The commentator may have placed a large bet on a certain dog and calls the race through his pocket, ignoring good runs turned in by other greyhounds in the race. They see everything that happens but the off-course punter has to rely on the radio broadcasters for their assessments of what happens in a race. Naturally, people who attend dog meetings will best be able to judge a dog's ability. My aim is to help the punter who feels he is not doing himself or his money justice. They haven't got the time or the patience to sort out a race and so they rely on the 'experts' to advise them. I know that for a lot of people this is impossible. As in all betting you should not risk one cent of your hard-earned brass without full investigation of the race. Most times, you'll find their tips are poor. Too often they scan a very limited newspaper form guide and follow the advice of tipsters who themselves have not done their homework. I have found greyhound racing provides a satisfying form of betting but it has worried me over the years that not enough people pay enough attention to all the details to punt PROPERLY on the dogs. As soon as the lids fly the dogs are on their own.

From then on, only the lure driver provides a human element and only once in 100,000 times does something go wrong. With dog racing the human hand has its last touch with the race once the dogs have been placed in the boxes. Bearing these in mind, it's not surprising that so many good things get done to a dinner at the gallops and the trotting. In those sports you have a human being to take into consideration, and, as the old saying goes, they are, after all, only human (!) and prone to error, and mistakes. It is not the same story with horses and trotters. To have a top dog in its best box on the rails, knowing it is a good beginner and that it's fit, is a solidly reassuring base from which to launch a savage assault (cash wise) on the bookie or the tote. To my way of thinking there is nothing so good as a standout 'good thing' at the dogs. Greyhound racing is probably the best system under which a punter in Australia can risk - or rather, invest - his hard earned dough.

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