Analyzing A Horse Race
By: Richard Bleuze
Analyzing A Horse Race
Before placing a bet on a horse, I suggest that you ask yourself the following questions:
1. Was the horse working very hard to win?
2. Does the horse have the same trainer and jockey? If not, why not?
3. Does the horse have a good strike rate?
4. Did the horse have to overcome any difficulties in the race that it won or did it get a very soft run?
5. What are the main differences in this horse race and the race that the horse won? Especially, the track and the weight of the horse.
6. Do not concern yourself with how the horses it beat have performed since the race horse won a race.
7. What are the morning odds on the horse compared to the odds about 15 minutes prior to the horse race? If they have improved, then maybe you have a winner! In horse racing, the horse bettor is basically betting against other horse bettors (known as parimutuel betting).
8. Did the racing horse win within the last four weeks? If so, can expect further improvement?
Unlike casino gambling, it is possible for a skilled horse bettor to win money in the long run at this type of gambling, but overcoming the deficit produced by taxes, the facility's take, and the breakage is difficult to accomplish and few people are successful at it. However, with the introduction of internet gambling, many offshore racebooks offer rebates. Thus, these racebooks, which can be found on this site, allow skilled horse players to make a steady income
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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.
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