Greyhound Betting Guide

Anyone looking for a perfect greyhound betting system has probably come across a few “guaranteed” greyhound betting systems on the web. The thing about these betting systems is that they cannot guarantee results without honestly explaining the worth of adequate research.

For instance, several strategies for successful sport betting focus a lot on the odds assigned to the animals running the race. These odds, however, can be very flexible and may even be significantly altered in the hours or minutes before any race opens. This means that the odds alone are not a reliable statistic from which to base any of the greyhound betting systems.

Total Betting Club The Total Betting Club is a membership put together by Louis Delay. You gain access to all of the systems for just £19.95 a month. There is currently quite a few systems that are running and you will have access to all of them as well free trials with recommended tipsters by. Greyhound Racing Betting Guide Despite not being among the most popular sports, Greyhound racing still gains a significant amount of attention in the UK, particularly when it comes to betting customers and bookmakers. The majority of major betting platforms offer markets on greyhound meetings, with many punters developing wagering strategies in this area in an.

In the United Kingdom greyhound racing starts mid-morning with the first race and goes on all day and into the evening. This gives you plenty of wagering opportunities every day and lots of races to test your gambling skills.

Key Areas for a Greyhound Betting System

Some of the key factors to consider when finding a greyhound betting system that makes money are as follows:

1. Greyhound form – Free statistics are freely available on the internet and these allow you to review some exceptional information. For instance, average track times over the past five races. If you do this for all runners in a race you can get a simple but very accurate view of which is the fastest.
2. Race grade – As with horse races, greyhound races have grades. If a dog is moving up or down grades this gives you some vital clues. For instance, if moving down grades means that they have struggled at their previous grade, this will give you a warning sign. The dog may appear to be the strongest having won a series of races. However if it’s now moved up in grades it will be against stronger competitors and face stiffer competition.
3. The trap – This is definitely the best indicator. Betfair golden traps and greyhound lay pro (currently in Beta stage and not accepting customers) are the two systems that are commonly mentioned on the web. Both depend on the race trap as the key indicator. It’s true that there are patterns of losing and winning traps and you can identify them easily and turn them into your advantage.

Combining the factors of race grade, form and trap it’s possible to develop a very profitable greyhound betting system.

Greyhound Betting Explained

Greyhound racing offers several types of wagers to a punter to choose from. The number of specific wagers and their types vary from one country to another and even from one racing track to another.

However, all wagers can be grouped into two main categories: straight and exotic bets.

The simple ones are straight wagers recommended for a beginner to start his/her greyhound racing betting. More experienced gamblers and professional handicappers employ a wide range of wagers, which includes several types of exotic wagers.

The best way to approach greyhound racing betting is to first learn the top strategies for straight wagers and later progress to more complicated exotic wagers.

Straight Bets

Betting to win – This type of bet will collect if a chosen selection comes first

Betting to place – It’s a winning wager if the selection finishes first or second. This wager is often made when punters are hesitant about making a win bet. They feel that they have more chances of winning if they choose the place bet.

Betting to show – A punter will be paid off when his selection comes first, second, or third. The punters who have a very low confidence in their betting skills usually go for this type of greyhound betting. The proceeds with the show wagers when they happen are usually very small. Because of that, if a selection is good for a show wager, it should be considered worth of a win or a place bet.

Across the board – This type of wager combines the previous three types of wagers into one. This will be a winning wager when your selection wins, places, or shows. If a selection comes first, across the board the bet will pay for all three win, place, and show bets. When a selection takes a second place, only a place and show wagers will collect. If a selection finishes third, then only a show wager will be paid off.

Exotic Bets

Exotic wagers are the wagers made on a few greyhounds at the same time.

Daily double bet – This is a wager on two greyhounds to come 1st in the first and second race of the day.

Quinella bets – A punter will win this wager if two chosen greyhounds will take 1st and 2nd place in the same race. It is irrespective of the order.

Betting on perfecta and exacta – This wager will collect if two selected greyhounds will come 1st and 2nd. Only in the same race exactly in the chosen order.

Betting on trifecta – This bet will pay off if three selected greyhounds will finish 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the same race exactly in the predetermined order. The trifecta is possibly the most popular wager among all exotic wagers. This type of betting is preferred by most handicappers due to the high pay offs it usually offers.

Superfecta bets – This will be a winning wager when four punter’s greyhounds come in 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th places in exact order.

Pick 3 – This wager means wagering on three selected greyhounds to win three different but consecutive races.

Pick 6 – With this wager a bettor is wagering on six greyhounds to win six consecutive races.

Many greyhound racing bettors like to use all types of greyhound betting systems, trying to increase their chance of winning. The systems give greyhound racing punters a feeling of being rational and efficient with their approach to gambling. They are also fun to use.

8 Greyhound Betting System Tips

• Do not bet on all greyhounds races- select your favourites
• Do not place a bet which pays less than even money
• Don't gamble on a greyhound with deteriorating form
• Don't bet on the greyhounds races with too many competitors
• Do not bet on maiden greyhounds dogs
• Always bet on a greyhound with a higher class and improving form
• Bet on the front runners with a good late speed and a good chance of breaking out first
• Bet on competing greyhounds positioned closest to the inside rail

A good greyhound betting system does not restrict you from picking a specific bookmaker. Obtaining the best odds is the key to maximising profits and obtaining value. Even if you are a beginner, you are probably aware that really original systems, with time, gain new rules following trial and error methods, before the current system is adopted with success.

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How to Read a UK Greyhound Race Card and Pick Out Winners!

In the following article I will explain how to read a greyhound racing race card, followed by some advice to how you can take advantage of some of the information, and then a rundown on how to make a final decision.

Here is a pretty standard greyhound race card for a runner at Belle Vue.

So here we have Ebony Peaches, a regular at Belle Vue, drawn in trap 1. It has a best time of 28.55 seconds at this distance (the race is over 470m) recorded on the 26^th October 2013 and it’s trainer is J McCombe. It was born in Jun 10, and it’s sire was Hades Rocket and it’s dam Karma Peaches. All that information is at the top.

Underneath is where the meat of the form lies.

Date – the date of the previous run.

Track – The track where the run took place (many dogs will just race at one track, but better quality greyhounds may run at many tracks).

DIS – The distance the race was run over.

TRP – The trap the greyhound was in the previous race.

SPLIT – The time to the finish line first time around.

POS – This is the position by bend in that race. For example, in its last race (top) it was third at the first bend and then led all the way.

FIN – Finishing position

BY – How much it either won by (in terms of lengths) or finished behind the winner.

WIN/SEC – Which greyhound won the race or finished second to Ebony Peaches.

REMARKS – A quick commentary of the last race (abbreviations will be on the race card for clarity). For example – “EP, Mid” means early pace, and ran in the middle of the track.

TIME – The time the race was actually won in.

GOING – How fast or slow the track is running. N means normal, a +number means a faster track, a – number denoting slower.

PRICE – the bookmakers starting price.

GRD – The grade of race that was run. The lower the number following the letter, the better the class. A normally applies to a standard race, and S to a longer race, with OR meaning Open Race (higher quality racing).

CALC – Probably the most important rating, the calculated time (taking into account going) of the greyhound in that race.

Using the Racecard

So, there is the racecard explained, but how do we take advantage of these stats?

Let’s start with the split time –using this time it can be very useful to try and visualize what might happen as the dogs cross the finish line and approach the bend. I’ll give three examples.

The dog in trap one is the fastest to the first bend, and the rest have similar times. What might happen? Well there is a good chance that the dog in trap one may shoot clear, and the dogs behind all hitting the bend at the same time may hamper each other. In the early part of the race, trap one has an edge.

The dog in trap six is much slower to the first bend than the rest of the field who have similar times and trap six also likes to run wide. If there is trouble up ahead, trap six will likely avoid it by being wide, and being a dog that runs on (which many slow starters are) its run might be easier than the rest of the field.

The dog in trap two has a minimally slower time to the first bend than traps one and three. This is an ideal position for a sandwich and this dog should be avoided! In fact you should be wary of all three dogs here, but specifically trap two.

Looking at the comments you might see that some dogs are more likely to hit trouble than others (crd – crowded, bmp – bumped etc), and these are dogs you want to avoid generally, but specifically in the above situations.

Something else you want to look at is how long ago did it last run? Is the dog fully fit? A greyhound that hasn’t run for a month will probably not perform as well as a greyhound that run six days ago – so keep this in mind.

The Grade is an important factor. How is he dog performing at a certain grade? Has it been dropped down a grade (and maybe have more of a chance at the lower grade?) – or conversely moved up? Has it won at this grade? Keep an eye on this column and possibly be less inclined to back a greyhound moving up in grade.

The going can also influence your selection. The greyhound in the above example won when the going was normal, but didn’t when the going was slower – this can be useful. On a rain sodden track, avoid greyhounds that don’t win when it is slow.

Check for rivalries! See if dogs have raced each other before, and see what happened. Stuck between two but one has beaten the other the last two times they’ve met? There’s your answer..!

The final and perhaps the most important aspect of a racecard is the calculated time. This is the best and quickest way to compare the greyhounds. A length in greyhounds equates to around 0.06 seconds, so if a greyhound regularly beats another by 0.3 seconds, that is a massive 5 lengths. Don’t take an average of all of the dog’s races to get a feel for how quick it is, just use the “trouble free” races (use the comments as a guide) and that is a truer guide to the speed of the greyhound.

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Decision Time

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So you have all this information now, but what process could you use to select a winning dog?

Firstly look at the split time, and potentially rule out (or put a black mark against certain greyhounds). Then go directly to the Calculated time – using these two in conjunction with each other is the main recipe for success. Using just these two categories at first will give you a great feel for the race.

Once you have done this, you may have a clear idea of who you want to back, who you don’t think will win. With this information, then look at the grade, the going, when it last run and the rivalries with other dogs – there may be something in there to change your mind, or affirm your selection.

Finally you are there – it might be slightly long winded, but with practice will only take a short amount of time, and there is no better feeling than backing a winner when you’ve read a race perfectly.

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