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Which Horses Should I Bet

By: Richard Bleuze

Which horses should I bet

The biggest question for most horse bettors, is which horses should I bet. Generally, it can be said that the opponent in horse race betting is the public, not a professional sports book. That situation therefore gives the insiders and the experts a huge edge.

Horse race betting is a zero-sum game. It can be said, that the experts and insiders win big because the public loses big. It is relatively easy to know what the public is betting in horse racing. As a rule, the public choice is the post time favorite. Just so you know that I'm not leading you on, you should know that all those folks at all those Kentucky Derby parties waste their money. When it comes to sending their money in at all the legal off track betting operations in the U.S., the public choice has won the Kentucky Derby only several times in the past decade. In addition, less than 40% of the races saw the public choice out of the money.

When the public sends it in on the wrong horse, that increases the odds immensely on the right horses. The average Kentucky Derby exacta payout in the past has been an unbelievable $438 for a $2 bet. That sort of payout is unheard by many betting online or at the track. It is no different than pitting the best horse betting pros against once a year poker players at a poker table. The recreational horse bettor has been getting killed placing a bet at the horse track while the pros have been cleaning up.

You can view my Southern California horse picks for free on this site or you can contact me by email for my paid horse picks on most major tracks.

Winning a horse bet takes more than just picking the right horses, however. It is not unusual for two people picking the same horses to have different results based on the types of bets each makes. Thus, the horse bettor should study money management which is also a key factor to winning.

When I provide my horse racing picks, my aim is to make you a winner. Thus, to assure that you win, I do not just give you the selections,but I also recommend the types of bets to make and the amount to bet. In other words, choosing the horses to bet, the types of bet to make, and proper money management is all provided for you when you use my horse racing pick service.

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Richard provides articles and information about horse betting on his website at http://www.bettingthehorsesonline.com

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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.