Betting - Advice for newcomers

If you are a novice or an old hand who has fallen into bad habits, the last thing you should be doing is placing bigger bets than you can afford. For a start, greyhound racing is meant to be a fun night out - leave it to the professionals to bet large sums.

Bet in moderation. Study the sport, study each greyhound’s quirks and charactistics until you feel reasonable happy that you know the way many of them run. The best gamblers watch many races without having a bet.

Firstly, they can watch most of the runners without being distracted by what they have had a bet on. It’s hard to take your eyes off a particular greyhound if he’s carrying your money on his back!

You will soon learn the ropes but, as a strict rule, try to limit your bets, leave a few races alone and wait for a really worthwhile punting proposition comes along. It’s fun having a bet but it’s even more fun when you go home winning.

As a rule, a greyhound can be compared to an athlete, both will reach peaks and lows and it is the judgement of punters to notice when a greyhound may be running into form. Of course, with young dogs just starting out on their careers, they are likely to improve with age and experience and, again, it is the punter’s judgement to decide how much more they may be capable of improving.

It follows that a racing greyhound will move up and down the grades. Although some maintain their form for much longer periods than others, many will run, perhaps, five or six races at the top of their form before they ‘go off the boil’ and, consequently, run below their best.

These are often the ones to watch for when they have dropped a grade or two and then begin to show signs that are, once again, running into top form. It should be noted when greyhounds lose their form for long periods of time and punters should avoid greyhounds who were running in better grade that have failed to show any worthwhile form in easier races. They may have lost their former sparkle through age or because they have picked up a small injury.

As a rule of thumb, a dog reaches his peak at roughly two and half years old and a bitch approaching three. That is a loose rule, though, some reach their best when as young as two and then fail to improve any further.

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