Betting On Horse Racing ~ Sensible Money Management (Part 2)
In a previous article I jokingly suggested I had put all my assets my savings, the deeds to the farm, my kids Trust fund, and the proceeds from selling one of my kidneys on a horse at Newbury. I showed this was potentially financial suicide, and an extreme example of bad money management.
I wrote that more often than not a losing punter will find himself saddled with a bunch of bad betting habits. It is these bad habits that have gotten him, and his betting bank, to where his is now the Poor House.
To arrive at a change in fortune, and to start making consistent profits, the losing punter has to be prepared to make changes to the way in which he bets. In the previous article we talked about the cornerstone supporting my own personal betting strategy, and that is finding value in every bet you make.
You will only ever make a profit from betting if you consistently back horses at prices too high when compared to their actual chance of winning. This is exactly how bookmakers have made their money for generations they consistently lay horses at prices too low compared to the actual chance...