I think Good 4th. is looking for a staking plan that will work on his figures. Sadly there isn't one or everybody would be a winner.

What could be achieved though is a staking approach [choose your own if you don't like level stakes] with a few 'progressive' betting rules: No odds-on or worse than 6/1 and rule out betting on the usual suspect races [ maidens, hurdles, 2yr. olds. and less than handicap class or worse than dead condt.] that due to the amount of bets going on, are obviously being wagered. These silly races will undo and rob any worthwhile handicapping effort as a whole and send you broke eventualy.

There are those who can make money at odds-on and even betting silly races and condt. but these areas are best left for those who have the specialization in these areas to turn a quid. You could try larger bets but less of them as an aid to not betting on silly races/odds/condt. They can be a hard habits to brake. Could try seperating the bets into 'serious' and 'interest' amounts if you just can't help yourself and ignore [ or better still record them seperately so you can see just how silly they really are ] the small interest bets in your records. Go through your records and seperate out the silly race bets and check your new totals from what is left [ you should see profit ]. Great aid in treating silly races as 'interest' bets only in the future.

Betting on stupid races is the main reason [ amongst many ] most punters loose year in year out. It is no coincidence that race meeting are 'loaded' with unbeatable races and especialy the first 4 or 5 on the card trying to get your money [ that is just itching to have a bet ] early before it stikes value races and bets. And boy, does it work well as a statergy !

Cheers.



[ This Message was edited by: crash on 2003-12-03 08:48 ]