The majority of punters lose money. You are probably one of them? In days gone by your losses invariably found their way into the pockets of the bookies, more recently a fair proportion will have been trousered by smart punters who use the betting exchanges to take you on. Today, even with an even chance against fellow punters, you and the other 98% still lose.
So why is this? There is a very large amount of helpful data available to you, and with the coming of the pc you can download and deal with it to assist with your selections. Yet you lose.
I am sure that it's the system you use (if you actually use a system at all). A top system makes the difference. Once you arrive at a system that really works (and works for you - much more important), you will be on your way to lasting success.
It is widely believed that only experts and professionals can create, develop and perfect winning horse racing systems, this is simply not true. Almost anyone is capable of developing a wining horse racing strategy. Even those who know little or nothing about horse racing betting systems.
Could you be one of them? Well, it takes a calm, logical approach, and if you are not calm and logical, and bet using such unscientific parameters as a horse's name or a jockey's colours, then you are going to have to change your habits.
There is a very large amount of form-data surrounding each horse, and all of that data is readily available for you to make your selection. There is also a large amount of statistical data, and the best winning horse racing systems use some sort of combination of the two. The last and frequently the most important factor in any racing system is intuition, and this you can only acquire with experience. You can't pack it and sell it, and it's difficult to teach or transfer. You just need experience experience.
Form (data) relates not solely to the horse you are researching, (whether it's improving or fading, whether it likes the conditions, whether it likes running after a long trip etc) but particularly to the form of the other horses in the field. It's no good just selecting a horse which is coming into form and ignoring the fact that several other runners are also coming into form too (which is highly likely).
Then there are stats relating to other factors like the weather (is it going to rain, does he thrive in heavy going), track (has he won here before, and if so -how recently?), quality and reputation of its jockey, the draw (is the horse drawn near the end of the line or in the centre, and if so is it the better side or will he be at a disadvantage).
Also to be taken into account is the form of the trainer - are his other horses doing well? Is he in the top 10 or top 20 trainers listing?
Another valuable snippet of information which it is always wise to know, is how far the horse is travelling to take part in the race. A trainer will not subject his horse to a long journey just to get some on-course training. No, if he is taking his horse a long distance (say 250miles in the UK), then he probably thinks his horse has an very good chance of a win (and he's better placed than you to know).
Other important data includes the horse's age, sex, how long since it last raced, its best distance compared to the distance it will be running this time), and so on. The difficulty is in deciding which data to give weight to, and how much importance to give to it in relation to the other information you are using for your new horse-racing system.
I conceive what I hope are winning horse racing betting systems, I also review and test other people's betting systems too. I can tell you with some certainty that many of the very best and most profitable racing systems now available were developed by gifted amateurs (well I suppose we're all amateurs really, you can't go to any college and learn this stuff).
I believe that system-creation is an evolution. I rarely start off with a totally clean sheet. Sometimes I use features of other systems - though I try to avoid it. It is sheer folly to ignore what works really well just so that I can claim that my new creation is entirely new. In any case, punters are not really interested in the new, they are only interested in the profitable!
Final comment: - If I gave a winning system to three other testers and asked them to use it for a month, exactly as I designed it, they would come back with significantly different winnings! Peculiar eh? It seems that however hard we try, even when using the most mechanical of systems, any human interaction with that system leads to widely varying performance. But that is for another editorial
A deduction I almost always make after testing a horse-racing system, (and I have carried out several), is that the biggest difference between a winning racing system and a losing system is the character who uses it!
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About the Author
Chris Temple is a successful forex trader. He writes titles on Forex, winning horse racing systems and on choosing the best winning horse racing betting systems <a>