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Picking Winners By Reading The Form Only

By: Richard Bleuze

The most basic information supplied at any horseracing track in the world will be all the horse's form.   The form is simply the result of the 3 to 4 races the horse ran.

For Example: 0X624 SlimPickens
The horse SlimPickens above came fourth at its last race, second at its second last race, sixth at its third last race, had a break from racing (as indicated by X) and came either 10 or above just before it took the break.

The Codes Explained, Briefly:
Read the numbers and letters from right to left, with the first number or letter on the right being the result of the latest race and second number or letter on right being the result of the second most recent race, etc...

X - Means 'Spell' and simply means the horse took a break from racing

O - Means the horse came 10 or above in the race

F - Means the jockey fell in the race

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 & 9 - Represents the position the horse finished the race

How to use the form now that you can read it:
Now that we know how to read form, let's plunge into discovering how it can make you a winner at the horse track.

First, look for horses that are peaking with form. We do this by glancing through the latest three starts a horse has had.

Here's what we are looking for:
(a) The horse must have come second and third in its last two starts therefore the last two form should look like this:

32 Horse's name

(b) For its third last start the horse must have come either 4,5,6,7,8 or 9. We don't care what it came for its fourth start and onwards.

(c) So we are looking for horses that have their last three starts looking like this:

432 or 532 or 632 or 732 or 832 or 932

Horses with the above form are simply peaking and will run very well. However, there are many other variables that affect the outcome of a race. Thus, do not expect to win or place every time.
If you were to use only form to select winners, this is
exactly what you'd look for in picking a winner.   In fact, if you glance through any form guide, you'll see a number of horses with form that's 321.

These horses have already peaked and won but now will face tougher competition because of the recent win. This is why you have to get them just before they win.  That is why the last two digits of the form should be 32.

I recommend you use the same amount to bet for a win and place so you collect something if the horse comes in first, second or third.

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Major racetracks

Major horse racetracks in the U.S. were opened

at Fair Grounds in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1853;
at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York in 1863;
at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland in 1870;
at Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport, New Jersey, opened in 1870;
at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, opened in 1875;
at Aqueduct Racetrack in the Ozone Park neighborhood of Queens in 1894;
at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas in 1904;
at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York, just outside New York City on Long Island, in 1905;
at Fairmount Park Racetrack in the St. Louis suburb of Collinsville, Illinois in 1925;
at Hialeah Park Race Track in Hialeah, Florida, near Miami in 1925;
at Arlington Park in the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights, Illinois in 1927;
at Santa Anita Park in the San Gabriel Valley community of Arcadia, California, in the Los Angeles area, in 1934;
at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky in 1936;
at Del Mar Racetrack in the San Diego suburb of Del Mar, California in 1937;
at Hollywood Park Racetrack in another Los Angeles suburb, Inglewood, California, in 1938.

Thoroughbred horse racing in the United States has its own Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, New York. The Hall of Fame honors remarkable horses, jockeys, owners and trainers.