Horse Racing - Picking The Longshot Articles | Horse Betting

By: Richard Bleuze

Horse Racing  - Picking The Longshot
 
A few key factors to keep in mind when picking a longshot are:
 
Running styles, if I have a horse that comes from off the pace in a race filled with speedy front runners who will be battling on the lead, I will give him a shot at big odds on style alone.
 
A hot jockey on a longshot is good, even if the horses form is not that great, a jockey on a roll has a way of getting a horse to run beyond its form.
 
Off track conditions, like a muddy track, often helps a longshot that prefers the track condition beat a favorite who does not do well in the track condition.
 
Look at a horses form, see if your horse has a tendency to run good at big odds.
 
A horse coming off a long layoff could come back fit and ready, check the trainer of the horse and see how he/she performs with horses coming back from long layoffs.
 
Equipment changes like the addition of blinkers, or the addition of Lasix can really improve a horse.
 
A top trainer or jockey on a longshot is good, can often bring in huge paying longshots time after time, especially in big events.
 
Big events, like major stakes races are beautiful for picking longshots, because every horse wants to win, and every jockey and trainer has a strategy for winning the race.