Here's a secret you've never heard before...
There's no doubt that gambling at a professional level is hard work. In fact, I've been following my passion for two-year-old horse racing since 1985—nearly 40 years of honing my skills to achieve my goal of making my betting pay.
Reaching this level of knowledge is beyond 99.9% of the gambling population. As the saying goes, “You don’t know what you don’t know,” and there’s never been a truer word when it comes to mastering the complex world of horse racing.
People often ask me, “Why do you only bet on two-year-old horse racing?”
The answer is simple: there just isn’t enough time to do everything, and more importantly, there’s no need. That’s one of the many insights I’ve gained from answering the right questions. Because that’s what successful professional gamblers do—they focus on a niche, understand it to the highest level, and develop a method that’s replicable. There’s no sense in trying to answer the same questions repeatedly without learning from the process. Every question needs an answer—the best answer. And arriving at this point can take years.
Literally years to answer one question.
Decades to answer hundreds.
It’s a lifelong journey of learning, filled with knowledge, skill, and experience.
Here’s something important to remember: “Knowledge comes before money.”
Too many gamblers think it’s all about the money. Sure, to some extent it is, but the days of “buying money” are over. We live in a competitive world, and if you understood the competition from bookmakers, layers, and sharp backers, you’d realize the need to step up your game. There’s no hiding. Whatever it takes, you have to set yourself apart. As a wise old sage once said, “Betting against the crowd.” How can everyone be right? They can’t. You either know more than your competition, or you lose. But here’s the key: “You don’t need to be the best gambler in the world.”
“You just need to be a little better than most.”
It sounds simple, but it’s far from it. The answers to every question are hidden in the horse racing results. They’re speaking to you—listen, and you’ll understand.
What makes a winner?
What makes a loser?
It’s easy to move on to the next race, but that’s a mistake. You need an approach, a method, a process. You need to understand what makes you a better gambler. Too many punters never learn. They’ve been gambling for a lifetime but remain at the same level they started.
That’s a tragedy.
You may ask, “What do I need to know to become a professional gambler?”
I’ll gladly outline my approach, but as you can imagine, I won’t give you every answer—it's not in my best interest, and even if I did, it would take time to learn.
You don’t just wake up one day as a professional gambler.
It’s a nice thought, but not reality… Remember the film Vanilla Sky with Tom Cruise?
So, what sets me apart from the wave of losing gamblers?
To set myself apart, I need to know the best unraced and lightly raced two-year-old horses in training. How do I know which are the cream of the crop? It comes from years of learning, and my gambling partners and I have the luxury of access to this valuable information. In fact, we keep an updated list of superstars—that’s the foundation of our success.
But that’s just part of the puzzle.
You need to understand every trainer, their strengths and weaknesses. Both are equally important. Don’t be fooled into thinking it’s all about finding winners. It’s about finding value. You could have a 75% win rate and still be losing money. Each trainer has a point where their winners and losers start and end. You either know it or you don’t. And if you don’t grasp all aspects of data analysis, you’ll struggle. That blind spot will be your downfall, picked apart by the competition until you wise up, learn more, and bet with the confidence of knowing.
You either know, or you don’t.
What do you know?
If you’re not confident in your knowledge, you’re not just lacking confidence—you’re losing.
Knowledge is power.
Oddly enough, the best bets often come from circumstance.
If you don’t know what that means, it’s another part of the learning curve—another piece of wisdom.
There’s much to learn.
You don’t know what you don’t know. You have to answer 50 questions just to see the next one. It’s like the bookmaker, who knows more and is waiting to take your money and leave you disappointed.
Until the day comes when you look back and smile, because you’ve learned.
You know more.
And you take their money.
This post offers a brief glimpse into the life of a gambling man who has spent a lifetime learning to be a winner. I’ve carved out a successful approach where the devil is in the details, and it’s replicable. It fits into a lifestyle that suits me—not one glued to a laptop. As I’ve said several times here, “You don’t know what you don’t know.”
Until the day you do.
If I can help you on your journey, feel free to contact me at jason@professionalgamblers.co.uk
Always here to help answer questions, so drop me an email if you want some help.
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