Since 1996 I have treated my betting activities seriously by devising and then adhering to my ten golden rules - in particular meticulously recording every bet placed.

 

My percentage win (or loss) for each calendar year (after betting tax when it was applicable) is shown below:

 

 

1997  17.3%   Profit

1998  10.7%    Loss

2000  22.9%   Profit

2002  20.5%   Profit

2004    2.1%   Profit

 

So what does this tell us about punters? The legendary punter Patrick Veitch won over 16% on turnover during his professional phase. In contrast Alex Bird won less than 2% and obviously struggled when 4% tax was introduced. Harry Findlay, who I regard as a gambler rather than an investor, says no-one can win more than 8%. His percentage would be low I guess as he concentrates on short-priced favourites.  We'll have to disagree Harry.

 

I've started a Blog which you can access from the main menu. No guarantee that you will win if you follow the bets that I publish but I will not publish a bet unless the odds are still available at the time of publishing.