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You only need to know one thing to win at the greyhound track

How many minutes or hours do you spend handicapping in a greyhound race? How many factors do you consider? Everyone has a different approach, but it should come as no surprise that everyone is looking at basically the same thing. How do you get an advantage when everyone is working with the same information? What’s one thing you can do to get the edge?

Have a “hound track at home”.

Now that online greyhound betting is so popular, many players have abandoned the concept of having a local track. If you look back a decade or more, most players actually went to a court to play. They knew the track, the kennels, the trainers and everything about the track. I was still able to play other tracks on the simulcast screens, but I usually played all the races on the home track and paid attention to every detail.

My mentor played at the Mobile Greyhound Park. I remember him telling me a story about morning runs and how the sun affected them. For two or sometimes three races in the afternoon, the sun would be at an angle to shine directly into the eyes of the greyhounds on the front stretch. He had begun to notice this, as well as certain greyhounds it seemed to affect. Some of those greyhounds were favorites on the track, the kind that almost always have odds of less than 2-1. My friend noticed that the effect the sun had on the puppies meant that they didn’t even make any money most of the time if they played at this time. He took advantage of this for several months by handicapping the races as if these crowd favorites weren’t even in the race. I remember him telling me that he hit several “pool shots,” taking down the entire trifecta pool.

My friend LJ knew “one thing”. And knowing one thing can make you profitable.

That example is an extreme example, but it points out what you can do with information that no one else has. Learning things no one else knows is hard. But knowing things that only a few know is easier. And these are things you don’t have to be a genius to figure out.

How does the rain affect the track in general?

How does the rain affect the track directly in front of the pits?

What is the bias of the track for all distances?

Greyhound trends as fighters, rail cutters and more.

A few weeks ago I saw a greyhound at 4/5 with a minute to go. This greyhound was in box 7 and between two fighters. The chances of these greyhounds breaking and being affected were quite high. Meanwhile, there was a nice dropper on the rail with lackluster lines that were ignored by the crowd. If the favorite wasn’t sitting between two fighters, ignoring the pup at the rail would have been smart. But not this breed. The crowd favorite got up for the show with my 7/1 shot on top and a 25/1 pump in its place.

The result for me was a trifecta of $660 for $1. Nice!

So the title of this article may be a bit misleading. It’s not just one thing. But it is a series of one thing. A little thing here and there can really add to your bottom line each month.

Have a track from home. Know all about it. Especially that “One thing!”