New Posts For Thread: Horse Racing - how important is specialising to be successfulhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30521025/horse-racing---how-important-is-specialising-to-be-successfulBy specialising I mean concentrating on particular types of races, tracks, etc??I wd say something slightly different in that rather than specialising at certain distances I wd try to know the characteristics of all the horses likely to run against each other in good races (both races in which I am genuinely interested and raceshttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30521025/horse-racing---how-important-is-specialising-to-be-successful?post_id=545407225#545407225I wd say something slightly different in that rather than specialising at certain distances I wd try to know the characteristics of all the horses likely to run against each other in good races (both races in which I am genuinely interested and racesSun, 05 Jul 2015 20:30:41 -0500Specializing is necessary in anysport, but understanding the bettingmargins is the most important.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30521025/horse-racing---how-important-is-specialising-to-be-successful?post_id=545321189#545321189Specializing is necessary in anysport, but understanding the bettingmargins is the most important.Mon, 29 Jun 2015 14:55:42 -0500Specializing is only part of any success to gambling. One must also master their chosen speciality.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30521025/horse-racing---how-important-is-specialising-to-be-successful?post_id=545300867#545300867Specializing is only part of any success to gambling. One must also master their chosen speciality.Sat, 27 Jun 2015 19:10:56 -0500Thanks for the reply racing. I think I would do ok at backing but to be honest I just haven't got the time . I'm out most mornings at 6;30 and home around 6 ish and with young kids at home it would be nigh on impossible to find the 2 hours , at leashttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30521025/horse-racing---how-important-is-specialising-to-be-successful?post_id=545137195#545137195Thanks for the reply racing. I think I would do ok at backing but to be honest I just haven't got the time . I'm out most mornings at 6;30 and home around 6 ish and with young kids at home it would be nigh on impossible to find the 2 hours , at leasMon, 15 Jun 2015 14:07:16 -0500aye robot - thanks for detailed and eloquent reply.Still trying to work out if I agree with everything you say or not.I'm talking about footy not horses but don't think that makes much difference.Certainly agree with everything about "your bets roughhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30521025/horse-racing---how-important-is-specialising-to-be-successful?post_id=545136611#545136611aye robot - thanks for detailed and eloquent reply.Still trying to work out if I agree with everything you say or not.I'm talking about footy not horses but don't think that makes much difference.Certainly agree with everything about "your bets roughMon, 15 Jun 2015 13:07:50 -0500OP doesn't seem interested so whilst I have a ton of views on specialising I think I'll knock this thread on the head. racingguru, interested in any of your thoughts on specialising, as it's defo a problem for me...i do ok but there are many angles thttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30521025/horse-racing---how-important-is-specialising-to-be-successful?post_id=545135297#545135297OP doesn't seem interested so whilst I have a ton of views on specialising I think I'll knock this thread on the head. racingguru, interested in any of your thoughts on specialising, as it's defo a problem for me...i do ok but there are many angles tMon, 15 Jun 2015 11:06:53 -0500Zealot - I don't really get involved with laying horses much as I know my strength is finding horses that are priced wrong in the morning. Sure I can see horses that will double, treble in price from the morning BUT there's zero liquidity on here sohttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30521025/horse-racing---how-important-is-specialising-to-be-successful?post_id=545130677#545130677Zealot - I don't really get involved with laying horses much as I know my strength is finding horses that are priced wrong in the morning. Sure I can see horses that will double, treble in price from the morning BUT there's zero liquidity on here soSun, 14 Jun 2015 21:31:36 -0500My use of the word "hypothesis" might not be technically accurate - but I'll give an example to show what I mean: You might think that jockeys who have had a run of consecutive wins get over-backed and are therefore value to lay (I'm not saying that'https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30521025/horse-racing---how-important-is-specialising-to-be-successful?post_id=545130079#545130079My use of the word "hypothesis" might not be technically accurate - but I'll give an example to show what I mean: You might think that jockeys who have had a run of consecutive wins get over-backed and are therefore value to lay (I'm not saying that'Sun, 14 Jun 2015 18:45:34 -0500One of the best threads I've ever read.Amongst others, I'm interested in aye robot's (good film) quote:"In general "fishing" in your data and then coming up with a theory behind what you found should be avoided, a slightly healthier approach is firsthttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30521025/horse-racing---how-important-is-specialising-to-be-successful?post_id=545126987#545126987One of the best threads I've ever read.Amongst others, I'm interested in aye robot's (good film) quote:"In general "fishing" in your data and then coming up with a theory behind what you found should be avoided, a slightly healthier approach is firstSun, 14 Jun 2015 14:22:13 -0500Racing -May sound a silly question but what is the least number of lays you would be willing to place per year ?If you had a lay strategy that had around 200 selections a year and made a profit of around 7% on turnover would you see it as worthwhilhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30521025/horse-racing---how-important-is-specialising-to-be-successful?post_id=545123963#545123963Racing -May sound a silly question but what is the least number of lays you would be willing to place per year ?If you had a lay strategy that had around 200 selections a year and made a profit of around 7% on turnover would you see it as worthwhilSun, 14 Jun 2015 10:16:53 -0500