15/2/2002 edition

Horse Racing:
Betting Strategy
and
Tips

Wet track betting odds

At Rosehill last Saturday the Gai Waterhouse trained Painted Thunder started at $3.30 on the Slow rated track. The three year old gelding had no wet track form.

Painted Thunder led comfortably but weakened a little over the last 200 metres and finished fourth. The $8.00 winner Treasure Time had raced once on a Slow rated track for one win.

Here are a few additional points to consider for wet tracks:

1. Slow track form is not Heavy track form.
2. Some horses can handle Slow tracks, but not Heavy tracks.
3. Lightly raced horses with no disclosed wet track form racing on a wet track are wild cards. They may be mudlarks.
4. This needs to be taken into account when deciding what is value for your selection.
5. Kaapgun, on the minimum weight, won the 2000 metres Listed Handicap at Rosehill last Saturday, paid up to $27.80 and blew punters away. Kaapgun had been racing well in much weaker class at Hawkesbury, but had no disclosed wet track form.

At this time of year when you expect Good tracks, wet tracks can make betting very tricky. You have to line up horses early in their new campaign who have raced first up on a wet track against other horses early in their new campaign who have raced first up on a Good track. It is best to be very cautious.

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