Tipping is something we are still getting use to but Mr Racing has been around long enough in the game to learn a thing or two about mental toughness, and boy does it get tested regularly.

One of the key components to winning on the punt is finding the right horse, in the right race and then having the right luck in running.

One thing punters often forget is, that horses are animals, not robots. They don’t just turn up and run the same performance every time. This leads us to speaking about one thing our Gold Members and Mr Racing have been copping for a while now, horses put in a poor performance or don’t run up to expectation but then come out next start and win. Let’s breakdown a few examples: 

Payline: Mr Racing mentioned he was the best maidener going around and had a good bet on him first up at Eagle Farm but failed to let down after looking like he was just going to go straight past them. Since then he has come out and won 2 in a row with a combined margin of 6.6 lengths. He is currently favourite this Saturday in a Class 3 Plate. 

Sir Lucan: Gold Members will remember two starts ago put in a below-poor performance, beaten 13 lengths, and then last week came out and won the Winter Cup (Listed) race don’t he same Heavy 9 conditions. 

Ostraka: At Scone Mr Racing was confident and so were others being well supported (7.5 into 5.5) but failed to get past the leader in a Benchmark 72. Then next start came to Brisbane and won the QLD Day Listed $200,000 race.  

We could go on and on and it is frustrating but it is part of the game and it is just one piece of why TIPPING is so hard.