 13/2 I seem to remember.
Just find what you’re good at and stick to it.
Everything in moderation is certainly something to abide by. In the post-university lull it’s particularly easy to get caught up in daily betting, and although i can happily step away and spend days on holiday from the gg’s, lately it has been a combination of circumstance and a building financial predicament that has spurred me to continue in the manner i have been doing. I began to bet on horse racing because i enjoy the sport and adore horses, and something about betting on an organic medium with such a wealth of statistics on offer appeals to me, whereas other forms of sport betting do not. I love my motor sport, but i do think that betting on it would make the racing less entertaining for me. So in a contradictory way, i’m wouldn’t say i’m really a betting man, i just like my horse racing enough to have a rather dangerous flutter on it which has lately spiraled!
I think i should maybe deal with my losses better, rather than turning around the next day and deciding that i’m going to try and win it all back. I should persevere until something more attractive and clear-cut comes along. I’ll stay away from Wolverhampton and the like then – i had a win on
Bilko Pak
there last week, and perennial-under-performer-since-winter
Shostakovich
came along and nabbed the glory. I’ll keep your philosophy on early-season maidens in mind, thank you Zarkava – and i’ll make sure i avoid those handicaps.
Thanks so much for the responses – it’s calmed me down and made me feel like this is recoverable, no more pacing around the room for me!
My only help for a newbie that is just finished Uni just like myself.
Is bet big and bet very scarcely. If you get 3 winners a week from 3 selections that is perfect….just make sure you put money on that validates your opinion. Their is simply no point putting 10er’s on every favorite or whatever way you do it. It may not work and you may lose
but you wont lose your sanity
.
Jwildman,i’m not preaching but the only way you will ever make a profit at this game is by understanding the pattern that re-occurs on a yearly basis and trust me when i say its taken me 25yrs to get to a position whereby i know i will find another winner,the problem with running any thread like this is you cant put up what you are prepared to lay/back in running and i do a lot of both,i try to keep things as real as possible but i dont put every winner/loser on here or anywhere else what i do consistently is put my opinion on here about any particular race i am involved in,for the last 3 years i have been on here every thread i have started has ended in profit,all to at least 4 or 5 figures so i like to think that i am a pretty consistent judge of good horses.This thread could be called ‘How to win 10k in 6 weeks and lose it all in 12’ but i know i wont do that,its all about having confidence in yourself and knowing your judgement is deadly and never allow yourself to be put off by anyone.Todays Eclipse went against me but the result was exactly as one would have anticipated,it was a 2 horse race and the conditions of the race were always going to favour the favourite,me being me was always going to support my horse,he owes me nothing but if you backed him because of what i have said about him then i apologise,i was only losing some of the winnings i had from him in last years Derby at 25/1 and last years Arc at 42’s so you can see i can accomodate a defeat like that as much as i hate losing,you by the sounds of it are getting out of your depth,i have been there my friend and i have learned from it.As a 17yo i would frequent Ladbrokes at every opportunity and on more than one occassion i would bet my last 25p which was my bus fare home on a loser,i had to walk the 5 miles back many times,it made me study more and i am doing just that to this day.If a psychiatrist had assessed me then he would have said i was addicted and i still ask myself the same question now,if i am then its addicted to winning as i have too many responsibilities,(3 daughters) to look after and i wouldn’t jeopardise anything they need.Its a serious game and i take it deadly serious even though i put my own twist of humour on things which is why i dont contribute to any other part of this forum as some folk just dont find me funny,i’m enjoying this thread and i get a wealth of knowledge from fellow contributors covering all aspects of this great sport,there’s a good team spirit too so if you are serious feed from us all but try to be disciplined,Good Luck.
Without discipline you’re really at nothing. The 2 years before I joined this forum I was up about three or four hundred euro but a lack of discipline was holding me back. I was having no trouble finding winners but backing stupid losers was killing me. You have to cut out a lot of the $h1t in order to have a fighting chance!
This Flat season I’m struggling to get going as can be seen in my thread, but I’d like to think I’m not doing anything different to what has yielded profit in the past. Hopefully the winners will come. I won’t be pressing the panic button at any rate
Thank you Ruby, Kingfisher and thehorsesmouth, you each offer very valuable input that i will take with me and carry into the future.
Firstly, to Kingfisher – please do not feel you should make apologies for
Workforce
‘s loss in the Eclipse yesterday. I took your opinions on board, but ultimately i made the decision as to whether i placed a bet on it or So You Think – you are not responsible in any way. In this case, i made the wrong call; the horse ran its race and lost, and that’s that. There are no complaints or pointing fingers to be had, and i will live to fight another day, as will
Workforce
. You guys all have such great stories and seem to have grown so wise with your gambling, and that knowledge certainly does give you the right to say i’ve been playing out of my depth as a newbie.
If i hadn’t been betting the remainder of my student loan, but instead a hard-earned wage, i’m sure my willingness to bet what i have done over this past month wouldn’t have been so large. Confidence, i agree, from what i have learnt so far, is key; i cannot begin to tell you how many winners i’ve seen go by after i voided my instinct and backed out of a bet through hesitation. You are an excellent judge by all accounts, Kingfisher – the financial ones especially – and have no reason to doubt yourself, that’s for certain. I think you’re entertaining, so no worries there, and i appreciate that your dealings are very seriously considered as you have responsibilities beyond your own person – to a family, and i would not under any circumstances ever consider betting as brashly as i have done recently were i to have sons or daughters to support.
I will have to be disciplined from now on – i can’t afford not to be – and i believe in myself that i can build up a steady profit if i play my cards right from now on and cut out the forehead-slapping losers. Betting sparsely crossed my mind – it was constantly occurring to me that i should hold back and place a few bets per week, if that, but i kept jumping the traps and diving back in thinking i could make a sneaky pair here and there. That’s no longer going to be the case. After all this great input from an inspiring community, i feel like i can move ahead and get back on my feet – i’m happy i posted. Thank you so much guys.
If we are comparing war wounds…….
I fell in love with racing at 5 when my Granddad first took me to Sandown. I had 10 pence to win on a horse called Andy Pandy and it won – I was hooked. I often wonder if things might have turned out differently if it had lost!
For years he took me to Newmarket and I got to know everyone there and spent every waking hour looking forward to the next meeting. It was all fairly innocent in those days but, as I got older, I became a terrible addict. Fruit machines as well as horses.
I still hold the record at my school for being the shortest serving prefect in their history. I was made a prefect at the start of lunch, got caught in the bookies by the deputy head during lunch and was "de-pree’d" by the end of it!
As a student it got worse. Anyone remember Royal Anthem? I was so sure this horse was going to win the 1999 Hardwicke that I put my whole months rent on him. £500 at 6-4. He took it up under Fallon two out and I was counting my money. Then a young Olivier Peslier came from nowhere on Fruits of Love, an outsider trained by Mark Johnston, and swooped past in the last half furlong. I remember the enormous high of the race and the stunned low as I realised what I had done. But almost that perverse feeling of self destruction – I had lost everything, now was I happy???
I was lucky in that I was just about level-headed enough to realise that I had to sort it out and I did. I have never again bet outside of my means. A dear friend of mine who I introduced to racing was NOT so lucky. He started off betting 50p a race and I used to laugh at him. It got worse and it destroyed his life.
Be careful Wildman (god that surname has me worried!!!).
Learn to love the sport if you dont already. I can happily watch racing without having a bet. Watch important races over and over to pick up clues. My dad is a genius at spotting runners finishing down the field but running with promise and backing them next time.
Go racing – there is nothing like seeing the horses in the flesh beforehand in the paddock. I have backed many a winner on paddock inspection alone – you’ll soon learn what to look out for.
Like Zarkava I rarely bet in big handicaps – leave them to Kingfisher and back whatever he advises! – and prefer the stakes races and I LOVE the 2 year old races from July onwards. Last year with Frankel gave me a huge thrill and I spent all Winter looking forward to that Guineas!
Have the confidence to trust your instinct and know your trainers. When many were saying that Frankel was just a 2 year old last year I KNEW that, because Henry didn’t run him until the August, he would surely go on at 3.
Know when to back off. If I do lose heavily on a day I "punish" myself by keeping off them for a few days.
Best of luck but be VERY careful. That student loan WILL soon be hard-earned cash and it can be a desperate road.
"this perfect mix of poetry and destruction, this glory of rhythm, power and majesty: the undisputed champion of the world!!!"
I then had to stick all that on Man Utd-Blackpool draw in-running cos the prick of a referee was doing his best to screw over the £800 I had on Man Utd at 1/2!!!
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