Most of us are familiar with the straight forward win or lose bet where if your selection wins so do you and if not you lose. Most people also understand the concept of place betting when you bet on an event where there can be a first, second and third placed finishers. However, on Betfair [...]
There are so many horse racing tips that you can read anywhere and everywhere. And some of them fail while others are effective. However, it is too devastating to think that you still have to try if these tips are indeed true or myths. They are claiming to be successful pointers to their readers but [...]
Does your wife call you at the track? Do you call your friends to tell them where you are? Are you texting when you’re watching the races and handicapping the program? If so, I doubt very much that you’re winning. Cell phones used to be banned at tracks, but now almost everyone has one and [...]
Did you ever wonder how other gamblers and horseplayers handle losing streaks? I am in the middle of one, or should I say, hopefully near the end of one, as I write this. Yes even old dinosaurs like me who have played the horses since the chariot races still go through losing streaks. Let me [...]
As a long time student and sometimes teacher of horse racing handicapping, the title of this article may have my fans scratching their heads (one head per fan) and wondering what has come over the old boy. I know it sounds funny, but when you’ve been to the race track as many times as I [...]
My grandfather took me to the harness races when I was barely able to toddle. He called it “going to the trotters.” He scorned the pacers and said the pacing gait looked ugly and artificial. He might have been right, but I still like betting on pacers better. The main reason I prefer pacers over [...]
Handicapping a horse race requires the comparison of different factors and arriving at a value for each horse. In other words, the value equals what you think the horse’s chance of winning might be. A simple example would be adding the last three speed figures for each horse and then assigning probable win odds for [...]
Aintree Racecourse is one of the most famous racecourses in the world and is located on the A59 at Ormskirk Road, Aintree (Anglo-Saxon for ‘one tree’), in the northern suburbs of Liverpool, just 6 miles from the city centre. The racecourse occupies more than 250 acres and has two left-handed chasing circuits. The rectangular Mildmay [...]
The daily double is one of those bets that has been around for a long time but is often overlooked as a money maker. Many tracks now offer doubles in more than just the first two races, sometimes called rolling doubles. While I recommend straight win betting as the best way to handicapping profits, for [...]
The internet is full of scam artists that promise instant wealth in return for very little effort on your part. All you need to do is give them X number of dollars, follow their ‘no handicapping necessary’ rules and you too can make money betting on horse races. They want you to believe there is [...]
