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TWO pieces of ADVICE for you...

1. An EACH WAY PATENT is one of the worst Bets that you can Place.

2. Worse still - Backing EACH WAY with just 7 runners is equally AWFUL.
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Why?

Because the EACH WAY SINGLES part of the PATENT requires SIX STAKES..... ADDITIONAL  to the EIGHT Stakes required for the 3 x EACH WAY Doubles and an EACH WAY Treble - Making 14 Bets in TOTAL.

Therefore - at the predominate, One FIFTH the Odds for a Place - you NEED either ....

ALL THREE to place at odds of at LEAST 5/1 in order to get your SIX  SINGLES Stakes back .... in which case you will have already got the 3 x Place Doubles and the Place Treble up ..... so you do NOT NEED the Single PLACES.

or - You will need ONE horse to PLACE at minimum Odds of 25/1 - in order to recoup the ALL the SIX Single Stakes -

or - You will need TWO horses to Place at minimum Odds of 10/1 - in order to recoup ALL the SIX Single Stakes - leaving out the Place double that would then have been attained.

Any ODDS LESS than the above will 'leave you Short'.

- and ... With ONLY ONE horse Placed - EVEN at 25/1  - You will STILL LOSE the EIGHT Stakes of the Doubles and Trebles
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You may counter by saying ... What if I get ONE Winner?

Well - that Winner would HAVE to be at least 10/1 - in order to recoup the Full 14 STAKES of the TOTAL bet.

Today's Selections started at ... 6/1, 10/1 and 11/4

That 11/4 - 2 Places - 7 Runners  - which loses 31% of the PLACE stake - IF Placed - being a particularly dreadful bet. - given that you have just TWO attainable Places in your favour, and FIVE UNplaced finishing positions against you.

[/b] Likewise[/b] -

On the 3 x EACH WAY Doubles and an EACH WAY Treble = 8 Stakes -
At One FIFTH the Odds for a PLACE - Even TWO horses PLACED at the minimum
5/1 returns 4 Points - so you LOSE HALF of that bet, to - and THEN LOSE SIX Points on the FULL PATENT Bet.

So - You NEED ALL THREE horses to be PLACED - at at LEAST 5/1 - in order to NOT LOSE.

In fact - with ALL 3 Placed - You would then WIN 12 times the Bet individual Stakes.

There could, therefore - be a case for saying -

Instead of Staking 14 Points on a Patent - at £10 per point = £140 in Total
Stake the 3 x EACH WAY Doubles and an EACH WAY Treble to £15 = £120 in Total

BUT - What if ONE of those horses WINS at 5/1 ? - I hear you say - and especially if the other TWO horses do NOT Place.

- and you would be CORRECT.

The answer, of course - is that have 3 x WIN Singles  - and the 3 x EACH WAY Doubles and an EACH WAY Treble - £110 in Total Staked.

That way - ONE 5/1 Winner would show a £30 Profit on the SINGLES ONLY scenario - as opposed to just 'breaking even' on such a ONE Winner with EACH WAY Singles.

If you argue - What if I get TWO PLACED horses?
Well - You would STILL LOSE £20 on the TOTAL Place SINGLES - as opposed to £30 on just Win Singles.... But you would be risking £60 on those SINGLES - as opposed to just £30 on WIN Singles.

- and - IF you got TWO PLACED - then you have got a PLACE DOUBLE up - returning £40.... so you don't really NEED the £40 from Two PLACED SINGLES.

Likewise the multiples of such a scenario with all 3 Placed.
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You say that you have, "been unlucky." -

But you have not been helping yourself either.

This game is NOT just about backing Winners -

It's about HOW you back those winners, aswell.