1st Day on RDSS

[DaveEdwards]

What follows is my day yesterday. The bets were made on the basis of what was on the screen and I'm certainly not trying to make myself out as anything other than a newbie to the software and the methodology.

I'd set myself the target date of Sunday 2nd Oct to download and look at the Woodbine card. I wasn't sure whether I was ready or not based on reading to date etc, but Ted had advised me to just get started as an aid to learning, so I took the plunge.

I didn't bother reading the FAQs of course and encountered a couple of problems that I was subsequently able to put right. There was also a flurry of emails to Ted for guidance, who was particularly helpful, especially considering it was Sunday & I'm sure had plenty of other things to concern himself with.

I was ready to begin half an hour before the first race & was actually disappointed to see that it was a race I would have to pass. Upon going through the card I realised that there were only four races I could work with. After looking at the first of these I was very happy that I only had four to go at. I now had the time to take a considered approach to each race.

Luckily I had the Woodbine track feed running online and so as I knew the turf races were switched to the poly.

Whilst I've done some reading & listening to the mp3s it's hard to know exactly what I have & haven't picked up, but going back to a point Howard makes on the Propaceline tapes about not intellectualising things too much and just doing it, I figured that for day one this would be as good an approach as any. I liked the style of the RDSS videos where Ted & Richie take a very relaxed approach and so aimed to adopt the same style. This became more so the further through the races I got.

For the pacelines I just went with the most recent where I could, only going back if there was trouble, or I wanted a poly line (instead of turf) or if the distance was too far away in my opinion. Interpreting the information in RDSS I just went with the flow, very easy. BL/BL & the corollaries being the main indicator and using Energy etc to help with eliminations.

All my bets were done on betfair. I backed two horses in each race, except the last where I backed three as the odds were high enough and as my third rated choice was available around 25/1 I didn't want to miss out. I also layed two horses to lose.

Of the four races I bet, I won three. The highest odds horse being at 17/1. All in I increased the bank I allocated by just over 120%. This was betting 10% per race split 50/50.

I'm not naive enough to think everyday will be like this, but what an introduction! RDSS is easy to navigate. Simply watching the introductory videos gives you all the information you need.

Something else I began the day with was also addressing the psychology of winning aspect. Before I began I believed.

I can't say a big enough thank you to Ted, Bill & Richie for the work they have done on this site.