Archive for the ‘Quotes’ Category

Tuesday July 20, 2010 11:07

The Greatest Traders

Posted by slipperytoad as Quotes

Another one of those replace "trader" with "handicapper" articles h/t: Zero Hedge What separates the 10% that make money from the 90% that don’t? 10,000 hours. In his recent book ‘Outliers’ Malcolm Gladwell describes the 10,000-Hour Rule,...

Tuesday June 29, 2010 20:37

Mass Delusion of Crowds

Posted by slipperytoad as Quotes

Following the herd is fine until they all run off the side of a cliff together. We never learn. Every two years we English forget past failures and rally behind our football team in the hope that this time we’ll repeat the success of 66. We never...

Saturday November 7, 2009 09:51

The Importance of Value

Posted by slipperytoad as Quotes

Re-reading "Six Screats of Successful Bettors" again and came across the following quote which I'll try to remember when asked the question "who do you like" Obviously everything depends in the odds. Anybody who says ,"I'm going to go out and bet this...

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Sunday November 6, 2011 03:47

Southwell Redux

In the next of my blog posts which tries to yield profitable pointers for the All Weather venues in the UK and Ireland, lets cast our eye over at...

Sunday October 16, 2011 11:04

Oktoberfest Bath

Mr X, an old work colleague and I are attending the final meeting of 2011 at Bath. Obviously bets a plenty as we all like a punt During the...

Tuesday October 11, 2011 10:00

Over to the Dark Side

Finally succumb to Mr X's suggestion that I should open an account [ad#Google...

Sunday September 25, 2011 11:02

Dundalk Redux

In the second of my "Redux" series I focus my favourite racecourse, Dundalk Dundalk was only opened in August 2007 and therefore the normal course...

Tuesday September 20, 2011 22:53

Wolverhampton Redux

This is the first of many posts where I try to provide helpful punting hints and stats for the All Weather courses of Lingfield, Southwell, Kempton,...