Saturday 12 Jan

Target Bets and my own List to Follow

I'm having my own Target bet today on Joseph O'Briens  - Gardens of Babylon - in the 13;00 race. It's not a bet I'm advising but an opportunity to show some of the additional bets I take.

January is usually a month I'm just glad to get through Dutching. This year the conditions have been good so far and at the moment there is around 850 profit in despite low quality racing. Personally I don't like AW racing when the temperature is well below freezing, although I have no evidence this really affects the market. So far this year v little freezing conditions.

Each year I compile a short list of high speed rated 2yo to follow during the following year. I like to bet these in the better quality races and Grp events through the flat.

Some of these spill over into the winter and a few moving to NH. 

Gardens of Eden was one of these and came good for me on New Years eve at 11/1. Today he is up from a Maiden Hurdle, I'm not going to risk another bet on  the nose, but use the Dutch Target bet.

The payout is 247 to the standard 486 dutch.

I have to place these manually The Automated Target Bets are only on selected favourites.

The list also produced a good winner at Meydan last week with Dream Today going in at 16/1

Later in the month I'll publish the list for 2019 just out of interest it allows me to follow the best of the summer racing and usually produces a good return. Also the simple criteria I use. Pinched from a last century Raceform Van der Wheil  'The missing Link' booklet and updated. It's served me well over the years. 

Here is the Dash for the 13;00 race. On the automated betting its showing a No bet at the moment, if the fav. hardens up a little before the off it will crystalize into a live bet.

Here is the Meydan Entry, I know, I know, just like one of those thousands of tipsters out there, results AFTER the event!!!

Here's the results data sheet up to yesterday, so far so good in January ( I haven't re-based the data from last years yet) 

It's profit in, off racing mostly hardly worth watching, so the occasional Target Bet makes some interest for me until the better meetings come along.