Best racecourse for profit and least favourable

Musselburgh (Best)

Doncaster (Worst)

Ayr flat
Ascot flat
The curragh

Best


Beverley
July course


Worst

There are tracks I never bet at

Been recording all my bets - and I do mean all - ever since I started betting in 1974!! (And that is absolutely true.)

Until we moved to the North 20 years ago, my best track was Brighton and then Sandown. But it has now become Beverley. Least profitable - and I mean do mean a loss here - remains Ascot.

Over the past 10 years Nottingham has also been poor for me but this season it is my best track, eclipsing Beverley in the limited number of meeting so far.

On the AW, best track by miles and miles has been, and remains, Southwell. Worst AW is Kempton, to the point I do not consider the racing there anymore.

I know why Ascot remains the worst (just too competitive) but as to why the profitable tracks work for me I am yet to find out!!

David,big loser 53yrs on the trot..

now analysing track prophets...

Thank god I never kept track of my expenses

Best is Wincanton. Local trainers farm a lot of the races.

formoftheeace...thanks for your comment.

Yup, although it makes me look like an anorak, I do know exactly where I am to the penny after all those years and what my expenses were. Either recorded in a couple of small sized ledgers from the early days or on spreadsheets.

After a losing day I find it theraputic to come home and type in the losing set of figures - it's a way of drawing a line under a bad day and moving on afresh.

Now, am I in profit after all these years? Well, after X's I am, but it ain't much!!!

Although I had a great career in IT, and then a business and was able to retire at 51, I look back at the countless hours studying form for the dogs and horses and then time spent travelling to the tracks, before comparing that to the profit and realise I could have qualified as a professional person (IE Doctor, Solicitor etc. etc) in a fraction of the time I've spent on the gee-gees - and I'd be considerably weathlier than I am now!!!!

But, you know the old saying. A bad day at the track is still better than a good day at the office, factory, call centre etc. etc. !!!

not sure whether you can still get this for free, but betfair can supply you a breakdown of your p&l by track for the lifetime of your account

never needed it but pretty sure someone started a thread recently having done it

someone will know

it was available via request years ago, the thread recently i didn't really read but fairly sure they'd got a breakdown

Wk 1   
Tracks  P / L    Comm Tues 13th
   
Beverley    £46.40
   
Chepstow     - £23.26
   
Killarney     - £10.88
   
Sedgefield    - £9
   
Yarmouth     - £42.10
   
York    - £26.06
   
Bath    £49
   
Perth    £0.10
   
Salisbury     £20.30
   
Newbury     £65.40
   
Newmarket     - £16.47
   
Leopardstown     - £46.25
   
Kilbeggan    - £14.60
   
Hamilton     £57.24
   
Aintree     £24.50
   
Thirsk    £13.21
   
Ripon    £24.31
   
Naas    £24.50
   
Redcar     £24.50
   
Carlisle     £28.91
   
Windsor     £13.12
   
Roscommon     £1.50
   
Wolves     £25

Typically Hamilton showing profit,Newbury,Bath & Beverley,York disappointing tbh…

A cracking sample, Lochy!

Yeah, but you’re using a seven day sample. What about the previous fifty years?

Most punters could look back at some of the wild prices and think they should be millionaires….

Sad individuals.

The cards were difficult Goddess tbh..handicaps…

Most with big field handicaps are difficult Rich tbh..

Lol,ta T2R…..difficult to do on an iPad tbh…

for successful punting i like shat in

Not my fault the big city you live in is turning into a dangerous landfill tbh

Understand the anger tho….tbh…