What Are The Plans?

Well things are certainly moving faster than we expected and I think we maybe need to highlight a few of our intentions for the rest of the year. Mick and I have both been making good money out of this game by following our own selections, as well as those of some advisors that we have got total faith in. We have both got very similar ideas about how to play the game and we both like to get involved in races where the terms are very much in the favour of the punter rather than the bookmaker. This means a lot of each way bets, usually in races with between 8 and 10 runners, where we believe there is value to be had and the selection has about an 80% chance of achieving a place. This doesn't mean that we won't play in other types of races, as we will from time to time, but this kind of bet will be the bread and butter of what we do and how we operate. We are both very selective and are happy to go several days without a bet until the right opportunity arises, but similarly we are quite happy to play in several races in one day, as long as we think we have an 'edge' of course. We have been working together for a couple of months now and both have total confidence in each others selections and so far we have achieved a more than satisfactory set of results. The target we have set ourselves is a total of 150+ points by the end of the year and this will be achieved from an average of approx 4 - 8 bets per week at an average stake of around 2 pts per bet. We will be aiming to make about 1 pt per bet (including losers) and the key to our strategy will be to keep losing runs to a minimum. Our current year to date figures are:

Profit per week: 4.4 pts
No. of bets per week: 4.4

Assuming we can continue at this rate then we will have no problem reaching the target we have set and I believe this is definitely achievable. In terms of the areas where we will aim to specialise, Mick will continue to look at the AW. There appears to be plenty of these meetings on throughout the summer, although we will have to wait and see what happens with the intended Great Leighs fixtures. He will also be looking at some of the better class turf stuff (primarily the races of 1 mile plus) whilst I will be sticking with the summer NH and also getting involved in the flat from May onwards.

One other area which we are keen to work on, as we both believe it offers excellent opportunities, is the recently added 'Trading Places' section. In here we intend to highlight horses which we think are likely to start at much shorter prices than those available earlier in the day. These horses should give us the chance to make a few quid using the online exchanges. This is something we have been looking at for a couple of months now and it is uncanny how many times we select horses which start significantly shorter than the odds we could obtain in the morning. I must point out that anything highlighted in this section will be totally independent of the account bets, however we will be monitoring the progress of the selections over the coming months. Anyway, there will be more info on that over the course of the next few weeks!

Finally (for now), if anybody is interested in receiving the selections via text or email, please drop me a note with a brief (or not so brief) word about yourself. The email address is shown under the 'contributors' tag on the right hand side of the blog under 'Gags'. We will be more than happy to do this free of charge for anybody who requests it. Remember, this is just a blog about two guys who are working hard and making it pay, a free-to-read diary of our own gambling exploits and a place where the selections will be posted for the public to form their own conclusions!