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There have been many articles written that mention a punter’s ‘comfort zone’, but unfortunately little is written to explain exactly what the ‘comfort zone’ is all about.

Your comfort zone is the level of investment you can make on your selections without the actual bet size affecting your judgement.  Everyone has a different comfort zone that can be attributed to multiple factors such as level of income, size of your betting bank, selection confidence, variability and strike rate of their selection methodology, or betting experience. Mental ability to handle losses and betting bank size are probably the two most determining factors that establish your comfort zone.

When out of your comfort zone, price can become a significant influence over your selection process. If your favoured horse is not in the top three of betting, you will tend to question your selection and may change to a more favoured horse. This is an example of the type of doubts that fall over your selections.

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Other influences will start to weigh more heavily within your selection process. Suggestions from friends, newspaper tipster polls or even the old bloke who is always at the mounting yard's opinion take on unwarranted weightings within your processing of the form. This is a way of looking for external verification of your selections. It is this need for external verification that is a strong sign you are out of the comfort zone.

You may also start considering the consequences of what it means to you financially should your bet lose, or you go on a losing streak. You may start to count how many bets you have left in your bankroll because you assume all will lose and making sure you have enough.

The comfort zone is a very personal aspect of punting and only you can identify whether you are in or out of this zone. It is important to identify when the size of investment is affecting your judgement and to stop betting and take a break. When starting back after a break you need to assess whether you should still make investments of the size that was present prior to the blurred judgment.

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Accurate punting records and systematic business-like manner are also imperative for success at horse betting. Every successful business keeps good records of its financial position and this method will allow you to maintain a succinct snapshot of the profitability or otherwise of your punting. Knowing your actual profit/loss figure always may prove interesting reading if you have not kept records in the past, and may lead to further research and evaluation of your selection methods. Ultimately the key is to ensure you have a sufficient rolling betting bank and are only betting an acceptable 1%-3% of your betting bank on any investment.

In conclusion, it is important to expand your comfort zone slowly and systematically. If you follow the suggestions outlined in this article you will be able to increase your bet size without external influences affecting your selections.

The most important thing to remember is the comfort zone is a personal aspect of your punting and that only you can decide at what level you feel comfortable.

If you’ve followed all free betting advice you can find online and your betting still hasn’t improved. You may want to consider getting help from an expert, professional punter or a tipping service that educates their members for long-term profit.

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