Hi all,

I have only just recently got into racing in the past month and have managed turned $200 into $3000 and am wondering whether or not it may have a been a bit of luck or a bit of something else..

When the missus and I got Foxtel a couple of months ago we started putting on a few Trifecta's and $2 each ways here and there.. and we've been landing quite a few of them - I accidently put on 2 half unit Trifecta's which were exactly the same, and it came in!! - $1500 lol. The missus put an each way on a horse which ended up paying 110:1! (The Trifecta's were placed, just by looking at the basic form on the internet).. After this, I decided to maybe take it seriously and see if we can actually make money off it consistantly, not as a professional gambler, but more as just a hobby as I already have a steady income..

The weekend, which just went by I had arranged for a mate to come round and have a punt with me.. I managed to turn $180 into $700!.

I bought Best Bets on Friday (I dont like looking at what they think will win, I just like reading the information which they provide eg horses last start, how it finished, whether it can swim, weight its carrying, barrier which its starting from etc etc..) I studied it for a good few hours on Friday night and worked out what horses I would pick for the Trifecta's (only MR and SR) - So out of the 16 races total I landed 4 Trifecta's (25% hit rate last weekend) ..and a couple of e/w's at 10, 15:1

This weekend im going to do the same thing again - throw in $200, plan my bets on Friday night and see how I go..

My question to you is, whether or not this is classified as a system and whether or not its possible to come out infront long term?

I figure that as long as it's a decent Trifecta - all I need to do is land 1 and I'm up for the day!

Trifecta System:

Out of the 16 races, I put down 16 Trifecta's (variation of boxed 3 and boxed 4).

*If its a small field, say less then 10 horses - I will pick 3 horses at a full unit ($6)
*If theres more than 10 horses in the race - I will pick 4 horses at half unit ($12)

*I always pick 2 horses that I think will win, and 1 or 2 that "might win" or least have a chance - so if it does come in, at least there is a bit of value in it..

*If I get up from one of those Trifecta's, I'll increase a couple of the other half unit Trifecta's to Full units throughout the afternoon.

Each Ways:

*If I win some cash through the afternoon, I usually throw on a couple of each way bets ($5 and $10 each ways). I NEVER put each ways on anything less than 10:1..
*Just before the race starts I'll memorize the horses which are paying between 10 and 20:1, then quickly look at those horses previous form and place an each way based on that - You would be sooo surprised how many times we pulled that off last weekend haha..

My bro told me that out of the whole history of horse racing he reckons that the favourite only wins 25% of the time... I dunno how true that is, but if you base it off that, it means that you should never back a favourite at anything less than 4:1, I figure..

Anyways, back to the question.. So you guys reckon that it may be possible to make money using this way off betting in the long run?

Anybody know of any other Trifecta systems that have worked for them in the past?

Cheers,

Marcus