Summary: Dave catches up with Vince to discuss sectional times and how you can use them to your advantage when searching for betting opportunities. Vince has revolutionized the sectional times industry by providing truly accurate sectionals on his website DailySectionals.com.au. In Vince's vast experience watching, analysing and re-watching race tapes paired with years at the track, he says that consistency is the name of the game when it comes to data flow and tracking sectionals. Whether you're a national, state or carnival only punter, having accurate and consistent data for your preferred race type is critical when betting based on sectional time analysis. Punting Insights You'll Find The absolute first thing you need to identify in a runner from a sectional times perspective. How a horse's weight effects their closing speed and how that can affect your punting. Why using position in running can be a flawed metric. The trap many punters fall into with runners going up in distance. Today's Guest: Vince Accardi - Daily Sectionals Vince's Picks: Reliable Man - Take a Closer Look (Update) - Since the recording of this episode, Reliable Man has won at double figure odds but was injured in that race. Learn More Get the Transcript: Episode 001: Dave Talks Sectional Times With Vince Accardi Welcome to Betting 360, your number one source for horse racing and sports betting insights. Coming around the bend is your host David Duffield, with another expert view to give you the winning edge. David: Hi, this is your host David Duffield and I'm the founder of Championpicks.com.au and I'm very excited to launch the Betting 360 podcast where we're going to take a look at betting from all different angles. Today, we start things off with Vince Accardi from DailySectionals.com.au and Vince actually works closely with us in providing the most accurate sectional times that are available. I think we've spoken a few times about the official data and just the lack of accuracy and lack of detail there so Vince has basically revolutionized the sectional times industry, and today we get insights from him on how you can use that to your advantage and find some good betting opportunities. David: First ever Betting 360 podcast and who's better to kick things off than someone who is almost part of the family here, that's the one and only Vince Accardi, welcome Vince! Vince: Welcome, David! How are you on this fantastic day? David: Going very well, thanks! Really looking forward to having a chat. Now obviously almost all of your work is in reviewing races, you've spent half of your life watching videos and doing the digital timing but everyone listening today is a punter so I'd like to get your thoughts on different aspects of the form, just in general terms to get started. How do you think most punters can get the most out of sectional times and your information in particular? Vince: Well, I tell you, depending on maybe people have different aspects to where they like to punt, some people like to punt nationally or I was generally expecting the main problem in specific states. So the key element when it comes to sectional times is having some consistency of data flow. Really comes back down to being able to get information from each and every TAB meeting that is conducted in that jurisdiction. David: We've covered before lots of times about the accuracy or the lack of official data so we're not getting to that anymore detail, but in terms of reading the sectionals ,assuming someone has access to your data or accurate data, what should they be looking for in the sectionals? Is it horses with the best closing speed that can accelerate? Is early speed just as important? Just give us your thoughts on that. Vince: Yeah, well, I feel one of the big tools that I've learned over a powerhouse use from a sectional times perspective is the profiling, it’s understanding the profile of a horse.
