Sunday, June 17, 2012

Win at the Dog Track - How to Pick Longshot Winners That Others Overlook


Greyhound Dog Racing Tips.

Many years ago, a woman nicknamed Longshot Lil used to go to a track in the Northeast. She and her brother were at the dog track several days a week and they were fun to watch. He was methodical and had a pretty good greyhound handicapping system. He made quite a few trips to the window to cash tickets at every program.

She had a system too, but methodical she wasn't. A few times on every program, I'd see her trying to convince her brother that a dog was a good bet. He'd shake his head and point to the program where the dog's racing lines showed that it hadn't been able to win at this grade before, so it had dropped down.

Then she'd shake her head "no" and argue with him that the dog had won after only two races in the lower grade, so it was a good bet to win at the higher grade. Her brother would roll his eyes and tell her to bet it if she liked it. Sometimes, he'd even put up a dollar to get in on half of the win bet she made.

The funny thing is that more than half the time, Longshot Lil's dogs came in and paid good money. How did she know which dog was ready to win, even though it hadn't won at that grade before? Well, Lil said that she knew because she followed the dogs.

While her brother was handicapping, she was watching the dogs from the time they started in M grade all the way up the ladder. She made notes on her program when she thought a dog was ready to win and those were the dogs she bet on.

I don't know how she knew which dogs would drop down and win and then come back to win when they moved up a grade. Something in the lines or in the way they raced tipped her off. All I know is that she was the kind of handicapper who wins through watching, not through calculating.

It might sound funny coming from someone who sells greyhound handicapping systems and uses them to win, but if you're the kind of person who learns best by watching rather than reading, Lil's system might be the best one for you. Maybe you should try watching the dogs for awhile to see if something they do tells you that they're ready to win.

If it doesn't work for you, then maybe you're not a visual learner. Maybe you need to read to learn and then use a pen and a piece of paper to figure out how to pick winners at the dog track. If so, you can still pick longshots. You can watch the dogs, take notes and then use the notes along with a good handicapping system to pick those longshots that other people miss.

Greyhound Dog Racing.