Making Money at the Races (2)I promised you an example (see Making Money at the Races Part 1)The Cup meeting at Eagle Farm at the beginning of June featured several last start winners, but very few had won over the track and distance. Only one horse had managed this and was carrying TAB number 1 saddlecloth, and it was in the Brisbane Cup. Scenic Shot. It also had a win strike rate above that 25% we imposed as a minimum.Of course it is now history that this amazing horse carried the grandstand o
Making Money at the Races (2)
I promised you an example (see Making Money at the Races Part 1)
The Cup meeting at Eagle Farm at the beginning of June featured several last start winners, but very few had won over the track and distance. Only one horse had managed this and was carrying TAB number 1 saddlecloth, and it was in the Brisbane Cup.
Scenic Shot. It also had a win strike rate above that 25% we imposed as a minimum.
Of course it is now history that this amazing horse carried the grandstand on the heavy track and simply demonstrated that it was the best horse in the race, outstaying the others including the in-form Ready to Lift, which had looked a sure winner at the furlong post.
This was a straight out handicap, and it was significantly below the class of, say, the Melbourne Cup. Several of the locals were in with a chance. To my way of thinking, especially with the benefit of hindsight, the fact that Reggie, an eight-years-old mare that had managed to win her previous start at group 3 level, was quite well fancied in this event said it all. Not that I'm in the habit of knocking aged mares in staying races after certain happenings in 2004/2005, which I'm sure you will remember. But then, Makybe Diva was an exception to virtually all rules made for ordinary racehorses, wasn't she?
Anyway, there's a system for us to ponder. Would it make money? A serious punter would test it on paper and probably go back through the results for six months or more, to see what had happened, giving a clue to what might happen in the future.
Systems are fascinating, and the best of them, handled with common sense, can become a valuable part of any punter's arsenal.