| To win at the dog track, you have to have a | | | | you'll know - to the penny - what percentage of |
| strategy. Just grabbing a program and giving it a | | | | your bets are earning money for you and what |
| quick look and picking dogs that "look good" is NOT a | | | | percentage are losing money. |
| roadmap to success. So, if your greyhound | | | | If you don't know this, you can't possibly know |
| handicapping system isn't working as well as you'd like | | | | whether your handicapping methods are working or |
| it to, the beginning of a new year is a good time to | | | | not. And this brings us to another New Year's |
| fix that problem. | | | | resolution you might want to make. If it's not |
| First of all, do you even HAVE a system? That's the | | | | working, don't keep doing it. That applies to |
| first step toward picking winners consistently. Just | | | | everything that you do at the greyhound track. |
| using hunches or trusting to luck is the loser's method | | | | From who you sit with to how you pick dogs, |
| and it will pretty quickly empty your wallet and get | | | | examine every little thing that you do from the time |
| very depressing. Losing is not why we go to the dog | | | | you get to the track to the time you leave. Is your |
| track, now is it? | | | | friend talking your ear off to the point where you |
| So, if you've gotten a little lax about how you | | | | can't pay attention to the races? Sit somewhere else |
| handicap, do something about it. Get back to where | | | | or ask him to stop talking so you can watch the |
| you used to be when you were picking more winners | | | | race. |
| than losers. If you never did, well now is the time to | | | | Do you win on quiniela bets, but then lose because |
| find a method that DOES help you pick winners. | | | | you play trifectas also? Lose the trifectas. I know it's |
| There are plenty of them around. Just ask your | | | | human nature to want to hit a big tri, but if you can't |
| friends to recommend one or do some research on | | | | hit it, why waste your time and money on it? Play |
| the Net. | | | | what you're good at. A couple of good quinielas can |
| How's your money management? Have you let it | | | | pay just as much as a trifecta most of the time. |
| slide to the point where you don't really know how | | | | Make this year a good year at the dog track by |
| much you've lost or won? Sloppy financial habits can | | | | getting rid of your old bad habits and developing |
| sabotage even the best handicapper. Start the year | | | | good new habits. This is the perfect time to make a |
| right by setting up an accounting system so that | | | | new start and also make more money at the track. |