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Betting Advice - Horse Racing Method and System Betting - The Basics

By: Kevin Phillips

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So what is the difference involving system and method gambling? Some folk will argue this until the cows come home, several say one works fantastic and the other fails to work. I exploit both; they have their good and bad points.

Systems take away human error that can be made by making a wrong choice that can be made with method betting, but on the other hand a system has to be followed exactly as the rules state. Deviate from these rules and the system will likely change from being a profitable one to a losing one. Besides, why would you plan to try and fix something you don't really understand, that wasn't broke in the first place?

If a system says bet a horse at 100/1, it follows that you do it. If it was a method bet I likely wouldn't go anywhere near it, but then each horse selected by a system is equal regardless of price, as they are all selected by the same rules. So a 1/10 on shot, has the same qualifying rules as a 100/1 shot. Remember this, and profitable systems will stay profitable.

So how do you go about method bets? There are many ways, but primarily either form reading or race watching, I cover both, and more but I will stick to the main two for the objective of this article.

Form evaluation comes from experience, and for this you really need to get your head around the Racing Post form guide. It might look daunting at first, but if you go through it ahead of a race, take notes, DO NOT BET, and afterward assess your notes after the race, eventually you will pick it up and begin to see trends. It may take a couple of years, so do not expect to master it over night. It is additionally very time consuming, and then if you include official ratings, speed figures, you can in fact have too much information. So keep it straightforward. Concentrate on the first three in the betting F/c (forecast) in your initial few months.

Race watching is faster, but it does mean you have to view each race and understand what it going on. This again comes with experience over a couple of years. If you notice a horse finishing quick, just failing to get up at the line, you may possibly note this as a next time out winner, and in a good number cases you could be right. You need to remember though that you were not the only person to notice this, so as soon as it runs again it will have shorter odds than if its last run was rubbish. What if its past run was in a Claimer, and is now running in a Handicap? That is a step up in class, so is it actually as good as you think? It could actually be better value as a lay as the majority horses do not make the jump.

One matter that can be simple to spot when race watching is a horse staying on at the end, but without getting to close to the winner. Say it comes from the back of the field, makes up 10 lengths in the final furlong to finish 5th beaten 2 lengths. If this race was over 6 furlongs, then a jump up to 7f next time could see it win.

Hopefully you get the idea, but method betting is time consuming, but when you get it correct it is very rewarding, and you will discover a lot, and the more you study the better the edge you have over other punters on the street.

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Keith Driscoll runs Win2Win Racing, and supplies extensive betting advice and free tips, systems, reviews, etc, and also has a fully active forum.

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