THE ROMAN INVASIONI had a most pleasant morning today with Roman Koz. Of course we talked racing.What else?Anyway, we exchanged all sorts of ideas on making money at the track, and we went over that old ground of Place Betting again. I was interested to find that the late E.J.Minnis, a great friend of Roman's and also of Practical Punting, was very keen on place offerings and had pursued the magic elixir for years.We also spoke of the virtues of weight for age racing, and of Group One weight for
THE ROMAN INVASION
I had a most pleasant morning today with Roman Koz. Of course we talked racing.
What else?
Anyway, we exchanged all sorts of ideas on making money at the track, and we went over that old ground of Place Betting again. I was interested to find that the late E.J.Minnis, a great friend of Roman's and also of Practical Punting, was very keen on place offerings and had pursued the magic elixir for years.
We also spoke of the virtues of weight for age racing, and of Group One weight for age in particular. Neither of us could imagine a situation in which the two Doomben Cup favourites could miss a place this coming Saturday, but of course, as two hardened old punters, we also agreed that "it happens".
And it can, you know.
But... if you were forced to declare, on your life, the results of a race this coming weekend, where would you look? The only top show in town is on at Doomben.
And there's just one Group One weight for age race there.
And arguably it's pickable. I may retract this after the race, and I'm sure we all agree that what I'm saying is obvious and not new or any sort of revelation.
But back to that proviso above. If your life depended on it, wouldn't the weight for age Group One events be the ones you'd try to unravel?
Regardless of Saturday's outcome, this is a long term point I'm making. Roman told me of a pal who only bets on the sixty or so Group Ones and has done well now for the past five years.
Thinking about that, we don't need to be Einstein to realise that there are roughly 63 or so races over 52 weeks. True, Flemington and Randwick knock out several on their premier days, but if we were patient enough, I wonder how we'd go if we were to at least experiment on paper from now until, say, Christmas.
All you need to do is enter the name of the horse you think will win Saturday's big race, and then do this every time there's a Group One race. There won't be many more this season, so I'll give you a reminder in the early spring.