Monday, June 7, 2010

My Betting Technique

Obviously we all like to bet in different ways and need to find the optimum way to maximise profits and for me it is as follows:
  • Only bet in races where I am confident of my speed map
  • Place a lot of exotic bet types on those races, eg; trifectas, quinellas
  • Only back individual horses that I deem are value based on my ratings
  • Adhere to a constant staking level

Would no doubt be very different to a lot of people out there but it works for me. I find that if I get the speed map right and bet around who is going to lead, sit leader's back, etc that I really clean up on exotics but I really need to maximise those races as clearly there is a fair chance of getting nothing when I get it wrong.

I leave stand start and trotters races alone as too many variables and rarely back any horse from a 2nd row draw as I like to back horses who make their own luck racing on the speed. Also do not bet at tracks like Mildura, Stawell and Ararat as a rule as find there are just too many cowboy drivers when they race at those venues.

As I said previously, there are a million different techniques out there and I have found that this is best for me.