Tip.

[Ernest]

No excuses, not good enough

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Ran OK, jumped well, tired at the end and couldn't shake off that winner all the way round. Happy enough with the e/w. Cheers MacK

 

[Ernest]

A tip doesn't mean a winner will follow, it merely means the chances of success are better than the quoted odds.

Or are worse than the quoted odds thanks to it being over bet, people follow a tip and the odds contract thus making it no value unless you got on early. Pricewise in the Racing Post is an example of this

 

[8ace]

10p R4 will mean a loss for E/W backers

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

When you first started these you nearly always won. But over time sadly you have morphed into [MENTION=3887]Uncle Spielberg[/MENTION]. For this reason, sadly, I'm out.

Oy Simster. I had 5 winners in a row last year !

 

[Mackenzie]

Well the money was down, we were leading over the last but were just outstayed. Gutted.

 

[BensGrandad]

No such things as surefire winners

A fairly well known jockey once told me never bet on horses at Folkestone, Salisbury, or at Windsor night meetings. To quote him "thats we make our money". Didnt mean a lot to me as I very rarely bet on horses.

 

[HantsSeagull]

i know nothing about betting which the rest of the post will demonstrate............i put £5 on e/w at 5-1 which cost me £10. I got £9.50 back! have i been very stupid?

 

[8ace]

i know nothing about betting which the rest of the post will demonstrate............i put £5 on e/w at 5-1 which cost me £10. I got £9.50 back! have i been very stupid?

You had Rule 4 deduction of 10p in the pound due to a non-runner. One of the reasons not to bet e/w.

 

[HantsSeagull]

You had Rule 4 deduction of 10p in the pound due to a non-runner. One of the reasons not to bet e/w.

errr....ok! if you say so. although if i hadn't bet each way i would be 10 quid down instead of 50p down!

 

[8ace]

errr....ok! if you say so. although if i hadn't bet each way i would be 10 quid down instead of 50p down!

Each to their own, I keep a record of all my bets and they indicate that I'd have made less money than I did if backed e/w all the time.
I do back e/w sometimes but the win single is my preference.

 

[Ernest]

EW bets is for mugs, you end up losing double

 

[Stat Brother]

EW bets is for mugs, you end up losing double

Those betting EW on my 150/1 cycling tip, who rolled in second, would disagree.



Oh god it feels good to drag those old bones out of the cupboard, one more time

 

[8ace]

EW bets is for mugs, you end up losing double

Did you back Hugh Taylor's today Enrest

 

[Ernest]

Did you back Hugh Taylor's today Enrest

Don't back tips, loads of lemmings every day following him and Pricewise

 

[Garage_Doors]

A tip doesn't mean a winner will follow, it merely means the chances of success are better than the quoted odds.

Really I thought a tip was exactly that.

 

[looney]

A tip doesn't mean a winner will follow, it merely means the chances of success are better than the quoted odds.

Sort of not really. A tip is a "tip off" to some hidden information. This is either in the form of "ready to run well" which is stable information and only tells you its in with a chance so about a fair price. Wereas a proper tip is one given with reasons for having an advantage, ie ahead of the handicap mark, This can be, trained on, ill last time etc. This should be better tan quoted odds.

The OP gave no reason why it should be backed and I wouldn't of if I had seen it early enough. There has been proper tips on here that ive backed(they won) but this isn't

 

[looney]

EW bets is for mugs, you end up losing double

If your losing anyway this is true, and by the look of the tipping contest you speak from experience.

Ive had 3 figure payouts for ew and place bets. In fact my last one tonight in Dundalk came in second at 10/1, which I have put in various bets, a lot place only.

 

[Mackenzie]

Sort of not really. A tip is a "tip off" to some hidden information. This is either in the form of "ready to run well" which is stable information and only tells you its in with a chance so about a fair price. Wereas a proper tip is one given with reasons for having an advantage, ie ahead of the handicap mark, This can be, trained on, ill last time etc. This should be better tan quoted odds.

The OP gave no reason why it should be backed and I wouldn't of if I had seen it early enough. There has been proper tips on here that ive backed(they won) but this isn't

Why isn't it a proper tip?

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Those betting EW on my 150/1 cycling tip, who rolled in second, would disagree.



Oh god it feels good to drag those old bones out of the cupboard, one more time

Lend me a fiver and give me EW tips and I'll let you know how i get on.