Running Doubles as a system so to speak? Does anyone follow the running doubles,I have had good success with this type of bet recently by simply backing each leg with my top 3 rated horses in each leg, therefore costing $9 a unit.I leave out doubles with 7 or less runners and find the divvies quite inviting.

Just wondering on the thoughts of the veterans around here(and the rest of you too though...lol)

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I looked at the idea some time back & the best divs seem to be from Melb , maybe their fields are larger.
It had some great days & a number of not so good days , mainly due to low divs. trying to make up the losses.

To try & maximise the divs ,it might be an idea to only bet when both legs of the double have say 10-12+ runners

If you can pick them in 3 , you should do very well.
Make sure one has a bank of at least 50/1 ratio , because bad runs can & will happen supprisingly.

It might be an idea to target just one venue for each day that you feel has the best value.
Dont fall for the betting every venue , you will become unstuck.

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Cheers.

Thanks mate for the solid advice.On paper I have been following every meeting every race and have been getting an average of 3 rd's each meeting,I would say the avg divvie is about $25...???

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Don't forget that of those $9 invested, only one can return a dividend and the other $8 goes into the pool for the rest to share. Doubles are great but require patience......just put your 1st picks in and invest more on the single bet/or bet on more races to satisfy your punting thirst!

somewhere in this forum I read that TAB Nos 1,2,3,4 come up more than 50% on average. Why not try incorporate this stat in running doubles?
1,2,3,4 with the field. In the second leg if any horse is paying, say $30 or more ,leave them out and back them straight out.

bet doubles in half units I mean

Have a mate who swears by running doubles. He doesn't necessarily take them though, he believes if you take the approximate divvies after the first leg and divide them by the price paid in the first leg, you have a market much more accurate then the win/place pool market. It's weird but reasonabbly logical e.g First leg pays $3 approximate divvy for the doub if number 1 gets the second leg is $12, therefore 12/3 = $4, he backs any horse that is 150% or over this price i.e if number 1 was paying $6 or more he would back it. He believes alot of smart money is involved in doubles as the markets are not well utilised or abused by drunken larrikans just backing the favorite and he goes alright. Its funny he thinks the holy grail of information would be to get the market, amount of money on each horse b4 the first leg. Something to think about.

Hi
A common strategy to employ on Doubles relies on the fact that when you make comparisons of payoffs such as a $2.00 1st Leg winner an a $12 second leg winner this will generally return a higher dividend than a $12 an $2.00 winner.
So the idea is to leave out the favoured runner in the 2nd leg of your bets this also reduces the amount you have outlayed, plus it will give you the advantage to hedge your bets if your 1st leg was successful.