Horse racing systems are like diet plans: there are a lot of rubbish ones out there which do not work and there are a lot of good ones out there which do work if you stick with the plan!

Systems go wrong when punters fail to use them properly. Just as with a diet, if you do not stick to the rules the plan will fail; if you get greedy and bite off more than you can chew the plan will fail; if you think you have had too much recently and starve for a while the plan will fail.

The main reason why systems do not work is indeed because the punter is not following the rules properly. The rules which are broken the most are the rules about betting discipline and money management. Punters either get greedy and overbet or think that they should back off for a while and ultimately end up understaking. Just like the dieter who goes into a feast / famine mode the punter loses control of his goal and ultimately fails.

Money Management

Before using any system punters really need to learn about money management. A system can give them many winners but if they stake the wrong amounts on a horse they are going to throw away a golden opportunity to make a profit.

One term associated with bad money management is “the heat”. This is were a punter loses his cool and starts making rash bets. He will either be overconfident and bet too much, or be under confident and bet too little.

A good example of a punter being overconfident and betting too much is after a big win. A punter then assumes he is playing with the bookies money and so decides to double his stake on his next bet! After all, this is the bookies money right? Wrong! It is the punters money – most of which is his money from previous losing bets.

Another example of heat is when a punter is on a losing streak. This is the worst kind of heat because it can make a punter make extra bets just to try and generate a few wins. What the punter will do is deviate from the core system rules and start looking at other bets such as backing sure thing odds-on horses, or listen to hot tips from media pundits, newspapers and other punters at the racecourse. That is not the right thing to do. What the punter should do is just sweat out the losing streak and wait until his luck changes.

Of course, if a punter is having a really bad time and is getting totally demoralised with the game then the best advice would be to give up gambling for a while. Go on vacation, or take up some other recreation activity. The punter should totally forget about betting for now and return refreshed and more focused.

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You can read articles on dozens of horse racing sytems (some which work, some which are proved to not work!) over at our main stats and systems site: Flatstats. The Flatstats site contains information on popular systems including old chestnuts such as:

  • Backing the outsider in a three horse race
  • Backing grey horses
  • Backing favourites in the last race of the day
  • Backing horses where the third letter in the name is ‘R’
    (Yes, some people actually believe that is a system!)

There are many useful systems you can view and follow at the Flatstats site. Don’t forget though, that no system is going to work unless the punter operates it correctly. Learn about money management techniques and be disciplined.

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