Your three biggest punting downfalls

[cormack15]

Mine – in no particular order

1. Failure to do my homework properly
2. Falling for or being swayed by hype (unforgivable I know)
3. Too cautious when I know deep down the time for bravery is at hand

[tony321]

1/ Being too rigid in ideas
2/ Follow certain horses/jockeys for too long
3/ Not being brave enough when circumstances dictate to steam in

[homersimpson]

1. Definitely don’t do enough study time. I think for the amount I put on, is it worth it? But then a horse wins and I think if I’d have thought that through I may have come to that conclusion. Cockney Sparrow in the Scottish CH springs to mind.

2. Being swayed by tipsters. Never been a really confident person in anything I have done and can change my mind on someone else’s comments. Boy is that annoying when your original pick wins. Should get lessons from TAPK

3. I’d back Ruby Walsh on a rocking horse

[aaronizneez]

1. Dropping the pole
2. Falling in
3. Drowning

[Peters]

1. Betting on NH racing

2. Betting on A/W racing

3. Following a trainer blindly even though I know they are out of form

[redremi]

1. Following a particular horse with your heart rather than head

[graysonscolumn]

1. Dropping the pole
2. Falling in
3. Drowning

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[no idea]

1. Listening to other people as opposed to following what I beleive

2. Following trainers

3. Backing Davy Russell

[stevecaution]

1. Following a particular horse with your heart rather than head

2. Believing I’ve only got one downfall

3. See 2.

Thanks for the good crack. Time for me to move on. Be lucky.

[stevecaution]

I think my three biggest errors are:-

1. Backing a horse you weren’t going to back initially because it’s become a price you now believe is value. e.g. switching from Road To Riches to Bobs Worth for the Lexus because the latter horse went out to 4/1

2. Promising not to touch a fancy, because not everything was quite right for a bet, and then backing it because of paranoia that it wins unbacked.

3. Betting in impossible handicaps with huge fields and getting stuffed by the draw, especially at odds that I know are rank value in the circumstances.

Thanks for the good crack. Time for me to move on. Be lucky.

[redremi]

Yes not being able to count to 3 doesn’t help either

[SirHarryLewis]

A few related problems.
1) Having too little money on winners, and too much on the losers. THis is really about a lack of discipline. If you went through all my bets for the last months and went in with with straight even stakes bet, i would be up a tidy amount. In reality, im nicely down.
2)Streching myself. Its easy to make small money from betting but having achieved this I try to scale up with with disastrous consequences
3)Chasing losses/lack of patience.

SHL

[CarryOnKatie]

1. Log into laptop (I tend to bet online)
2. Go to bookies website
3. Place bet!

Stay Lucky folks!

[The Ante-Post King]

I could name 33….

1,Failing to buy a terraced house for £12k when

Dancing Brave

won the 86 Guineas,could have sold it for £60k 10 yr later.
2,Buying a Black Mercedes with TAPK plates on it when

Imperial Commander

won the 2010 Gold cup and losing £27k when I sold it.
3,Buying a Tag Heure watch for £3k when

Workforce

won the 2010 Derby and never wearing it.
There’s no question I’m just one of lifes losers.
Having said that the greatest achievement was winning the 2008 Grand national with

Comply or Die

and convincing my missus Sex and Champagne was the best way to celebrate,we spent all night drinking and 5 minutes having rumpy then 9 months later watching her give birth to my Gorgeous daughter who incidentally is 6yo tomorrow.
Who says horseracing is a Mugs game?….Its a life changer!

[Ghost of Rob V]

Changing my bloody mind! Like today for instance, all morning, I was dead certain that I was gonna put Buckwheat (2:10 at Catterick) and Toga Tiger (5:15 Wolves) in a £15 bet (2 x £5 singles & £5 double). Came the afternoon, I ditched Toga Tiger and backed Miniskirt instead OK, I didn’t lose but I should’ve been much better off. Happens too often and I’m getting cheesed off with myself!

[IanDavies]

I think it is a really good question.

I am actually pretty happy with the way I bet nowadays but it has taken me a long time to get there.

A lot of races are too hard for me but I have worked out where I tend to do well and focus on that.

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[SirHarryLewis]

I could name 33….

1,Failing to buy a terraced house for £12k when

Dancing Brave

won the 86 Guineas,could have sold it for £60k 10 yr later.
2,Buying a Black Mercedes with TAPK plates on it when

Imperial Commander

won the 2010 Gold cup and losing £27k when I sold it.
3,Buying a Tag Heure watch for £3k when

Workforce

won the 2010 Derby and never wearing it.
There’s no question I’m just one of lifes losers.
Having said that the greatest achievement was winning the 2008 Grand national with

Comply or Die

and convincing my missus Sex and Champagne was the best way to celebrate,we spent all night drinking and 5 minutes having rumpy then 9 months later watching her give birth to my Gorgeous daughter who incidentally is 6yo tomorrow.
Who says horseracing is a Mugs game?….Its a life changer!

If your throwing that kind of dosh about, your hardly one of lifes losers.
Sweet story though.

SHL

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