THINKING SIDEWAYS

THINKING SIDEWAYSWell, the weekend brought no real joy for me, but I feel satisfied that the two horses I came down to made a profit if backed each way, as I indicated I'd do.I managed that $3.75 on Harris Tweed. He was never going to win, so suddenly I was rooting for him to hang on! We're strange beasts, us punters.Monaco Consul was ridden a very odd race. I'm still puzzled, as it was out of line with everything I know about the horse. He too ran a place and in an eight-horse field, the each w

THINKING SIDEWAYS

Well, the weekend brought no real joy for me, but I feel satisfied that the two horses I came down to made a profit if backed each way, as I indicated I'd do.

I managed that $3.75 on Harris Tweed. He was never going to win, so suddenly I was rooting for him to hang on! We're strange beasts, us punters.

Monaco Consul was ridden a very odd race. I'm still puzzled, as it was out of line with everything I know about the horse. He too ran a place and in an eight-horse field, the each way bet was what I'd hoped:a bet to nothing. In fact he too produced a profit.

So, what about the argument that each way is for mugs?

And worse still,if you bet for the place, you're certifiable.

If you're a reader of PPM, you'd know that this has been going on for the life of the magazine. We have the devotees and the fanatically opposed.

Then there's me, somewhere in the middle. But you know what?

I'm starting to wonder big time if PLACE is the way to go.

We get best of the TAB divvies now, at several online centres. That can prove very, very significant. Ten or twenty cents added to your dividend can mean, effectively, around an extra dollar on every five returns. If you bet in, say, twenties, or fifties, it can mean a heck of a lot to you, long term.

And you know how I feel about long term.

SO...

What say we examine the races for a few weeks AFTER they've been decided, and see how the "place only" idea might be applied?

I'm game if you are!