You would be surprised at how much "smart" money is bet off the track. In the early 1980s I used to make a good living by going to the races midweek and betting the "overs" on the tote compared to the bookies. You could regularly get $10 on the tote about horses that were starting at 9/2 with the bookies. Not any more!
These days there are more and more professionals betting off course so the bookies fixed odds are not as good a guide as they used to be 20 years ago.

Thanks people for all your replies,seems there is no real "foolproof"method as some one said,the final tab price before they jump"ain't necessarily so."

Yes exactly...it is just a PCI card like your sound card or Network card....it plugs in to a PCI slot in your computer...you plug an ariel and it will come with software that allowes you to watch TV on your PC some of these cards come with software for teletext aswell so if you are going to buy one ask if it has teletext software.......some good Video Cards that you would normaly plug your monitor in to come with TV capture like mine it is an all in one card.....a basic capture card can cost about $100 you can find them cheaper.....a good video card with TV capture can cost $250-$600....you might be able to pick up a second hand one.....i have teletext software but not sure if it will work with other capture cards....i might have a look on the net for some software....but to be honest there are sites out ther that will display three state odds if thats what you are after.....one in particular is very good...but i can't drop a url but it is just like a virtual formguide

If you have a TV capture card in your PC i have some software that might work......i downloaded it free for my card but it may work for yours it is basicly television with teletext on your pc

How does a TV capture card work Shaun? I assume it needs an arial etc and doesn't come through the net in some wierd way. How much are they?

KV