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paulme
18 May 11 17:43
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ok about time i did this. just made £20 from 3 races. the picks are based on no system or logic just odds of around 3-6 Laugh
will see how it goes and post results up.

Horse Racing: £20.92  Total P&L:  £20.92

Market    Start time    Settled date    Profit/loss (£)
Horse Racing / Good 18th May : 5f Hcap
18-May-11 17:30     18-May-11 17:34     3.80
Horse Racing / Ling 18th May : 1m Hcap
18-May-11 17:20     18-May-11 17:26     5.71
Horse Racing / Kemp 18th May : 6f Hcap
18-May-11 17:05     18-May-11 17:11     11.41


the horses were:

Munaaseb  2.92    2.00    Lay
Munaaseb  3.30    10.00    Lay

West Leake  5.80    6.00    Lay

Black Baccara  5.70    4.00    Lay

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By:
greedkillsmybankagain
When: 18 May 11 18:53
is paulol your father, brother, uncle, best friend or partner?
By:
paulme
When: 19 May 11 00:26
he's a regular in my local pub
By:
paulme
When: 19 May 11 18:51
not as good today. the problem with this laying lark is that one unsuccessful one can destroy five successful ones and put you back to square one. i did have chance to green up on the unsuccessful one but chose to let it ride Sad






Horse Racing: -£13.38 | Tote: |  Total P&L:  -£13.38 

 

Horse Racing Showing 1 - 4 of 4 markets

Market Start time Settled date Profit/loss (£)
Horse Racing / Tipp 19th May : 2m4f Hcap Chs 19-May-11 18:40  19-May-11 18:48  10.46
Horse Racing / Salis 19th May : 6f Hcap 19-May-11 18:30  19-May-11 18:33  10.46
Horse Racing / Sand 19th May : 1m6f Hcap 19-May-11 18:20  19-May-11 18:25  -40.01
Horse Racing / Tipp 19th May : 2m Hcap Hrd 19-May-11 18:10  19-May-11 18:16  5.71
By:
tobermory
When: 19 May 11 18:53
That was Eternal Heart wan't it

certainly matched at big prices in running

20.00      £99           
21.00      £16           
23.00      £4           
24.00      £2           
25.00      £10           
26.00      £2           
28.00      £31           
30.00      £3           
40.00      £0           
42.00      £1           
44.00      £10           
46.00      £3           
48.00      £6           
55.00      £3           
70.00      £0           
80.00      £2           
85.00     £3
By:
paulme
When: 20 May 11 00:08
it was Eternal Heart mate yeah.

just had a shocking couple of hours on US racing:

Horse Racing: -£76.12 

Horse Racing Showing 1 - 7 of 7 markets

Market Start time Settled date Profit/loss (£)
Horse Racing / PrIsleD (US) 19th May : R4 5f Claim 19-May-11 23:45  20-May-11 00:03  -11.00
Horse Racing / EvangD (US) 19th May : R1 1m Mdn Claim 19-May-11 23:40  19-May-11 23:46  -5.39
Horse Racing / PrIsleD (US) 19th May : R3 5f Claim 19-May-11 23:20  19-May-11 23:38  -24.60
Horse Racing / Louis (US) 19th May : R9 5f Mdn Claim 19-May-11 23:10  19-May-11 23:25  -19.58
Horse Racing / PrIsleD (US) 19th May : R1 5f Mdn 19-May-11 22:30  19-May-11 23:00  3.99
Horse Racing / Belmont (US) 19th May : R9 6f Mdn Claim 19-May-11 22:15  19-May-11 22:24  10.46
Horse Racing / Louis (US) 19th May : R7 6f Mdn Claim 19-May-11 22:10  19-May-11 22:19  -30.00

don't think horse laying is for me. 3 winners in a row Cry
By:
aueng
When: 20 May 11 00:15
hey paul mate, this aint shaping up 2 well Sad
By:
paulme
When: 21 May 11 11:32
hi aueng mate. not too well on thurs nite no.

slight recovery yesterday:



Horse Racing: £9.89 | Tote: |  Total P&L:  £9.89 

 

Market Start time Settled date Profit/loss (£)
Horse Racing / Catt 20th May : 5f Hcap 20-May-11 19:50  20-May-11 19:54  9.89
By:
aueng
When: 21 May 11 11:48
i hope you're saving some of your man u league money Grin
didnt really know u did horses.
any luck withe darts the other night?
apologies for getting off thread topic
By:
greenviking
When: 22 May 11 14:52
aueng
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hey paul mate, this aint shaping up 2 well
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No surprise here thenLaugh
By:
paulme
When: 25 May 11 22:09
update:-
challenge start date: 18th may 2011

Horse Racing: -£42.12 |

 

Horse Racing Showing 1 - 20 of 32 markets

Market Start time Settled date Profit/loss (£)
Horse Racing / Newt 25th May : 2m1f Mdn Hrd 25-May-11 16:15  25-May-11 16:21  6.64
Horse Racing / Ayr 25th May : 7f Hcap 25-May-11 15:50  25-May-11 15:55  5.71
Horse Racing / Hex 24th May : 2m4f Hcap Chs 24-May-11 20:30  24-May-11 20:44  2.09
Horse Racing / Hunt 24th May : 2m4f Hcap Chs 24-May-11 19:45  24-May-11 19:53  6.66
Horse Racing / Hex 24th May : 3m1f Nov Chs 24-May-11 19:30  24-May-11 19:42  -5.62
Horse Racing / Chep 24th May : 1m Hcap 24-May-11 15:20  24-May-11 15:24  9.03
Horse Racing / Ripon 24th May : 1m2f Hcap 24-May-11 15:10  24-May-11 15:14  -6.45
Horse Racing / Leic 23rd May : 7f Cond Stks 23-May-11 16:15  23-May-11 16:18  -12.00
Horse Racing / Hayd 21st May : 5f Grp2 21-May-11 15:00  21-May-11 15:15  -5.00
Horse Racing / Chest 21st May : 1m2f Hcap 21-May-11 14:55  21-May-11 14:58  6.09
Horse Racing / Good 21st May : 1m4f Hcap 21-May-11 14:45  21-May-11 14:51  0.00
Horse Racing / Hayd 21st May : 1m Hcap 21-May-11 14:30  21-May-11 14:39  17.12
Horse Racing / Chest 21st May : 6f Mdn Stks 21-May-11 14:25  21-May-11 14:32  10.46
Horse Racing / Good 21st May : 6f Hcap 21-May-11 14:15  21-May-11 14:21  10.46
Horse Racing / Curr 21st May : 6f Mdn 21-May-11 14:10  21-May-11 14:16  -15.00
Horse Racing / Hayd 21st May : 1m4f Hcap 21-May-11 14:00  21-May-11 14:08  2.38
Horse Racing / Chest 21st May : 6f Hcap 21-May-11 13:50  21-May-11 13:55  -16.00
Horse Racing / Catt 20th May : 5f Hcap 20-May-11 19:50  20-May-11 19:54  9.89
Horse Racing / PrIsleD (US) 19th May : R4 5f Claim 19-May-11 23:45  20-May-11 00:03  -11.00
Horse Racing / EvangD (US) 19th May : R1 1m Mdn Claim 19-May-11 23:40  19-May-11 23:46  -5.39
By:
thebert
When: 26 May 11 00:16
Paul you need to put at least some effort into reseraching your lays!

GL though.
By:
paulme
When: 27 May 11 01:21
thanks bert. where and how can i conduct such research?
By:
thebert
When: 27 May 11 11:36
Well studying horses isn't easy, certainly nowhere near as simple as studying football, tennis etc.

A whole range of things need to be taken into account such as the course, the distance, jockey, conditions, strength of the field and so on. I'm no expert on horse racing by any means but a little research can go a long way.

Timeform is quite useful, and to a lesser extent the racing section of sporting life. Racing Post is arguably the best but not everything is free on there. Even the racing section of a newspaper can help you get a feel for things.

GL if you decide to put a little research into picking out losers.
By:
tobermory
When: 27 May 11 16:52
Bert is correct that Horse Racing requires far more research, certainly if you are intending to bet on almost any UK race as there are about 5,000 horses that might run in them.

http://www.racingpost.com/ 

Go on there and type any horses name into the search box and you will get all it's previous form.

But to research an 8 runner race properly looking up the form like that would take about half an hour .And even that is not enough as the form itself does not tell the whole story a lot of the time, so ideally you will have needed to have watched their previous runs. So having enough knowledge to bet race by race is really a full time occupation (unless you are exploiting a flaw in the market that has given you an edge, in which case you don't need to know any form at all) .

Betting race after race without knowing anymore than a cusrory glance at the form figures will give you, is , i would say, the worst thing you can do in gambling.You just have no chance whatever. It is actually worse than playing FOBTs.

So unless you are prepared to spend hours each day studying horses that - in abilty - are as good as pub football teams, then i would say stop what you are doing.

To get involved and knowledgeable of Horse Racing i would recommend just concentrating on top class racing only (Group Racing) . There are only a couple of hundred horses good enough to run in those, and so research is much less of a chore .If you watched all of the Group Races for the next few months you would very soon be familiar with the horses that matter, and by the end of the season you would know as much about it as most people on here.
By:
T.M.O
When: 28 May 11 01:00
LaughLaughLaughLaughLaugh
By:
thebert
When: 28 May 11 11:19
Fantastic.
By:
paulme
When: 31 May 11 21:25
thanks bert/tobermory. am thinking i may just make this a general betting challenge as although i enjoy betting on horses, it is the area i lose the most frequently in!?
By:
paulme
When: 31 May 11 21:34
For example;

P+L since start of thread:

Basketball: £2.25 | Darts: £2.54 | Horse Racing: -£50.92 | Soccer: £38.17 | Tennis: £137.49 | Tote: |  Total P&L:  £129.53

bank now stands at £240. lets see if i can get to 300
By:
undern
When: 31 May 11 22:00
Had a quick look at your thread Paulme. Something I don't understand is your horse racing profits for the days you put them up on here were: +20.92, -13.38, -76.12, +9.89 then finally -42.12

Your thread title says you have started with £60 - therefore which would have mean't your 'bank' would have been all gone at some stage by the third day (let alone place any lay bets)

Likewise with your summary - you have indicated a profit of £130 and bank now stands at £240 yet you only started with £60 ?

All looks a bit confusing thats all. I suggest you start a new thread and start with a sizeable bank like £1000 and look to like you said bet on anything you like.

Good luck whatever you do.
By:
thebert
When: 01 Jun 11 00:34
I think he probably started with £60 but then his challenge got distorted by betting on other sports.

Good work on the tennis though paul.
By:
undern
When: 01 Jun 11 09:21
My post seemed to have not formatted correctly.

thebert - I was simply trying to say that his horse race results for the first 5 days was

20.92
-13.38
-76.12
+9.89
-42.12

Which means if he started with a bank of £60 he
would have wiped it out sometime during the 3rd
day as well as he wouldn't have had enough money
to actually put up any more lay bets but
continued to do so.

Trying to understand what he was doing and
secondly suggested he start again with a bigger
bank.
By:
paulme
When: 01 Jun 11 12:20
thanks for the inputs guys. undern i wasnt wiped out as i was winning money on football. the reason the figures didnt add up yest was cos i have/had pending bets on miami heat (won) and azarenka today (we'll see). bank now £250
By:
paulme
When: 01 Jun 11 18:38
up and down today with tennis and horses.

bank now £241.08
By:
paulme
When: 03 Jun 11 20:52
shocking day... new P+L since thread began.

Basketball: £13.41 | Darts: £2.54 | Horse Racing: -£64.54 | Soccer: £38.17 | Tennis: -£6.88 | Tote: |  Total P&L:  -£17.30 
 
Sad

only nadal can save me now
By:
ocean0201
When: 04 Jun 11 01:04
give up horses mate, u dont have to gamble on every sport
By:
paulme
When: 04 Jun 11 01:33
thanks ocean. i like gambling on horses, i just have no clue
By:
GoldCoastinvestor
When: 04 Jun 11 02:34
your last comment, atleats your honest.

Now why in fks name are you laying fancied horses in 8 horse fields.

Why not start with a minimun field size of say 12 or 14.

Would you prefer to lay a 4-1 pop in a 8 horse field or a 5-1 pop in a 14+ horse field???

So many horses in the field make it tough to get a run or find a position that enables the horse to win, they get trapped 3-4 wide shuffled back tothe rear or burn up early to get a position.
By:
paulme
When: 05 Jun 11 18:24
Ok so nadal kinda saved me. Love that guy!

New P+L since thread began (18May11 1700)

Basketball: £13.41 | Darts: £2.54 | Horse Racing: -£46.78 | Soccer: £37.17 | Tennis: £151.46  Total P&L:  £157.80

Withdrawn £150 so new “bank” is £120
By:
paulme
When: 06 Jun 11 23:03
few wins on darts and miami heat last night so bank now £150
By:
ocean0201
When: 06 Jun 11 23:34
paulme
thanks ocean. i like gambling on horses, i just have no clue


here is what you should do.. pick a race, study it for 20 mins then spend 5 mins writing a paragraph about why you should back or lay.. then 5 mins finding the ideal price and back it.. job done  in 30 mins.. Laughfor one race

have u tried forums like punterslounge or olbg? some good people there.. read this
http://forum.punterslounge.com/f13/horse-racing-glossary-q-57140/

and they do like to answer questions which i am sure u have many [;)]

good luck
By:
paulme
When: 07 Jun 11 23:28
thanks for the advice ocean. how do you do on here?

-50 today so bank back down to £100 Sad
By:
paulme
When: 08 Jun 11 22:08
+40 today so back to £140
By:
paulme
When: 10 Jun 11 14:10
nice lay just now on Cygnet in the 2pm to win £20 :)

money on verdasco just now in the tennis at queens
By:
Shanelee1966
When: 10 Jun 11 17:38
Good luck paulme - hope you make a few bob for the weekend.
By:
paulme
When: 11 Jun 11 15:30
thanks shanelee. bad day yesterday on UK/US horse racing. won £50 on murray today but just blown £40 of it on the horses.

bloody nags!!

bank now £12. on peng in the tennis Cry
By:
Shanelee1966
When: 11 Jun 11 15:35
Only ever had one tennis bet, backed Federer against Murray.
By:
paulme
When: 11 Jun 11 15:39
did it win? whats your main sport for betting?
By:
Shanelee1966
When: 11 Jun 11 16:26
Federer won easily, nearly backed Nadal while on holiday to beat Murray but backed out.

In the football season 90% footy 10% horses. On my thread i`ve made a decent start. Trying to turn £500 into 10k.
By:
Shanelee1966
When: 11 Jun 11 16:27
Combination of footy & racing, more 50/50.
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