Greyhound Dog Racing Tips.
When you look at a greyhound race, there are so many factors that it's hard to know which one is most important. Post position, class, percentage of wins, quinielas and trifecta percentages. And, of course, you have to consider each dog's running style and how it relates to the other dogs' running style in this race.
Wouldn't it be nice if there was a shortcut or two that would make it easier to pick dogs that are real contenders? Or, even better, wouldn't it be great if you could throw out some non-contenders before you really got down to a closer look at the dogs who have a shot in this race?
Well, in my experience over 30 years of greyhound handicapping, in some races, there are a couple of shortcuts that almost always work to weed out dogs who really don't have a chance. First of all, find a dog who's moving up in grade.
Look at the dog's last two races. If the dog moved up in grade and hasn't done better than third place, I'd leave that dog out of my bets. Why? I figure that the dog isn't ready - for what ever reason - for the competition he's facing in this grade. Maybe he's a young dog, just moving up for the first time and he needs more experience or just more races to find his feet.
Maybe he's an older dog who's slowing down and needs to be at a lower grade to come in. Or maybe he's just not the caliber to run with the grade he's in today and never will be. It really doesn't matter, in this race, why he doesn't have it. What matters is that you don't want to bet on dogs that aren't likely to come in.
The other dog I won't bet on is the kind of dog that somehow manages to stay in a grade by just winning or running in the money often enough so that it doesn't drop down. This kind of dog can drive you nuts, because every once in awhile, it WILL come in and you won't have it and you'll curse me for telling you not to bet on it.
But keep in mind, that if you bet it every time it runs, you'd lose money. Sure, it comes in, but very inconsistently. You really don't want to bet this dog when it's just won, because it's not likely to win back-to-back races, believe me.
There are other dogs that I never bet on, but these two are at the top of my list.
Greyhound Dog Racing.