Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Hi Guys

I’m going to be running the rule over a new backing system from the same author as the “Quick On The Draw” system that seems to be going well at the moment. This one is only to be used during the summer flat racing season.

When I first read through the book I was intrigued as I have not seen a system that uses these criteria in this way before. Without giving the game away the idea is to check the results of a specific type of race and from that you build up a list of horses to follow over their next three qualifying races. If the horse wins during those three races you delete it from the list straight away, if it fails to win any of it’s next three qualified races you end the cycle and remove it from the list.  I was starting to get a bit worried about how much research I would have to do before being able to actually start betting, but thankfully there is a web-page you can log into daily to access a list of qualified horses.

There are two ways of running the system and I intend keeping records of both methods. Method 1 is to simply level stake each and every qualified horse regardless of price or race conditions. Method 2 is more targetted and more along the lines of  a tipster service. On the website that lists all the qualifiers there is a section where the author makes his picks of the best bets of the day and gives advice on whether to bet for the win or each way.

The author claims very decent levels of profit for both methods so it will be interesting to see which performs better over the coming month of the test.

As the website seems to be updated mid-morning I would say that method 1 will appeal to those who are unable to access the internet during the day. It would be quite easy (though a little time consuming at first) to set up your shortlist and take advantage of the free email alert service offered by GG.COM in order to place your bets well before racing. All you would then need to do is to log in at night and take notice of the given additions and removals from the official shortlist.

I have used the alert service many times for selections using the Trainer Flat Stats and Trainer Track Stats systems and it does work quite well.

You are advised to have a betting bank of 100 points and to use a level stake of 1 point per bet for method 1. Method 2 will either be 1 point win or 1/2 point win and 1/2 point place.

I will start the trial with a notional bank of £1000 for each method, so the staking will be either £10 win or £5 E/W and results will be recorded at Betfair S.P. as per the author’s advice.

Filed under Backing, Horse Racing Systems by Liam Moroney