I'm sure most gamblers can relate to this situation.
And this is and isn't my pocket talking!
After the race, you realise you made a mistake. Now, you don't need to be Albert Einstein to appreciate the horse lost. I could draw a bell chart, add a littlebit of algebra and a hypothesis if it makes me sound a tad more intelligent than the last tadpole I saw swimming about the pond.
I'm sure I'm being unfair to the said tadpole who, at least, had the hope of turning into a frog and, even though remote odds, if you have read enough fairytales, a prince if a fair-haired maiden had a fetish for amphibians.
Anyway...
How many times does it take to learn something? A lesson? Mistake? I mean, you would think it would be once, twice, three (no not hundred) times and all would be well on Planet Bet. A place where instead of tumbleweed you see big bundles of cash blowing uphill, down dale, even flying through the air like a bullet into bookmakers' satchels who appear just at the right time. Smile. Then run away into a cloud.
You have no problems applying for a visa on Planet Bet. As long as you have money you are a citizen for life. Well, if you keep losing money. If you win on a regular basis, you will be shown the exit.
It's a one-way street to a planet that looks pretty much the same as the United Kingdom.
If there has ever been a profession where you live and learn it is gambling. I have enough guidelines to fill an A - Z.
But I still make mistakes that drive me to distraction.
However, with every minus, there is a potential positive (Visa-Versa). You may be wondering what I am going to tell you that's so important. A way to take advantage of those dreaded odds compilers who so often hammer the value out of your selection. This may sound pretty basic stuff. However, when you get to the basics of most things they are pretty simplistic. There aren't too many scientists in the world but plenty of people making lots of money.
This one thing is worth noting because it is going to save you money and help you find value in a given race.
Beware of horses that pull. Especially running over 7f+. You've all seen the race comments:
- ''Keen''
- ''Pulled''
- ''Pulled hard''
- ''F*** that pulled hard''
- ''Don't bet on that horse ever again ''Hard''
- Jockey dislocated both shoulders
- Horse beaten by a strange bundle of money in the shape of tumbleweed
How many times have you tried to forgive a keen horse? You know the beast has ability but ''It's a little bit keen'' (we tell ourselves those words as if it will be magically okay because we saw a rainbow on the way to the racecourse so that must cancel out the 1,000 magpies we saw pecking out the eyes of some old lady who picked blackberries from a hedge.)
You know where the old lady lived? A couple of stops from Cloud Cuckoo Land.
Take note of horses that pull because they are a pain in the arse. The crazy thing about these horses is that bookmakers never (ever) seem to factor this ''pulling like a train'' phenomenon into the odds. Perhaps it's a double bluff because they think punters are so forgiving.
''It pulled, but because I had a dream about a Leprechaun last night I think it will be calmer today...'') (This was me last night).
The beast is priced 11/4 but pulls like a 10/1 shot. How the hell can it start at such short odds?
The only way that highly-strung beast will calm down is if you throw a handful of sleeping tablets in its path and play a f****** harp.
Unless you are convinced a keen horse is likely to settle let it go by fast, slow, upside down for all you care, but don't bet on the thing until...
In truth, we should target these horses as weak links and look for other ''more sensible individuals...calm...placid...'' in opposition.
If I bet on another ''frighteningly-keen horse, that saw the last poor soul enter an ambulance with dislocated shoulders'' you have permission to kick me up the arse.
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