The Punting Confessional – November 7th, 2012 by Tony Keenan Dundalk, Friday November 2nd I’d been impressed with Paene Magnus on his October 5th run over the same course-and-distance and he looked a bet at 6/1 in the morning; on his previous start which came off a break, he set a strong pace and having […]
Last week, Tony Keenan talked of the importance of getting the right price for your selection. He continues that theme by exploring the timing of your bets and where you should be putting them on, as this week's Punting Confessional comes from.. ...Killarney – September 4th I had a few quid on Bitsanbobs win and […]
And we don't mean that terribly tacky game show we imported from the States in the 1980's. In this week's Punting Confessional, Tony Keenan explains how to get the right price for your wagers and the importance of doing so, using a couple of examples from... ...Killarney, August 30th I had a pair of bets […]
Punting Confessional – July 18th 2012 No seamless anecdotal lead-in to this week’s piece as I just want to continue with last week’s discussion on staking. I concluded that piece with writing about the importance of having a plan before undertaking a day’s punting but it is equally important to allow some flexibility within this […]
In this week's Punting Confessional, Tony Keenan tackles an age-old source of disagreement: stakes, staking plans and betting banks. He explains how he apportions his betting bank into daily stakes and how he manages the bank: discipline is vital. Curragh – June 30th I was standing on the steps at the Curragh on Irish Derby […]
Playing the handicaps! Wexford, May 19th It’s been a grinding sort of week since I last wrote with a few reasonable winners like Prince Jock on this card and Elusive In Paris the previous evening at Dundalk peppered with plenty of losers like Catch Light, Ondeafears and Harry Trotter; I think the technical term for […]
Curragh, May 6th I managed to the get the flat season – or at least the punting part of it – up and running at the Curragh on Bank Holiday Monday with a pair of decent winners in Ondeafears and Wrekin Rock; that the pair came in 50-80 handicaps should come as no surprise to […]
The Punting Confessional: Losing Runs and how to deal with them... Dundalk, April 11th Another losing day among many at the start of this current flat season so now seems a good time to address losing streaks and how to respond to them. This early stage of the year is a time when I tend […]
The Punting Confessional No Racing, April 1st through 3rd There was some downtime early this week with no flat racing in Ireland so I used it to set about planning my betting for upcoming flat season; ideally this should have been completed before the first day of the turf season but I had been drawn […]
Editor's note: In the first of a brand new series of features, Tony Keenan, Betfair's Irish racing writer, brings his 'punting confessional'. Part diary, part teaching module, I'm really looking forward to this series, as I very much enjoy Tony's frank and generally contrarian outlook. I hope you will too. The Punting Confessional Cheltenham, March […]
