A Racing Story
Hi from Allan...
I have a story to tell you.
I have been in betting for over 40 years now. I found my way to profitable betting in my local bookmakers. About that long ago, there I was in the betting shop, being watched closely by a guy named Frank. He noticed I had a knack of winning, knew my way around the form book and was good with figures. After a while, he approached me and asked if I would help him out. His formula came in two parts and it took quite a time for him to do it, so he asked if I would do the first part for him and get the figures to him by racing start. I agreed and he taught me the first part of his method. Now while Frank had noticed me, I had noticed him, every day almost he seemed to leave the shop with a handful of cash. His plan was back long shots at low stakes. His low stake was a tenner a bet, bit rich for me at that time, but he landed big shot horses all the time. One day he had narrowed it down to two horses, normally there was just one and he asked me to pick the winner of those two........both were good prices. One about 12/1 the other somewhere higher than 25/1. Of course I went for the shorter priced of the two. Frank shook his head.....The 25/1 horse had come in from somewhere north of 40/1, the other from about 20/1, there was some good form backing up the 12/1 shot, so a shortening was reasonable. However what on earth had warranted the backing of the longer priced horse.......something but not something obvious and not something the general public were privy too. I learned a valuable lesson that day............as I watched the 25/1 shot romp home. I don't know what happened to Frank, I know he lived somewhere near where I live now, definitely the same street......possibly the same house! Frank never went big with his bets, he aimed to make about £50 a day and used to say, "how many pies can you eat" as explanation. I never learned all his method but what I did learn was invaluable and many of my long shot finding methods spring from the philosophy I learned whilst betting with Frank. My hat is off to him.
Some years later.......I was in a betting shop in another town and saw a guy write out a bet slip with a horse at 50/1............I was next in the que, my horse was in the same race.....I tore my slip up, went back over the race and could find very little reason why the horse he had picked would win.......nutter? Well he was in a fancy suit and was very well presented, not a tin can kicker at all. I walked over to him and cheekily said, there is no reason I can find why that horse you just picked should win.... he laughed, "nothing you will find on these walls anyway" he said.
Mmmn............this guys a pro, I can feel it. Wrote out the slip and put the 50/1 shot down. Won! Again a valuable lesson learned, look beyond the obvious.
Over the years I have created many winning methods and some computer programs. "The Sword" which won the Smart Sig Computer challenge beating 20 something other programs, which wasn't too hard because none of them made any money! The Sword made +14% after 10% tax......remember those days. Not bad for a something that couldn't think! Then I created the Majestic Programs and they did well too, featuring my own Ai arrays and ai rate calculater. To this I added my speed program, which added a whole new dimension to Majestic. I also had a simple dos methods, "The Shield" for class B handicaps few years prior to that.
Now I have developed many great methods for making profits at horse racing and this is your portal to your best chance of betting success
