Racehorse TALK

5 minutes max and I'm happy with my results 

From 5-20 minutes.


The longer you spend looking the more you are talking yourself out of backing something.

Couldn't agree more

Me,

I have different degree's of form study.

I basically start off with skimming through the race first, to see if there are any horses that caught my eye from previous runs.

I then go through and check the track and distance, distance, track, wet, dry, first up, second up etc, circling anything that stands out.

I then go through the form, and see what they have been racing behind, and how far they have been getting beaten etc, and what class they have been racing in.

Will then check the pace of the race to see what type of horse will be suited

If i am serious about a race, if the stable has runners, I will normally go through every horses entire race history, and try and get an idea of their ability by seeing what horses they have raced against have come out and raced well out of the races that any of those horses may have been in

The last part I don't do very often, as it can take a quite a while to go through all the form, and I am not a serious enough punter, or have I got the patience, or enough time to do that for every race

But I am normally not far off the mark when I put that much effort in

About 5-10 mins per race that I plan to bet on (which there aint all that many, maybe 10 a week including quaddie legs.) I like it, gives me somethin to do, helps too you'd reckon 

Pity you didn't put more time into picking our quadie a few weeks back 

Come off it.

Chuggers picked first leg in the end and second leg got beat by I forget what now. Last two lobbed. Gimme a break 

You mean the one he put the hurdler Desert Master in in a 1400m race           

No that was another week when I put the wrong number .

So maybe Grats I need to spend more time with my typing, not my form

You need to brush up on both           

considerably as well     

Just get the typing write and I think you would almost have it mastered.

I still remember---Desert Master---

   

Me...I bet on metro races and HK...as I'm a system based punter only takes me 10-15 mins to go through a card and work out any bets. That's my place betting. And whilst that approach continues to work  I wont change it.

If you're not system betting I reckon you need to spend more time on the results after they've been run - than what you would prior to a racemeet. eg watch the replays, read the stewards reports, listen to any commentators you respect, check out the betting moves etc etc etc

If I'm planning a serious day on the punt then probably 2-3 hours to do the full card. No doubt for me that my success is directly related to the the amount of work I do. I like to skim the field and see if anything catches the eye from previous runs etc and then sit down later and work through it race by race.