Flat Season - what to do ?

[Trotter]

Beginning to think about what kind of races to follow during the flat season, but I'm struggling............ Last season I had a go at sprint handicaps for a couple of months, but I gave that up as there were far too many of them to keep a handle on the form. I managed to go through the whole season with Group One Races and 2YO group races..........that was very interesting and added a lot to my enjoyment of the sport - having a fairly in depth knowledge of the top class performers. But it was a lot of work and very time consuming because I ended up making notes on all the races and horses in the UK, ireland, France.............I was spending all my time keeping my notes up to date rather than trying to pick winners of future races........:cry I think I might not bother to follow anything in particular this year, just pick random races to look at and look at each race fresh, without the baggage of getting bogged down in pages of notes about past performances. Does anyone recognise this as a problem ?.............or is it just me ? Are you going to 'specialise' for the Flat season ?........if so, what on and why ? Any ideas would be appreciated..............:ok

[bowles10]

Re: Flat Season - what to do ? really want to folllow horses in such a way that i know why i am backing a certain horse i.e much like Billy does which is to note a horses performance & then follow it until it wins or dismiss it if it fails again. I am a stickler for course form yet again & will want to include this. I dont like certain tracks so may be more selective, also the type of event i back in, ie no sellers or low class races. will be starting soon, however i find it more difficult to recall Horses on the flat than i do over the jumps for some reason? I cant even think of 10 decent animals off the top of my head & cant recall a number of the Royal Ascot winners - strange! In summary, there will be a reason for every bet i have this season !