Daily Punt

Home Advantage: Easy Money?

Dave — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:44:55 +0000

The Betting Insiders report has just landed on my doormat. I read it cover to cover as soon as it lands. The piece that caught my eye, especially as I’m thinking about my Premier League bets for the weekend, is regarding home advantage. Leon Pidgeon has done some detailed research on whether home advantage exists. [...]

Price: Increase your profit by 30%

Dave — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:26:41 +0000

You have to haggle! A successful punter should always be looking for ways to improve his margins. In the same way that a successful business man will always be looking for ways to cut his overhead and improve his bottom line. As in the famous (and ludicrous) scene in Life of Brian, in which stall [...]

Trainer and Jockey Losing Combo’s

Dave — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:45:26 +0000

Following on from yesterday. Today I’m going to look at some of the trainer and jockey combinations that have a poor strike rate. Now the freezing conditions have put paid to most of todays racing but we do have a full card at Kempton. Our correspondant at Racing Ahead has highlighted 108 losing trainer and [...]

Winning Jockey Trainer Combinations

Dave — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:28:08 +0000

I’ve just been having my second or third read of this months Racing Ahead magazine. There is an interesting piece on page 36 about how different trainer and jockey partnerships perform on the All Weather. There are some big level stakes winning combinations. And also some big losers for the layers! (We’ll look at these [...]

Racing Post Pricewise

Dave — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:55:12 +0000

If you have been around racing for a while you will have heard of Pricewise. Pricewise is a column started long ago by Mark Coton. It is a regular column published in the Racing post and it looks to identify big priced winners. Because it tips these big priced winners two facts prevail. It has [...]

Green Up: How To Calculate Your Stakes

Dave — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:56:55 +0000

More on Betfair today. Yesterday Pete asked how do we calculate our stakes when we have made a trade and we want to green up. So Pete has backed a horse that is shortening in price and he wants to go green up on that selection. IE lock in a profit whatever the outcome. If [...]

All Green Bet: Locked in Profits

Dave — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:33:54 +0000

Just the other day I was watching the Betfair market for a race at one of the All Weather tracks. The race was in play and I had a lay bet on one of the market leaders. My selection traded down to about 1.3 and I thought my bet was lost. Then it drifted back out to [...]

Football Betting System That Works?

Dave — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:34:44 +0000

Before I dive into today’s question I just want to invite you to send me any questions you have related to horse racing and betting. I don’t suppose I know the answer to everything, but most of the time if I don’t know the answer I will know someone who does. Feel free to post [...]

Each Way Betting. Understanding Each Way Value.

Dave — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:31:10 +0000

Today we have a guest post from Paul Ruffy —– So what is an each way bet? It’s a bet traditionally offered by UK bookmakers consisting of two parts: a win bet and a place bet. For the win part to give a return the selection must win, for the place part to win the [...]

Value Bets

Dave — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:45:03 +0000

Ok, last week I promised that I’d explain why the Beaumonts Bets service is consistently profitable. The simple reason is because Paul Beaumont makes value bets. He doesnt worry about whether his selections win or lose. Or even whether any single day is profitable. He just concentrates on making value bets. I don’t know how [...]