Unfortuanately fella there are no short cuts,i have to look at every horse in every race old fashioned hours in the form book and watching replays,looking for non triers and unlucky runners etc.The big thing thats disappeared are draw advantages so things are twice as hard as they used to be twenty years ago when lots of tracks you could back horses hard against the running rails and 9/10 you'd be hitting the winners with fcasts etc.So now instead of putting a line through half the fields you have to go through every runner apart from a few tracks.
The one big edge i have early season is using times from the 2yr old maidens,which is good but obviously only covers a small% of overall turnover.
Also a large % of my turnover is on ppots,even with the take out the bet is still worth doing and doing every race and double checking every runner you can sometimes see handicaps where the whole field will have to go in.My biggest win has actually come from ppots when i could keep them out of the pool,would be great if they didn't go in the pool especially when the aw starts.It's not a rariety for me to have 12-15% of the winning tickets on some of the aw meetings as i can have up to£1500 on any one perm.
What i need is someone to lay me the bet without the takeout!!!
A large % of my bets i will be betting two in a race ew,unless there's something outstanding.I also keep track of all times of all the maiden races on the aw,similar to the 2yr olds which when you get used to standard times etc you instantly know something thats going to be well handicapped.
I could go on for ever there are 101 things i look for,but in the main its really
down to prices and despite what most punters think the aw is the best betting medium by a mile.You can put a line through 3/4 of the runners in most races and you can find distinct draw advantages which last for several weeks,front runners etc or the opposite.As long as you're watching every meeting they can be easy to pick up on,lots of mythology surrounds lingfield for example as well not suiting front runners.At a certain point during the aw season the track will revert to suiting front runners,its always happened despite what some stats boys might tell you and regarding stall 1!!!