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It depends on what a newbie is doing, in my opinion.
If they are reading old-time handicapping books and are getting indoctrinated that way, I think it is tough to move from 0.80 to 0.90 in a year. Getting to 1.00 is tough for everyone - newbie or not.
If they are trying to look for edges that others are not from the beginning, and concentrate on gambling their money not just betting it, I think a newbie can do fine at 0.95 pretty quickly.
IMO, to do that, they would need (for example) an ADW that rebates, or be able to play Betfair, figures like CJ's and work on them, or handicapping software, horse behavior in the post parade and some knowledge of and an ability to know how to bet, when to bet and how to bet size.
Just my opinion. But I think the learning curve is much shorter if you try and do something that others are not doing from day one, and concentrate on that the best you can with sound gambling principles.
Last edited by DeanT; 09-20-2010 at 08:36 PM.
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