How to Follow the Money in Horse Racing - And Why Most Methods Are Flawed

Following the money has been a big practice amongstput all that into a workable strategy, use these steps
punters ever since the invention of the exchangesas a rough outline
allowed people to see the exact amounts of cash1. Take the list of all horses in a race.
being placed on each horse in a race. This is2. Cross out the favorites
something that if used right can be a very profitable3. Cross out the top rated time form horse (you can
betting strategy but if done wrong will lose you a lot offind this information for free in betfair)
money. Following these 3 simple rules will allow you to4. Using the racing post site or newspaper, cross out
profit from the work of other punters.any runners that show up in the NAP of the day list,
1. Ignore large amounts of money on the favorites,that are highly tipped by the newspaper tipsters, that
especially on high profile races. Often the largehave much higher than average RP ratings or
amounts of money coming in will just be peopletopspeed ratings, any horse that won its last race or
following the crowd and betting on the best lookingthat are tipped by Pricewise
horse in the race. You won't find much value in these.5. Download betfair rapid (it's free) so you can easily
2. Look for large amounts of money coming in forsee how much money is going where.
longer priced runners. This is unlikely to be the Sunday6. If one of the horses left on your list suddenly starts
punter crowd and may indicate that someone whogetting thousands of pounds bet on it during the last 10
knows their stuff is having a punt.minutes before the off - consider it a selection.
3. Look for large amounts of money coming in forIt's not an exact system, because with something like
horses that are not well supported by the racingfollowing the money or trading prices there really are
media. Most punters don't actually read races - theyno exact systems (that work anyway). It's a case of
simply bet on the selections of people who do. If apractice, practice and practice until you start to get an
horse that has received little to no attention from theinstinct for it. Doing so with the about information
pundits is having big money bet on it the chances arehowever will put you well ahead of 99% of other
that someone knows something you've missed. So topeople trying to follow the money!