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Tincan

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Alright all...any tips on a beginners book / online guide to reading form please? Don't nessarily mean providing details to the nth degree but more general steps on how to approach it.

My whole strategy betting over the last 15 years has been as follows...

1. Find a Paul Cole 2 year old that didn't win on debut and then put my mortgage on it for its 2nd run.

2. Find a Swinbank horse that gets backed in. Wait until nearer the off and see if it drifts. If it does and then comes back in again right at the off, put my mortgage on it.

3. If Richard Kingcote goes for one ride somewhere and it's not a Dascombe horse, put my mortgage on it.

4. If horse in big value handicap has low weight and last two runs show 32 then put my mortgage on it.


I've had the odd win using these over the years but on the downside I now don't have a house.

Any help pointing in me a direction where I can bin the above strategy will be most appreciated.

Cheers


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Desert Orchid said:
No new strategy needed. Just bin your current approach and put the money towards a new house.
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That is an option, but where's the fun in that?

Seriously though, where do you start?

From reading over the years it seems you're better sticking to one type of race so I've always looked at handicap races. Problem is though I get myself into a right tizz when trying to combine comparing form for several horses over several previous races. i think I try to work out too many things at once hence needing a tip of what to look at first, etc.
 
Not sure I can help but your post made me laugh!

Willoughby put up a stat the other day that showed that horses that led last time out and then start favourite in their subsequent race return a 4% ROI at betfair SP. Hold up horses show a 5% loss. The human psyche at work.
 
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