I've had another email from the ever-genial and generous with his advice professional punter, Alan Potts. It was prompted after he read my Star Sports blog https://www.starsportsbet.co.uk/simon-nott-blog-lumping-on/
He was keen to let us all know about a torrid flat season that he endured back in 1995. He's kindly given me permission to reproduce his email in full here. The cautionary tale being that if a punter who has been as successful as Alan can suffer such a run, anyone can. Aspiring professional punters who have enjoyed some success and are of the opinion that their hands are destined to cradle the game's gonads. It really will happen to you too, as Boy Scouts will tell you, 'Be Prepared'. You'll need a tank to match your stakes and the mental mettle to come out the other side of a withering bad run. Read on.....
Evening Simon,
My account book for 1995, monthly totals for the flat:
April - £1390
May - £4735
June - £5020
July + £3460
August - £3870
September - £3480
October - £700
TOTAL - £15,735
Over that seven month period, I had 130 bets that produced 14 winners.
The profit in July was solely down to a £6000/£300 on a draw based bet
at Goodwood.
And as much of that betting was done on course, you can guess at the
expenses on top of that loss.
But I survived, made £25k on the flat in 1996 and £30k in 1997.
Never forgotten it though. I'm sure it happens to everybody at least
once, no matter how good they may be.
Alan
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