One thing this Blog is not is a tipping blog. As a trader on horse races I rarely ever take a view on the race before it has started. I used to look at form and try to come to an opinion on the likely outcome of the race, but decided that on many occasions horses just did not run true to form and, of course, it is not surprising due to the way the handicap system works. You can read into that what you will. There are many pundits and TV personalities with far greater knowledge than me on the subject of form and they still get it wrong more often than not! When I started out as a part-timer 6 or 7 years ago I used to try to select favourites to lay but found I could not even do this.
I now just watch races and I suppose have developed the skill of race reading. I will often bet in-running on the favourite and then lay off shortly afterwards to make a margin early on in the race, but as the race gets into the last few furlongs my race reading skills takeover and I look for both horses that look likely to win and others that look likely to lose. It sounds simple but that is all I do. There are no magic formula's and no inside information I just trust my eyes to pick out those tiny signs that a horse is either travelling well or not. I do have my favourite jockeys and that does help to form my opinion in races.
I know that some readers will call me for after timing when I tell you how I have done each day. All I can say is that I will always tell the truth and how can I tell you before a race what is going to win or lose when I don't have a clue until the race is being run.
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