{"id":930,"date":"2022-09-28T04:36:35","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T04:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bfhubprod.wpengine.com\/hub\/?p=930"},"modified":"2024-08-21T17:08:35","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T07:08:35","slug":"picnic-bookie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betfair.com.au\/hub\/education\/punter-insights\/picnic-bookie\/","title":{"rendered":"MEET CASEY MCCUTCHEON"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"education-content border-b pb-10 block\">\n      \n          <div class=\"education-content__row my-3\">\n        <div class=\"container reduced-width\">\n          <article id=\"post-32873\" class=\"post-32873 page type-page status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry\">\n<div class=\"c-cms-content\">\n<p>If you want something done, ask a busy person. That\u2019s a line apparently attributed to Benjamin Franklin. It could, I suspect, be applied to Casey McCutcheon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div id=\"content-blocks\">\n<div id=\"linebreak\" class=\"layout layout_0 content-blocks--linebreak\" data-block=\"linebreak\" data-id=\"0\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"paragraphblock\" class=\"layout layout_1 content-blocks--paragraphblock\" data-block=\"paragraphblock\" data-id=\"1\">\n<div class=\"u-margin-bottom u-overflow-auto\">\n<p>McCutcheon, 33, picnic bookmaker and son of long time bookmaker Cam, obviously manages his time well as it\u2019s split between fielding at the picnics, doing the form, trading on Betfair and that\u2019s in between his day job in marketing and service as Vice President of the Oak Park football club.<\/p>\n<p>This season he ventured, for the first time, into the realm of his father\u2019s profession after buying the picnic licence from Phillip Nott and he loved it!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve just finished my first season at the picnics,\u201d McCutcheon said of the secondary racing circuit that runs from October to April, \u201cand had a ball. Learned a lot and did a bit more business than expected. I treated it a bit like playing footy; prepare during the week and then game day on the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI took a conservative approach as you might do starting out any small business and it was generally profitable. At one stage, we went 23 meetings without a loss and then we lost four or five in a row so there\u2019s always volatility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI enlisted some help from a mate in Sydney who is a very good form analyst. He has a great eye for a fast horse but he\u2019d never framed markets before. We did plenty of work doing the form and naturally it took us a while to really get to know the trainers and the jockeys. We thought there might have been a bit of skulduggery at the picnics but in the end it proved to be pretty straight in our assessment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n    \n    \n          \n    \n    \n    \n          <div class=\"marketing-banner block\" data-segment-id=\"banner-container\"\n          data-banner-details=\"{&quot;bannerName&quot;:&quot;Join Now&quot;}\"\n        >\n    <div class=\"container reduced-width\">\n      <div class=\"py-4\">\n\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/register.betfair.com.au\/account\/registration\/\" target=\"\" data-segment-id=\"banner-a-tag\" data-banner-all=\"{&quot;segmentData&quot;:&quot;{\\&quot;bannerName\\&quot;:\\&quot;Join Now\\&quot;}&quot;,&quot;image&quot;:&quot;&lt;img width=\\&quot;2050\\&quot; height=\\&quot;418\\&quot; src=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.betfair.com.au\\\/hub\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/C666-24-GENERIC-HUB-TILE-1025X144X2.png\\&quot; class=\\&quot;w-full\\&quot; alt=\\&quot;\\&quot; srcset=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.betfair.com.au\\\/hub\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/C666-24-GENERIC-HUB-TILE-1025X144X2.png 2050w, https:\\\/\\\/www.betfair.com.au\\\/hub\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/C666-24-GENERIC-HUB-TILE-1025X144X2-300x61.png 300w, https:\\\/\\\/www.betfair.com.au\\\/hub\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/C666-24-GENERIC-HUB-TILE-1025X144X2-1024x209.png 1024w, https:\\\/\\\/www.betfair.com.au\\\/hub\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/C666-24-GENERIC-HUB-TILE-1025X144X2-768x157.png 768w, https:\\\/\\\/www.betfair.com.au\\\/hub\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/C666-24-GENERIC-HUB-TILE-1025X144X2-1536x313.png 1536w, https:\\\/\\\/www.betfair.com.au\\\/hub\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/C666-24-GENERIC-HUB-TILE-1025X144X2-2048x418.png 2048w\\&quot; sizes=\\&quot;(max-width: 2050px) 100vw, 2050px\\&quot; \\\/&gt;&quot;,&quot;mobileImage&quot;:&quot;&lt;img width=\\&quot;800\\&quot; height=\\&quot;900\\&quot; src=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.betfair.com.au\\\/hub\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/C666-24-GENERIC-HUB-TILE-400x450X2-1.png\\&quot; class=\\&quot;w-full\\&quot; alt=\\&quot;\\&quot; srcset=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.betfair.com.au\\\/hub\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/C666-24-GENERIC-HUB-TILE-400x450X2-1.png 800w, https:\\\/\\\/www.betfair.com.au\\\/hub\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/C666-24-GENERIC-HUB-TILE-400x450X2-1-267x300.png 267w, https:\\\/\\\/www.betfair.com.au\\\/hub\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/C666-24-GENERIC-HUB-TILE-400x450X2-1-768x864.png 768w\\&quot; sizes=\\&quot;(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\\&quot; \\\/&gt;&quot;,&quot;link&quot;:{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/register.betfair.com.au\\\/account\\\/registration\\\/&quot;,&quot;target&quot;:&quot;&quot;}}\">\n        \n                      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2050\" height=\"418\" src=\"https:\/\/www.betfair.com.au\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/C666-24-GENERIC-HUB-TILE-1025X144X2.png\" class=\"w-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.betfair.com.au\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/C666-24-GENERIC-HUB-TILE-1025X144X2.png 2050w, https:\/\/www.betfair.com.au\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/C666-24-GENERIC-HUB-TILE-1025X144X2-300x61.png 300w, https:\/\/www.betfair.com.au\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/C666-24-GENERIC-HUB-TILE-1025X144X2-1024x209.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.betfair.com.au\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/C666-24-GENERIC-HUB-TILE-1025X144X2-768x157.png 768w, https:\/\/www.betfair.com.au\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/C666-24-GENERIC-HUB-TILE-1025X144X2-1536x313.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.betfair.com.au\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/C666-24-GENERIC-HUB-TILE-1025X144X2-2048x418.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2050px) 100vw, 2050px\" \/>\n          \n                  <\/a>\n        \n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n                <div class=\"education-content__row my-3\">\n        <div class=\"container reduced-width relative\">\n          <h2 class=\"font-bold font-montserrat text-xl lg:text-[26px] text-bf-yellow text-center md:text-left uppercase\">ABOUT PICNIC RACING<\/h2>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n    \n    \n    \n          \n          <div class=\"education-content__row my-3\">\n        <div class=\"container reduced-width\">\n          <p>The picnic races are held at various venues, well known to most Victorians, including Balnarring, Healesville, Mansfield and Woolamai but extends to more remote locations including Omeo and Swift\u2019s Creek in the Tambo Valley. He missed some of the more far-flung venues but plenty of \u2018miles\u2019 were clocked up and it was a worthwhile venture according to McCutcheon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we held double what was projected when we bought the licence. There were quiet days when we would hold only two or three thousand but the top quarter of days were between 15 and 20 thousand with 20 thousand the top.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hardly saw a race live all season but a plus was the replays being shown on Racing.com so you could do the form properly. It\u2019s a small pool of horses and once you\u2019d seen them two or three times, you largely knew what they were capable of.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s old fashioned racing but we tried to provide a modern service and matched that with some branding. That raised a few eyebrows but we weren\u2019t wanting to put noses out of joint. We learned the protocols and I think we made more friends than enemies,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n    \n    \n                <div class=\"education-content__row my-3\">\n        <div class=\"container reduced-width relative\">\n          <h2 class=\"font-bold font-montserrat text-xl lg:text-[26px] text-bf-yellow text-center md:text-left uppercase\">PICNIC BOOKIE BETTING STRATEGY<\/h2>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n    \n    \n    \n          \n          <div class=\"education-content__row my-3\">\n        <div class=\"container reduced-width\">\n          <p>McCutcheon and his partner bet on Melbourne as well as the local picnic events and Betfair proved a handy tool while operating on the metropolitan fixture. \u201cOnly half the bookies bet on the Melbourne races and half way through the year, Sportsbet started to bet on the picnics which was interesting and probably stimulated the market a bit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think a lot of people are surprised to learn that the picnic bookies, in general, will let you on for a reasonable bet,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>McCutcheon operates on both sides of the fence, combining operation of the picnic licence with a bit of general form punting on the higher profile meetings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI like to bet early, say on the Wednesday when you think you might be getting good overs on something and backing it back on the Saturday\u2026. or getting off on the Friday and most of my bet back would be via Betfair,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The punting year was reasonably kind to McCutcheon despite a few heartbreaks along the way \u2013 especially with the two feature race protests involving the Darren Weir trained Palentino. \u201cWent the wrong way for me both times,\u201d he said in reference to Palentino \u2018losing\u2019 the Hayes Stakes and retaining the Australian Guineas.<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n    \n    \n                <div class=\"education-content__row my-3\">\n        <div class=\"container reduced-width relative\">\n          <h2 class=\"font-bold font-montserrat text-xl lg:text-[26px] text-bf-yellow text-center md:text-left uppercase\">THE FUTURE<\/h2>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n    \n    \n    \n          \n          <div class=\"education-content__row my-3\">\n        <div class=\"container reduced-width\">\n          <p>As for longer term or grander bookmaking plans, Casey is happy to play it by ear. \u201cIt\u2019s fairly low risk at the picnics and I suspect we\u2019d see ourselves doing another season or two there before looking to have a general bookmaker\u2019s licence,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>It may be inevitable that he follows in the footsteps of his father Cam who has been prominent in Victoria bookmaking ranks for 35 years. \u201cThe old man\u2019s still going strong and has survived well at the game for a long, long time. He\u2019s always played the figures and tried to make a book. He introduced me to Betfair and I suppose the concept of limited risk\u2026. small fish are sweet.<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n    \n    \n                <div class=\"education-content__row my-3\">\n        <div class=\"container reduced-width relative\">\n          <h2 class=\"font-bold font-montserrat text-xl lg:text-[26px] text-bf-yellow text-center md:text-left uppercase\">PUNTING TIPS<\/h2>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n    \n    \n    \n          \n          <div class=\"education-content__row my-3\">\n        <div class=\"container reduced-width\">\n          <p>\u201cIn my own punting, I\u2019m focused on the overlays mainly on the weekend\u2019s racing. I don\u2019t believe in taking flat risk. And Betfair obviously affords the opportunity to win either way, irrespective of the result, if you get the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.betfair.com.au\/hub\/better-betting\/betting-strategies\/racing\/advanced-in-play-trading-part-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>trading<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0right,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of general advice to punters, Casey says you should always separate head from heart although he concedes he may not have done so in the wake of an early big collect in 1999 when Catbird won the Golden Slipper and Sunline, the Doncaster.<\/p>\n<p>He believes you also have to separate the elements of business and pleasure when betting and divorce ownership from the punt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can have a pleasure bank for the fun bet and a serious bank but don\u2019t get them confused and don\u2019t get seduced by any of your own horses if you have an ownership interest,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>McCutcheon has an obvious passion for the game as a whole, its horses and its history which is palpable as he reflects on the racing year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had a bit of luck through the year with Malaguerra. A friend of mine, Leonard Russo from Bluegrass Bloodstock picked him out and bought him as a yearling for the owner and with that connection and the horse\u2019s obvious form, I\u2019ve run with him all the way through. He\u2019s become a cult horse with David Gately driving the catch cry of \u2018the Malaguerra form\u2019,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>A call that, apparently, even trainer Lee Freedman has adopted. \u201cWell he\u2019s got the Malaguerra form,\u201d Freedman apparently said when recently asked why Malaguerra was so good.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from Palentino, there were a couple of other speed humps through the year which are inevitable in the course of any form punting. \u201cWith Tarzino, I waited for a price in the Derby; it was crunched late and I didn\u2019t get on\u2026.and I missed the price Turn Me Loose in the Emirates which hurt because I love Murray Baker and being on his horses. Just in the past couple of years, he\u2019s had amazing success with Mongolian Khan, It\u2019s A Dundeel and Turn Me Loose and he\u2019s been doing it for years. Don\u2019t ever underestimate anything he brings over,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>McCutcheon says the worst result of the year, in a sense, came on Melbourne Cup day when he operated at Mansfield. \u201cHeld $8,000 on the Cup, a 100\/1 chance wins and we won $17 on the race, got that wrong,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>And his last word of advice for punters. \u201cThe bottom line is that it\u2019s amazing what Betfair markets can tell you,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n    \n    \n          \n    \n    \n    \n          <div class=\"marketing-banner block\" data-segment-id=\"banner-container\"\n          data-banner-details=\"{&quot;bannerName&quot;:&quot;Join Now&quot;}\"\n        >\n    <div class=\"container reduced-width\">\n      <div class=\"py-4\">\n\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/register.betfair.com.au\/account\/registration\/\" target=\"\" data-segment-id=\"banner-a-tag\" 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