Do lucky saddlecloth numbers win? In 2007 a Practical Punting writer counted 660 Australian horse racing results — 7,363 runners, every TAB number from one to ten — instead of arguing about it. Number one won more races than any other number, and backing it still lost money.
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If you want to know how to win at horse racing through steady, sensible form study — not hype, and not luck — this episode is about the gap between the horse most likely to win and the horse worth your money.
What you'll learn:
• What TAB number one actually means in a handicap — the horse the handicapper rates best, and the extra weight he gives it for the privilege
• The win strikes across 660 races: 98 wins for number one down to 25 for number ten, 16 per cent to 5, and every number in between falling in order
• Why not one of the ten numbers turned a profit over the full study, and why longer dividends further down the card do not make up the difference
• The two cuts that did pay — number four when the first favourite was short, and numbers three and four in town — at 5 and 8 per cent on turnover
• The one angle that finally showed a decent profit, and the 59-race sample the article itself calls "only" — which is why it is a curiosity, not a system
This episode is built on an article Mr Money wrote for Practical Punting in January 2007. The TAB screens have changed since; the counting has not.
📘 FREE e-book — "Testing the Numbers": download it free and keep every figure he published beside you every race day 👉
pp.practicalpunting.com.au/testing-the-numbers/