Everyone knows that gambling is a business of risk. Professional gamblers will successfully manage their risks and make a profit, whilst 98% of punters who consistently lose money, also consistently fail to manage risk effectively.
This is the concluding part to this series of articles, where I have explored the key reasons most punters lose money, [...]
This is the third instalment in a series of articles on profitable betting through sensible money management. So far, I have discussed the importance of getting value when you bet, to maximise the returns you achieve when your selections win. In the most recent article you should have learned to keep your stakes in proportion [...]
In a previous article I jokingly suggested I had put all my assets - my savings, the deeds to the farm, my kids' Trust fund, and the proceeds from selling one of my kidneys - on a horse at Newbury. I showed this was potentially financial suicide, and an extreme example of bad money management.
I [...]
One of the biggest Stock Market losers of recent times came in the form of a UK owned online casino operator
Listed in June 2005, it was one of the London Stock Exchange's (LSE) biggest offerings since 2000.
Investors splashed out 1.9 billion, all going to the founders rather than the company itself.
Operating from computers in a [...]
Bookmakers have been laying bets on horses to lose ever since horse racing began. As punters having a bet on a horse, we are actually involved with laying horses every time we have a bet. We are simply on the other end of the transaction. To back a horse, there will always be somebody who [...]
AGE:
All horses share the same birthday irrespective of the exact date of the foaling.
This is fixed to facilitate the framing of races according to age groups, and is 1 January each year in the northern hemisphere.
Until 1834, the fixed date was 1 May, in line with the end, more or less of the foaling season.
The [...]
Bad Legs:
Bad Legs are a very common condition amongst racehorses
To really get to grips with what is involved when training a horse in preparation to race, we should make a comparison with the process that is undergone when training human athletes.
For example, what might have happened if Seb Coe had tried to run in the [...]