Sorry Squirter but I wouldn't bother with reading punting manuals, contributing to betting forums, endlessly messing around with every racing variable known, spending days online betting (or at the track, after driving 200ks to get there!!!) and then BE HAPPY WITH SLIGHTLY BETTER THAN BANK INTEREST!!!!!!!. You've got to be joking!! The stockmarket has given EVERYBODY 60% (ie in a passive Index Fund with no entry fees and not a second's heart palpitation) in two years while a number of individual shares are up several HUNDRED percent. You and I like a gamble and we're aware that there are plenty of others too. So instead of going for some puny 5 or 10 or 15 percent at the track you should've BOUGHT the TAB!!! All the TAB prices have much more than doubled since the market turnaround. ARISTOCRAT (the Pokie Addicts "friend") is over ONE THOUSAND % up!!! Sorry Squirter (and perhaps a few others) but if you can't, AT LEAST, double your money annually, punting, then the stockmarket is the place to be. Break your head for less than 100%? NO WAY!!!
Having said that,good luck regardless.