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Horse Betting Opportunities for Today’s Horse Player

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Horse Betting Value

Today anyone wishing to gamble their money has a wide menu of gambling options. Casinos are here to stay. Sport betting ,football betting specifically, has an untold number of participants. Horse betting remains the choice of professional gamblers. Casinos are required by law to make customers aware of the edge the casino has in all the games they offer. Football bettors are faced with even money payoffs if they win, 5% vigor when they lose,and point spreads that make the football gambler a long term loser. Horse betting is para mutual which means “among us”. The race track has no interest in how much you win or lose. The casino does. The race track takes their money from the top of all betting pools and is interested only in the total amount wagered.

Horse Betting Opportunities

Today more than any at other time does the professional horse player have the tools necessary to make profits investing in horse betting. The casinos/racetracks are the latest additions to the pro horseplayers success with his horse betting. Most “raceinos” as they are affectionately called, are built on the existing grounds of horse tracks. They have become very popular for several reasons. First casinos do not allow minors. Racetracks do. I think the idea is that one parent can stay with the kids and bet on the horse races while the other goes to the attached casino. With no babysitter to pay that’s more money for mom to put in the slot machines. The other parent staying with the children can lose their money betting on the horses using favorite numbers or favorite colors or which horse looks the prettiest. Betting a game they no absolutely nothing about. Now that’s family fun! Remember to win at horse betting, you need to only be better at horse betting than the others at the track. I think you can do it.

Horse Betting Today

Today all horseplayers should embrace this time of simulcast horse racing, racinos, and on-line account wagering services. Never before has the professional had the opportunities that we have today. Horse racing in the U.S. and many other parts of the world,is alive and well. The modern horse player must continue to change his horse betting as the industry changes. This is no different than other business. Successful business people, regardless of the business they are in must constantly change to take advantage of new opportunities.  Horse betting today is nothing like what your grandfather taught you. To win at horse betting today you must know something the others at the track do not know. You should know for instance the casino influenced race track crowds are at their peak on weekends. Friday and Saturday night and Sunday afternoon. The best races to bet will be the middle to later parts of the race card. Any earlier they are at the slot machines in the casinos and by the last few races most have lost their money and gone home.

Horse Betting and the Professional

Most of the negatives we hear today about horse betting are from losing horseplayers. They often complain of “short “fields. I guess they have gotten so good at picking winners in 6 horse fields they need more challenge at prefer 12 horses? 4-1 is the same if 6 horses are running or 12. The other often heard complaint is the number of races carded for most racing days. The professionals I know seldom make more than 5 or 6 wagers per day and with the opportunities of simulcast,there is never a day without 6-10 excellent horse bets. The demise of many horse players and other sport bettors is they make too many wagers.The demise of the casino patron is walking in the place.

Horse Race Betting

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Horse Race Betting 2013

As the 2012 horse racing season comes to a close it is important to recognize beginning January 1st. The profile of the winning horse once again changes. The January thru March winning profile is very much different than the October thru December winners we have just gotten familiar with in our horse race betting. Conditioned claiming races,age restricted,and possibly the most eagerly anticipated maiden races offer the professional horseplayer a huge edge in their horse race betting.

Horse Race Betting Maidens January, March and April

The profile of the winner of maiden races makes it’s most drastic change as we begin the new year. Early speed is the key to maiden horse race betting January thru April. Most of us are very aware of the importance of early speed in American horse racing. No where is the ability to grab an early lead more important than in early season maiden races. Several aspects of early speed in your maiden horse race betting deserve careful consideration.First understand that horses are herd animals and most prefer to run with the herd and are reluctant to over take and pass others in the herd. You can watch the parade of maidens down the stretch and see very little change in position past the 1/4 pole. The earlier parts of the race are often used by these young horses to establish a mental pecking order in the “herd” and most are reluctant to change position by passing another horse once this order of ability has been established. No amount of urging or use of the riders crop can convince most at this point to leave the herd and pull off.

Using Early Speed in Horse Race Betting

Late season maidens winners at most tracks do win off the pace.The early speed maidens with any ability at all have graduated from the maiden ranks and the off the pace maiden wins more by default than running style ability. What is important to the handicapper in his horse race betting is the drastic change from the late running maiden winners of October, November,and December to the front running profile of the early season maidens winners. Most of your competition at the track will have late season track profiles and are still looking for the “pressers” or closer in a hotly contested pace match up and watch in horror as the early season maidens behave nothing like the maidens of the fall. Horse race betting in maiden races the first three months of the year is one the most anticipated events at the Whitley Group.

Rain and Horse Race Betting

Early season racing also includes the rain that comes with the arrival of spring in many areas of the U.S. Many race tracks begin their racing season in March or April and the spring rains and thunder storms are part of the program.We have been told for generations the dirt tracks in the U. S. are biased to the front runners on “off” or “sloppy” tracks. Maiden horse race betting on “off” tracks benefits from the previously discussed preferred  early speed running style profile and is now even further enhanced as any maiden not on or very close to the lead on an off track will not move up into the mud and water being kicked up by the horses in front of them. The profile of the early season maiden race winner begins to make subtle changes during the summer months and we will discuss these at a later time.Concentrate your early season maiden horse race betting on the anticipated early pace leaders regardless of the surface or distance of today’s race.