Just what the doctor ordered

From several proposed bets this morning, only the one became available at the advised price - and that was Ostheopathic Remedy running at Ayr. This was a market mover which had been attracting support all day, and opened on course at 2/1 before being sent off the 6/4 favourite. He won with a little in hand, being eased down at the finish.

I put up King Of Cadeaux as a horse to oppose this morning. He was contesting a handicap race over 7f this afternoon at Yarmouth, having won last time out. With a 2lb penalty and not having relished this longer trip in the past, I didn't fancy him to win, and I was happy to lay him at 10/3 or shorter. However, the market seemed to agree with me, and there was never enough money to shorten the price and he was sent off 4th favourite at 13/2 and so was a 'no bet'.

And so my one successful win bet added just over 2 points to the bottom line.

So you want to be a professional gambler?

I noticed Henry McAnenly has posted a new article at HorseRacingArticles.co.uk

It's called "So you want to be a professional gambler?" and he speaks a great deal of common sense to anyone with aspirations of making a living from betting. And most of it really is just plain ol' common sense, but we all sometimes forget the basics, don't we?

So if you want to read the article just follow this link:


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Weekend horse racing summary and weekly results

I suffered three losing bets yesterday, but my only bet today came in a refreshing winner at 4/1 I also had a successful lay bet against Inspector Clouseau at Thirsk yesterday, for an additional point.

The week finished pretty much where we started, in fact a little behind if truth be told. I'm afraid I just cannot seem to get any profit momentum going. We find a winner and then give the profit back with a succession of losers. It is most frustrating as all the work put in counts for nothing. However, it is during these lean periods that I have learnt to keep my discipline. All too quickly and easily we tend to forget the weeks when we chalk up 20 point profits. Betting during these weeks seems all too easy. The successful punters are those who have the mental fortitude to weather the barren weeks.

I read somewhere recently that "a winning period is a sure sign that a losing streak is just around the corner. Equally, when you seem to be throwing money down the drain as horse after horse turns in a disappointing performance, this is when a purple patch is just over the horizon."

From 18 Win Bets I scored a pathetic 3 winners this week, and lost the best part of 7 points profit.

This loss was balanced by a good performance by my Lay Bets which returned 7 points profit. From 5 bets the only horse that won came in at 10/11F

Total profit for the week: Win Bets 7pts loss, Lay Bets 7pts

Sugar Ray punch drunk

No one can deny my talent for picking horses to lose their race is truly outstanding at the moment. Great news for the Lay Bets account, but quite unacceptable for those of you following my back-to-win selections I have to admit. Whilst the lay bets returned a 5 point profit today, it was another disappointing afternoon backing horses to win. I had three selections all go down, before a single winner in Allied Powers at Newbury. Despite managing to get matched at 9/4 this still left me with a loss for the day.

I was confident Sugar Ray would not live up to his billing as race favourite this afternoon at York. He lined up to contest a class 2 Heritage Handicap over 12 furlongs, with his best winning form to date being two classes lower. To win today would require a career-best performance and I was willing to lay bets for three points at 7/2 or shorter. He was sent off the 3/1F and could only manage third place. My other lay bet also lost to land me another 2 points profit.

So despite continuing bad form with my win bets, I still managed to add more than 4 points profit to the account overall today.

Monday horse racing summary

Just the one final bet to report this evening, which sadly was a losing one. Cavendish was a loser at Wolverhampton this afternoon.

I was hoping to get a bet against Bikini who ran this evening at Windsor. This was to be her first outing in handicap company, and still a maiden I felt this would be a tough task. She was also going to have to carry her alloted weight over a distance further than she had raced before. I would have been happy to lay bets if I could get matched at 7/2 but the market did not plunge for this filly as I had hoped and the lowest I could see on Betfair was 4/1 Pity as she duly lost, but we had to let this one go.

Thursday horse racing summary

A good day for profit, due solely to a couple of successful lay bets. My two proposed win bets at Goodwood both lost and I was relying on my lay bets to ensure we avoided a losing day.

I had a big bet against Royalist in the Halifax Handicap at Chester. With only a win in a class 4 maiden under his belt it was going to be a big 'ask' to expect a win first time out in handicap company and racing in a higher class. Yet the market made him a 9/4 favourite. I was prepared to go against him for 5 points, and after setting off too fast he faded badly coming home. I also scored another successful lay bet against Albaraari at Goodwood for an extra point.

A profit of 4 points by the end of the afternoon.

Wednesday horse racing summary

A quiet day, with only three bets, and just a small profit to show for our efforts. Collateral Damage failed to score at Beverley, but then Daraahem won at the Chester May Meeting to put us ahead. However, my last bet of the day Double Mead could only manage runner-up spot at Fakenham, and I dropped a point.

A negligible one quarter point profit, but we all enjoyed a glorious sunny day (priceless!)

Tuesday horse racing summary

A frustrating afternoon where several of my proposed selections failed to reach my advised value prices. Wouldn't you know it, these went and won and we let them run unbacked. That's the downside of betting to value prices. There will be dozens of you insist that a 'winner is a winner' at any price. But the fact is that to make a long term profit you have to consistently get 'over the odds'. When we avoid short priced losers then the stakes and cash we save easily outweighs the profits lost by not backing short priced winners. My one bet Bene Lad came in second at 10/3

I was opposing Tenancy in the 6f handicap at Southwell. He hasn't been on form of late, and was racing off a mark still one pound over his only winning mark to date. So I was happy to lay him at 4/1 or shorter. He opened at 11/4 but I had already got matched at 7/2 before he duly lost again and gained me a point back.

Come the end of the afternoon there was no movement to show on the account, and I could have achieved the same result by doing nothing but soak up the sun in the garden! Never mind, there is always tomorrow.

April newsletter

Welcome to the latest edition of my Newsletter. The main purpose of the monthly Newsletter is to summarize the results of the previous month, and to give you a "heads up" on any exciting news or events to come in the next few weeks.

In this month's issue:

• Results for April
• Interview with Jason Chesters of Betting Exchange Profits
• Betting Against Horses For Profit
• Discover the VIP Betting Club
• More horse racing articles
• How you can earn money telling people about my web site

April Results
April proved to be quite unremarkable. In fact, for most of the middle of the month the profit seemed not to move one way nor the other. A few losers, a winner, back to where we were; then a few more losers, a winner, back to square one again, and so on. A couple of good value winners about a week from the end of the month meant we finished at around the twenty point mark, which is about, average.

However, my Lay Bets had a pathetic month, returning a seventeen point loss.

Come the end of the month I managed to get my head in front, for an overall profit of, wait for it, a meagre 6 points. Woo-hoo!! But then I did say in the last Newsletter I expected April to be difficult. The account still moves forward in the right direction, even if at a painfully slow pace. With the first of the Classics coming up this month, we should see the form start to settle, and results a little easier to predict with acceptable accuracy.

Back-to-Win Selections:

Profit : 24.85 points
Profit to £50 stakes : £1,242
Profit so far this year : £4,174
Strike rate : 21%
Return on Investment : 129%
Longest winning run : 2
Longest losing run : 12

Lay Bets:

Profit : 17.93 points lost
Profit to £50 stakes : -£896
Strike rate : 52%
Profit so far this year : £1,269

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Interview with Jason Chesters from 'Betting Exchange Profits'
Jason Chesters is well on his way to making a full time living using his revolutionary system "Betting Exchange Profits". Paul Whelan finds out what makes this guy 'tick', what gave him the idea for his system, and just how he turned £100 into a cool £10,000.

Click here to read the interview with Jason Chesters


Betting Against Horses For Profit
Let me explain to you why a book I have read recently will help you take advantage of the betting exchanges.

Sporting Exchange Ltd was formed in 1999 to commercialise the betting technology developed by Andrew Black and Edward Wray. They created a web site where punters could be 'matched' with other punters who had opposing opinions, effectively betting against each other, and Betfair was born. It also heralded the opportunity for the average punter in the street to bet on horses to lose their race.

I remember thinking this was an unbelievable chance to make some serious money. Pick a horse to lose a race and you win your bet. "These guys must be crazy" I thought. "Anyone can pick a loser, its going to be easy to make money! Surely this site will go bust within weeks?"

At first, I started out by going through the Racing Post and selecting a horse that by the form-book had "absolutely no chance" of winning, and laying it to lose on Betfair. This 'system' worked fine for a while, until BANG!! a 25/1 chance popped up and won. Trouble was, the 25/1 horse was something like 40/1 on Betfair and I lost all my profit, plus more, all in one go. I guess it proved the old saying that "horses can't read form books".

Betfair had arrived, and it was a betting revolution that was here to stay.

I'm sure many of you will have had this experience yourselves. Turning a profit by laying horses to lose is not as easy as it first sounds. But, like all areas of betting the secret to success comes in getting some 'value' into your bet -- and the value in laying comes far more often than not, when you oppose the favourite.

I picked up a copy of "Betting Against Horses For Profit" by Henry McAnenly when it was voted the best betting guide in a Readers' Poll. As the title suggests, it focuses on laying horses to lose. Henry is a renowned professional gambler, and an expert author of several best-selling books on betting and horse racing. Since his latest offering was voted #1 Book I decided I should get myself a copy.

I have read his book, and it details a very sound system for identifying weak and vulnerable race favourites -- often referred to as 'false' favourites. Horses at short-prices that are not as sure to win as their price might suggest. Remember what I am always saying about making your betting pay by betting for value? Consistently lay horses at prices too short compared to their actual chance of winning, and you will make a profit just like the bookmakers have been doing for generations. Well having read Henry’s book, that is exactly what you will learn.

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....and finally
David Beckham decides to go horse riding. Although he has had no previous experience he skilfully mounts the horse and appears in complete command of the situation as the horse gallops along at a steady pace, Victoria admiringly watching her husband.

After a short time David becomes a little casual and he begins to lose his grip in the saddle, he panics and grabs the horse round the neck shouting for it to stop. Victoria starts to scream and shout for someone to help her husband as David has by this time slipped completely out of the saddle and is only saved from hitting the ground by the fact that he still has a grip on the horse's neck.

David decides that his best chance is to leap away from the horse, but his foot has become entangled in one of the stirrups. As the horse gallops along David's head is banging on the ground and he is slipping into unconsciousness. Victoria is now frantic and screams and screams for help!!

Hearing her screams, the Tesco Security Guard comes out of the store and unplugs the horse!

Until next month's Newsletter, and as ever, you have my warmest best wishes.

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Thursday horse racing summary

I ended up with a small loss to the account today, with just two successful bets. Knavesmire started our month well enough, with a win at Redcar. But my remaining three bets all lost to wipe out my profit.

I had two lay bets, and first Maimoona scooted in to justify a short price. But then early evening I was against Fairyland at Huntingdon. This was to be only the horse's second run over hurdles, and with only one win in her career so far, I felt a price of even money to win today was far too short. To be fair she finished second to a surprise horse, but second still means the backers had to pay up, and I got a point profit back.

A loss of around half a point overall.