Here we are at the end of the financial year as well as the Brisbane carnival but in no time whatsoever the Spring carnivals will be upon us. I am reminded of this in no mean order as I note that the high class runners Predatory Pricer, Herculian Prince and Hinchinbrook are strutting their stuff on the training tracks and Theseo is already out and about running 1200m gallops. I also noted in an article in "The Sportsman" that Bart Cummings is firing up Allez Wonder, So You Think and Fa
Here we are at the end of the financial year as well as the Brisbane carnival but in no time whatsoever the Spring carnivals will be upon us. I am reminded of this in no mean order as I note that the high class runners Predatory Pricer, Herculian Prince and Hinchinbrook are strutting their stuff on the training tracks and Theseo is already out and about running 1200m gallops. I also noted in an article in "The Sportsman" that Bart Cummings is firing up Allez Wonder, So You Think and Faint Perfume for their spring campaigns as well as the promising Precedence. No doubt Bart has a couple of other Spring candidates on the boil and we all await to see how many Group 1 races this legend can win in the 2010-2011 racing season.
Personally, this is the time of the year when I start planning my 43rd Spring campaign. In the August edition of PPM I will finish of a series of articles by discussing my thoughts on tackling the trifecta and First Fours. So far my attacks on both forms of betting has been littered with hard luck stories and tales of amazement and the development of a hole in my wallet that almost needs medical attention. It is my intention to tackle the toughest, better class open handicap/s available each week using the Roving Banker option.
I have tinkered with a target betting method for a few months with different objectives and divisors for win and place betting and have finally felt it is time to up the ante a fraction. I like the idea of forming a no form study "Betting Stable" where I back each horse to win a certain amount per run (target betting) and I will be really tightening the figures I have in the Generic Ratings (Universal Handicap) project I have been developing for the last twelve months. This is simply a set of ratings for every runner on my list over certain distance ranges for each runner.
I could add other betting attacks, such as trainers and jockeys, but how many different bet forms can one person keep a proper track of? Laying horses on Betfair is another option but this demands a tremendous amount of self control and I sometimes wonder how much of that I have!!
What about you? What are your Spring campaign plans?