Thanks for both taking the time to reply with honesty, and great detail. Both top reads.
For myself it's a case of working out whether I'm a gambler or doing half educated betting. I find myself getting a lot of abuse of the mother or Mrs if I lose something silly like a tenner on a horse, and get you've got a problem or from my mother, you're turning into your Grandad (used to be a bookie)
I do my nut in at work doing similar to Danny and around 60-80 hours a week. Since the 17th December I've had 3 days off and usually doing 12 hours or more a day. Hence the late reply, I've just finished having started at 10am. Cheffing sucks, well the hours do anyway.
For me i just want to learn more and know where I'm going wrong so I don't get as much ****, and try to make less mistakes when gambling on certain horses. Although I don't lose much, never more than £30 a week. I find myself hiding winnings from the other half and sticking them into an Anti Post book I've got going. Again, is that gambling or educated betting? If she knew how much was staked (only a few hundred) she would honestly probably walk out. (We want a mortgage and making savings where we can) But if I have a decent win that i share, she's the first to dip her paws in.
All which ties into my job. Will it only ever be half educated without the time and botheredness to sit down and put the time in working out form etc?
Also, can you blindly follow one horse? Around 35-40% of my AP book is down the swanner cause I foolishly was blinded by Finians Oscar. The same horse cost me winning a small fortune this weekend, still regret not cashing out now when I wasn't convinced.
It just seems like yourself Danny, DO and a few other posters on here are far more educated on racing, just a case of me learning where I can. Only been trying this game proper for around 2 years. I've always followed the National and Cheltenham but always backed names, honestly. I cringe looking back. Although if Annie Power didn't fall at the last i probably wouldn't even be typing this out.
Hope this doesn't sound like I need a counselling session too much.