5
Steps To Better Betting
1) This is the first rule and
the most important: Don't drink while on the punt. I know
it is the easiest thing in the world these days to drop
in at the local and have a few beers while punting on the
Sky Channel.
If you want to bet and win, do not impair your better judgment
by drinking at the same time.
One of the surest ways to get to the poor house is to bet
up while full of "ink". (Experience is MY teacher!!!)
If you're going to arrive at the poor house door, don't
knock while inebriated!
2) Don't pop in to the TAB
or local and think you'll win an extra dollar or two by
"backing the favourite in the next" as I have
seen so many do.
Remember, the favourite loses about two thirds of the time.
In fact, what are you doing just "popping in"
and have a bet at all if you haven't studied the form that
is so freely available these days?
3) Think about all the dollars
you are spending every year on form guides - they are all
available free of charge on the internet.
Maybe that $300 a year would be better spent on a few well
chosen boxed trifectas.
4) No one can bet 365 days
a year without a break. Don't try it. Take a few weeks off
every now and then to clear your head and re-assess your
approach to the punt.
Apart from anything, it gets REALLY boring watching Sky
Channel day in day out without a break. (Especially when
you can lip-synch the ads)
5) Don't let people distract
you and switch you from the horses you have spent hours
assessing as worthwhile betting propositions e.g. the coat
tuggers, who always seem to live next
door to the cousin of the trainer or the jockey of something
in the next.
