The toughest problem for a punter is not the actual selections in a race but more so picking the right races. Any punter can make a selection across Australia within virtually seconds based on the flimsy evidence presented at the TAB though I must admit some of their guides are actually providing well written and insightful comments on the chances of each horse.The idea of picking the right race was once again soldered into my brain for the millionth time when I launched my biggest bet of the da

The toughest problem for a punter is not the actual selections in a race but more so picking the right races. Any punter can make a selection across Australia within virtually seconds based on the flimsy evidence presented at the TAB though I must admit some of their guides are actually providing well written and insightful comments on the chances of each horse.

The idea of picking the right race was once again soldered into my brain for the millionth time when I launched my biggest bet of the day last Saturday on Stanzout for the place at $1.70. I wasn't really sure about a win bet as Here De Angels, Rightfully Yours and Headway were all solid chances for the A position but I was very confident about the place.The previous Saturday I also backed Stanzout at Moonee Valley, but not as heavily, and like this Saturday past he gave the same gutsy effort to provide me with a nice collect.

There is no doubt, well at least for me, that sticking to bets on horses like Stanzout is where the best chance of winning on the punt lays this time of the betting year Yes, there are much better horses racing, as per in the Memsie Stakes, but more often than not it is the bread and butter horses that help keep the wallet from disintegrating during the awkward months of late July, August and September. During this time the real champs are limbering up either winning or running good races but the problem is we are never sure how fit they actually are nor how much improvement they have in them. When it is all said and done we can flounder badly by trying to assess issues, such as fitness and improvement, until each of the better horses has had at least two runs this campaign.

In the meantime an old warhorse like Stanzout is there virtually begging us to back him because all he knows is how to try. His next start is in the Manikato Stakes where the task is much, much tougher than his last two starts but this old punter is going to have a sentimental few dollars for the place. Why not - he is fit, handles all conditions, likes the track and tries.