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Many punters insist upon pushing the odds more and more against themselves and it is ironic that some believe they are doing the opposite. The numbers who indulge in doubles is amazing and very often you will find those who are looking to bet something each-way , a procedure which these days is completely negative.


Suggesting that they back two horses to win in one race brings a look of horror to their faces, but they would be reducing the odds against them by doing so.

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Every day there are races where only two or at the most three horses have any chance and the rest are just making up the numbers.

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When you know the winner must ( or should) come from one of two or three horses and you can back all of them them and make a profit, it must rate as a punters dream come true.

The good news is that it is not just a dream, but a fact and there to be taken most days. You have to be prepared to work at it because like anything worth having it does not come free gratis.

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Mtoto,

The trainers strategy has always started in the past, most of the time it is reasonably straightforward to "see", in that the horses form makes "sense".

However the horses performance and the conditions that were chosen for it have to be understood from the trainers point of view, not the form students.

If the form student finds something "out of place" amongst this form he ignores it at his peril. Only vanity can explain and true stupidity maintain that the form student thinks he is wiser than the trainer.

The "out of place" will have a v good reason for its existance, and if understood in the manner the trainer designed it, will frank or give lie to the form being analysed.

Above all it is important to remember that the trainers objective in this contest is subtly different to the form student who is looking for the best horse in the race so as to make money, whilst the trainer wants to make money even if his horse isnt good enough to do it conventionally.

When the form student looks at the horse he should imagine he is its owner and he can hear clearly the trainer explaining every step that has been taken with its developement. If he cant, Sun Tsu has explained what will happen.

TC,

I have only managed to get so far as Sun Tsu. Dr Doolittle awaits me in the future.

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But to exercise the intellect the prince should read histories, and study there the actions of illustrious men, to see how they have borne themselves in war, to examine the causes of their victories and defeat, so as to avoid the latter and imitate the former; and above all do as an illustrious man did, who took as an exemplar (example) one who had been praised and famous before him, and whose achievements and deeds he always kept in his mind, as it is said Alexander the Great imitated Achilles, Caesar Alexander

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Heir to the throne

TC,

You have got your hands on a terrific racing book.