I've just recently researched this myself, as the BHA (British Horseracing Authority) have been messing around with the racing calendar over the past few years, and so we right now have more racing than ever. This can cause problems on days were there is stacks of racing, especially if you utilize a fixed stake adjusted each day. They have additionally been manipulating Handicap races in the bookies favour reducing the average strike rate by 2%-3% over the past few years.
I take a typical day as 1-4 meetings, and from 2004 summer racing now includes mostly 3 afternoon meetings, and 3 evening meetings. This is basically 2 days racing in one, and it is recommended you adjust the daily stake when the afternoon meetings have ended if time allows. With more AW (All weather) tracks than ever, we are additionally getting additional fixtures in the winter evenings.
Bank holidays will not be as crowded according to the BHA as in the past when you could have 16 fixtures, but the OFT (Office of Fair Trading) has since altered this. Still a bank holiday might contain over 10 fixtures, and so is technically 2-4 racing days in one! In this situation if it makes you feel more comfortable reduce your stakes by up to 50%, win and lay. You possibly will think you will miss out on potential profit, this is greed, remember patience and security is what makes a professional gambler. If you reduce the stakes, it protects you if it all goes pear-shaped on the day. I may possibly also reduce stakes in the course of sudden changes in going on any racing day, especially during a storm if the ground jumps from Good straight to Soft/Heavy.
Festivals are comparable to the above in that the competition is always much hotter than average, and is not a typical daily betting environment. So meetings such as Royal Ascot, Cheltenham Festival, Aintree Grand National meetings, are best if you lower your stakes.
+Additional Betting Tips+
It's best to retain more than one bookmaker/exchange account so you can compare odds.
The Scoop 6 is worth taking into account once it is over �50,000, as it is not always won by the pro-syndicates.
If you have any doubt about a method bet, don't put money on, you'll have another occasion soon.
If you do discover you are losing, and have practically lost the betting bank, break off betting and re-adjust everything. You ought to never lose the betting bank if you have the maths correct.
Generally speaking, your opening year at being a professional gambler will be hit and miss as you discover your feet, but you will then have goals and sufficient experience to progress further the following year. It took me not far off from 3 years to get into top gear, but back in the late 90's we did not have the on the spot information we do now.
Feel free to make public your own tips, systems, and advice on my forum, this additionally helps you to correct errors faster so you don't look like a complete fool, and will not only help yourself in the long term, but others as well.
Never over bet on the betting exchanges when laying. By that I mean don't offer 7/1 for a 4/1 shot, 2/1 for an evens, etc, You should on no account really bet over the odds of more than 15%, but your best trying to keep it to 20% or less. This doesn't have to be strict, as long as the 10% on some and 20% on others average out. To simplify things, it's best to never to lay over odds of 10.5.
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