Comments on: Dailydonkey review – Test of DailyDonkey

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:55:21 +0000

Hi,
You say,
” If you have played the last 6 months you will have had 10.000 bets. If you had used 100£ as your stake you would now be 32970 £ poorer.”

what about his “lay of the day” results?

joe.

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:59:43 +0000

Hi NVB

Yeah, I made the point in an earlier post that the Daily Donkey selections can be good place bets as they seem to attract a very high number of 1,2,3 placed most days!

I think there was one day recently when their place win strike rate was about 70%….not bad!

Jon

By: Not Very Bright

Not Very Bright — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:34:54 +0000

If Daily Donkey is such a loser and the spreads on Betfair are not too big surely you could simpy back everything he says to Lay?

By: admin

admin — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 05:12:40 +0000

Anlalyse the races and find favourites that are not as hot favourites as the odds implies. Use more than form to base your decision upon since most people ONLY look on the form.
Racing Secrets Exposed will give you a very good knowledge about how to lay favourites.
http://www.horseracingman.com/racing-secrets-exposed-review/

By: David Mc Mahon

David Mc Mahon — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:06:33 +0000

What in your opinion is the best way to lay successfully.

By: David Mc Mahon

David Mc Mahon — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 22:56:14 +0000

Yes ! I feel the big problem with Maria’s Laying Plan is similar to Daily Donkey. The ability to lay at SP or close to SP.

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:51:43 +0000

I have also followed the Daily Donkey for about 6 months and agree with Admin that their results stats are a bit misleading as the SP is often 15-25% lower than the price available on Betfair plus Betfair commission is not allowed for.

Sadly, I have also found instances where they have “forgotten” to include a few long odds losing bets which distorts their claimed profits.

So a more accurate assessment would be to discount their quoted profits by at least 25%. However, you can always limit your exposure and the Daily Donkey does also provide results if you cap your laying to 5/1 (6). Generally, this proves to be more profitable in terms of reducing stress as they always seem to manage selecting at least one 10/1 or 12/1 shot every day that romps home!

They had a particularly bad run in May and this month is also proving to be difficult. However, I have noticed that they are tending to select shorter odds donkeys in the last few weeks and I have been quite successful in placing Win Place bets on their selections as they seem to get a disproportionate number of 2nd and 3rd placed horses!

Plus I don´t personally like to bet on Irish races as I find the betting too erratic and it is also more difficult to look into a horse´s analysis. Again, the Donkey selections on Irish races often come in 1st, 2nd or 3rd.

Finally, I personally set a profit target of 10 points per day. Often the Donkey goes off on a winning bet run of 10 selections in a row and by limiting my profit target don´t find it impossible to achieve.

This is a free laying service so you cannot really complain if you sometimes lose money. But I have enjoyed success with The Daily Donkey even if it is just reading the daily blog explaining why yet another outsider romped home!!

Jon

By: admin

admin — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 05:54:42 +0000

Hi David,

Marias staking plan is not a system but just a staking plan. I have tested it on all my lay systems through the staking machine (you can read more about the staking machine in “recommended systems” even though it’s also just a staking plan software.

I have so far never found that it has been performing better than some other plans. I think it depends on your lay system if this staking plan is any good.

By: David Mc Mahon

David Mc Mahon — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:12:43 +0000

Have you every tested Maria’s Staking Plan

Regards David