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Can Losing Runs Be Avoided?

By on Sep 1, 2010 in Aida Racing |

In a word, NO. Losing Runs in Horse Racing are almost impossible to avoid and the blunt truth is if you cannot accept that, don’t gamble.

You could of course use various methods to cut a losing run, such as Dutching where you would back more than one horse in a race. In practice this gives you more than one chance in a race and therefore should help reduce the length of a losing run, assuming you pick a few more winners by employing this method that is.

This however does not necessarily always translate into shorter losing runs. Racing a tough game if you are trying to earn some extra money or even a consistent income, in fact if you are going for the consistent income it can be very tough.

The figures suggest that only a small percentage, roughly 3% of punters make consistent profits backing or laying horses, of those I suspect it is only a very small percentage of them that make a considerable income from it.

So with that in mind, losing runs a part and parcel of backing horses and anyone looking to make money from backing horses has to accept that there will be periods where losing runs are going to be inevitable.

I don’t know anyone who finds more winners than losers. I know people who say they do and I know people who only back at very short prices usually 6/4 and lower, but I do not know of anyone who has a strike rate of 50% or more backing just one horse in a race at a working mans price.

If you do, please let me know because to do that consistently is something special believe me.

Even some of the best tipsters in the UK will sometimes have quite long losing runs, and by that I mean a losing run of maybe 15 races or more on the trot, pardon the pun.

If you are serious about trying to make some money backing horses, you cannot allow yourself to be put off  by losing runs, what matters at the end of the day, and in fact the only things that matters, is the profit made over the medium to long term.

Would you rather have a 40% strike rate with an average SP of 6/4 or would you rather have a 20% Strike Rate with an average SP of 6/1? Because only one of these makes money, and it’s not the 40% Strike Rate.

In fact I would rather have a 10% strike rate with the average price being 14/1. This would give you 5 points for every 10 bets, where as the 20% at 6/1 would only give you 4 points for every 10 bets.

So whether you subscribe to a service and whether you pick your own selections, losing runs are always going to play their inevitable part in backing horses. Don’t get hung up on the losing run, concentrate only on the medium to long term profit.

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Today’s Tip: – If you are quick enough in the 3.20 at Lingfield today there’s a horse I fancy should make the frame. No.5 Kokkokila