Hi everyone,
Welcome to another year of (hopefully) happy punting...

I see the time between spring and April next year as being the most profitable period for punters so in between those months it's time to get away from it and get it out of your system, for a break so to speak, don't want to go nuts now do we?

So let's kick off with a couple of questions:

1) Where oh where has Gai Waterhouses' horses gone?
I know she's in England and concentrating on getting her charges right for the Big English races, so I know where she is, but what about the hundreds of horses that were in her stable?

Racing is a business, and any business dosen't stop having costs just because the owner goes away..

I notice by their absence that there are no Waterhouse runners in any races recently, although there are plenty in training....

I ask "what does all this mean?" Is she scaling her operation back? Or put the broom through the lot?

I have this feeling that when she does return to Sydney racing she will do so with a bang! Taking on the world beating John Hawks stable with gusto...

I remember earlier this year Gai saying she need a top level stable jockey, like Darren Beadman as a permanant "stable rider".. Then she turned up Nash Rawillier, who went to England with the stable... He's back and riding in Sydney now... If he remains contracted to Gai, LOOKOUT!!!! They'll be as powerful as the Hawkes - Beadman (Darren & Son) alliance...

And Question 2? ---- Have a look at this and tell me what you think, please... I don't normally dwell on betting plans but this one is different with (I think) real potential.

The strong points of this betting plan is that it attempts to protect your betting bank while it maximises your returns. I devised this plan while playing Two-Up at Jupitors Casino -- yes that was a few years ago.

First of all you need a betting bank: Never Never start serious betting without a betting bank, and never ever bet money you can't afford to lose.

For this example, I'll start with a $100.00 bank betting $10.00 on each sequence.

The aim is to find three consecutive winners. they don't have to be on the same day, or even in the same week, just three winners in succession. The price of each is expected to be between 2$ and $3 so place betting really won't cut it, although you could modify it to 4 or 5 consecutive winners to accomplish the same thing on place bets.

Most serious punters could find three in succession, I know I can.

Ok, so your first bet of your first sequence is $10.00. your bank is now $90.00 and you have $10.00 "invested".

It wins (of course) and lets say it wins at $2.00, the minimum you should aim for.

IMMEDIATELY put your stake back in your bank! and so you'll have $10.00 left.

Let's go again, bet the $10.00 on your next selection... Of course it wins also, so now you have $20.00 (paid $2.00 also)

So now you have $20.00 to bet with and a full compliment betting bank.
If a bet loses, just start again.. you have 10 shots at getting 3 seguences right before your bank is injured beyond repair.

And again, this time betting $20.00 at $2.00...

After this winner you'll have $40.00... and a protected betting bank...

The sequence now starts all over again.

While these simple figures might not get you too excited, think what it would mean if you worked your way up to $250.00 bets at an average return of $2.50 on each bet... $2343.75...

And $500.00 starting bets end up at nearly $5,000.00 (anything more and you'll have trouble getting bets on)

Success at that level ten times each year and you can have a happy retirement.

Now, if you are a beginner, (haven't lost the lot several times over) and think this is the answer to your dreams, trust me it isn't ... it's harder than it looks.. Getting three consecutive winners often takes a lot of research and work... bet small e.g $5.00 and try it out before you mortgage the house...

Oh, and if you like it --- I'll sell you the rights to use it for thousands of dollars like the ads you see the sporting papers... Don't be sucked in to those... There are two ways to make money at punting, by betting and by selling betting schemes and plans to suckers...I'll sell this one for $2,500 (more if I can get it), but on the other hand you might sneek off with it without telling me....I think I'll call my new business, "Dodgy-Schemes & Fly by Night Partners Pty. Ltd.". I'll register it overseas, so if you want to sue me it'll cost more than it's worth.

Kind regards
OzPunter

For most punters, the best way to win at punting is to place each carefully worked out wager into their electronic 'personal TAB', otherwise called their bank savings account and just watch the money grow :-))

Thanks Crash,

Wise words, but who's going to heed them?

OxPunter

LOL OxPunter exactly!

OP i dont think it will be as easy as you think to back three consecutive winners.

i do think 4 or 5 placed horses at $1.30 is more achievable.

Being capable of backing 3 consecutive winners would make the concept of protecting the bank redundant.