The Punter’s Bible Be A Winner, Not A Gambler!

By Daryn Colin Burroughs

There is no need to bet on a horse just because you like its name ever again!

By understanding all the various factors at play in horseracing, it is possible to find winners, and to find them on a regular basis. There is no formula to get rich quick and no statistics or mathematical probabilities that will help you to predict winners.

The information provided in this book is based on the author’s decades of experience in the industry and while there are no guarantees in gambling, a lot of the mystery is removed by knowing what the factors are that will either favour a horse to win, or explain its reasons for not winning.

It takes a good deal of investment of time to study racecards and research the potentials of every horse in the running. There are no short-cuts to success, but if you are equipped with the right information, there is no need for guesswork.

In this book you will discover the subtle nuances that influence the outcomes of races, as well as the different ways in which one can structure a betting strategy to your greatest advantage.

The desire to win may be the motivating factor to begin reading this book, but it is the author’s hope and intention that by learning what horseracing is all about, you might also discover the same love, enthusiasm and respect that he has for the game and for horses.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Daryn Colin Burroughs
• Release date: Jan 15, 2021
• ISBN: 9781005338923

Book preview

One

Introduction

About the author

My late father, Colin Richard Burroughs, was a racehorse trainer. He was a very good horseman and had a keen eye for horses too. He taught me about half of what I know today.

I have since learned, over many years, all the various other ins and outs of horse racing. I have a good deal of knowledge and apply it when it comes to finding winners on a daily basis. As far back as I can remember, horse racing has been everything to me.

From the tender age of five years old, I was already studying form and taking bets at on-course and off-course totes. All the tote operators knew me as Burroughs Junior.

I learned from very young that horses are all individuals, that every one of them has their own unique stride and that they are suited to certain conditions, pace, courses and distances.

I marked people’s racecards for R2 and would go into detail for them as to why a horse was the right one, and how the conditions would suit it, and so on.

At around age nine, Telebets came into play and I would take off school early to study my ‘Pick 6’. I called it through on the landline and once I won R11 000 on a Pick 6.

I knew I had a skill; an eye for tipping winners and for finding value. I followed the results every day, watching race replays every evening when I got home.

I created a watch list for horses that caught my eye in a race. I noted horses dropping in class and above the handicapper, to take full advantage of the value on offer.

At school I had my racecard with me all day in class, studying that instead of doing schoolwork. My teachers would get very annoyed with me and do their best, but I was always distracted. Horse racing was in my blood and all I could think about. I just knew I would have something to do within horse racing in my future career, and everything else seemed less important.

If there was a midweek Durbanville race meeting, I would skip the last two periods of school and run to the racecourse to join my dad and watch his horses perform. My dad would always ask how I thought his horses would do. He knew that I would know what kind of opposition they were up against.

After matriculating, I was employed as a data capturer for the Form Organisation and ARO (Action Racing Online) website, uploading the day’s results and posting comments on horses that caught the eye or excuses for those that underperformed.

At my next job as a junior trader for an independent bookmaker, I managed his branch and betting shop for a couple of years. We were very successful together.

I have always loved playing my Pick 6 daily. At twenty-three, I scooped a R1 million payout at 44 percent, which won me R441 945.50. This was a big win for anybody in the racing game.

During the month of August 2009 I made over three-quarters of a million on Pick 6 winnings. I bought myself a