Horse Racing Handicapping - What is Successful and Works All the Time
There are a lot of ways of playing the horse races and handicapping them, too.
Some use software and crunch numbers, others make comparisons of data bases and try to look for trends.
Both applications have their place, but it is important to remember there are many people who still buy a form or program and read them and use whatever method they have developed over the course of their lives to handicap the horse races.
Some people are successful and find what works.
Others lose a little but because they often come close to success, doggedly stick to what they are doing.
To find a successful method for yourself it is important to look at the factors that you use and the track(s) where you handicap.
First of all, what information do you have available to you? If you have the benefit of physically attending a track you have a big advantage over other people who are playing that track from a simulcast outlet in another part of the country.
You can watch the races and see what parts of the track may have a bias or be aware of significant changes in the weather before the rest of the country is aware of it.
Another advantage is watching the horses in the walking ring, seeing the jockeys and trainers up close (watch facial expression and body language, after all those jockeys are athletes in a tough sport and some may be sore, sick, or in some way under the weather).
So if you have access to all that information, you have a big advantage over other handicappers who aren't there.
If you follow just one or two tracks it is also easier to learn about jockeys and trainers and even owners.
They all have their strengths and weaknesses and focusing on a few tracks or one circuit is a good way to become an expert.
One of the biggest problems handicappers face is the temptation to spread ourselves too thin with all the tracks that are available through simulcasting.
If there are no tracks in your immediate area but you still can handicap and bet on simulcasts, then I suggest you stick with just a few tracks or circuits.
But get to know those tracks and the people involved and become an expert.
It is the people who focus and become experts on one particular circuit or track who do the best at this game.
You might almost say that people who do that are like insiders, even though they don't have real inside information.
To find out how insiders bet go to True Handicapping and read how a horse owner and race track employee handicaps races.
Some use software and crunch numbers, others make comparisons of data bases and try to look for trends.
Both applications have their place, but it is important to remember there are many people who still buy a form or program and read them and use whatever method they have developed over the course of their lives to handicap the horse races.
Some people are successful and find what works.
Others lose a little but because they often come close to success, doggedly stick to what they are doing.
To find a successful method for yourself it is important to look at the factors that you use and the track(s) where you handicap.
First of all, what information do you have available to you? If you have the benefit of physically attending a track you have a big advantage over other people who are playing that track from a simulcast outlet in another part of the country.
You can watch the races and see what parts of the track may have a bias or be aware of significant changes in the weather before the rest of the country is aware of it.
Another advantage is watching the horses in the walking ring, seeing the jockeys and trainers up close (watch facial expression and body language, after all those jockeys are athletes in a tough sport and some may be sore, sick, or in some way under the weather).
So if you have access to all that information, you have a big advantage over other handicappers who aren't there.
If you follow just one or two tracks it is also easier to learn about jockeys and trainers and even owners.
They all have their strengths and weaknesses and focusing on a few tracks or one circuit is a good way to become an expert.
One of the biggest problems handicappers face is the temptation to spread ourselves too thin with all the tracks that are available through simulcasting.
If there are no tracks in your immediate area but you still can handicap and bet on simulcasts, then I suggest you stick with just a few tracks or circuits.
But get to know those tracks and the people involved and become an expert.
It is the people who focus and become experts on one particular circuit or track who do the best at this game.
You might almost say that people who do that are like insiders, even though they don't have real inside information.
To find out how insiders bet go to True Handicapping and read how a horse owner and race track employee handicaps races.
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