Horse Racing Handicapping Secrets To Finding Winners

By Paul John Coleman

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The one thing I would advise new punters to do is to take notes every time you go racing. After a while keep going over your notes and you will find patterns emerging from them that you can base winning systems around.
A big priced winner going in could be something as simple as liking the heavy going or it hits form at a particular time of the year.
It amazes me how many gamblers do not take track conditions into consideration as this a massive factor.
Check horses previous results to see if it can handle the days going conditions.
Another area to watch for that finds plenty of winners are horses dropping down in class. Horses that drop down in class of three four grades are a big threat.

Good recent form is one of the main things I tend to look for in picking a winning horse. If a horse has not had a run within say 30 to 40 days I would be very wary of backing it.
Try to understand which horses running styles are suited for which types of races. Sprint races over five and six furlongs suit early speed horses.
Here is a check list for determining if a horse has winning credentials and whether to play or pass.
Determine which horse are the true contenders. If you cannot whittle the field down to two or three contenders then leave the race alone. It is probably too competitive.

Are You a Beginner? Stick to Small Horse Racing Fields

By Himanshu Joshi

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In the present seemingly harsh economic times, many people are hunting for some extra sources of income. Not that they want some hard labor jobs just to make that extra dough, but they want something less demanding in terms of labor. Gambling has proven to be a fantastic source of income for a relatively long time. With the prosperity of some punters, more people are turning to betting. These people perceive horse race betting as "greener fields", and they are willing to invest in order to make substantial profits. However, if you are a novice in the horse racing industry, then you have to stick to betting on small-field horse races.

One of the key aspects in betting during horse races is the field size. If you are entirely a novice, chances are that you are not aware of the distinct fields and distinct horses as much. Therefore, it is safe if you stick to small field races. This is because the more the horses in a field, the more the selections, the harder it is to chose a horse to place your bet on. Given you are doing it for monetary or economic reasons, you have to scrutinize to know more about all the horses in a racing field.

Trends in Horse Racing Fields and Their Effect on Purses

By Himanshu Joshi

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In the last six decades, the horse racing field sizes have gone through tremendous innovations. There has been an enormous decline in the field size numbers. Field consisted of an average of 9 horses per field in 1950 to an average of eight horses in 2010. A sharper decline has also been seen in the average number of races a single horse runs per years. Research shows that the number declined from 11.31 in 1960 to only 6.2 in 2010. The decline in number of races a particular horse runs per year has a direct, declining impact on the size of the field.

If you think the decrease of the field sizes is rather insignificant, then you are terribly wrong. It has a direct impact on the handle. Even a single additional horse in a race can make a difference of up to $100,000 in the handle. Over the years, punters have shown immense interest in big field horse races. They regard the bigger fields as long shots as the payoff they get are usually larger than the ones in small field races.

Throughout the years, there has been a remarkable decline in the handle as a consequence of decline in the size of horse racing field. The handle, in turn, has an enormous, direct impact on the purses. The purses have extremely decreased in the last six decades. This has discouraged many horsemen from thorough breeding. They no longer see it as a lucrative business that it was before. However, as much as the overall purses have reduced, the average purse per horse has increased by 26.8% in the last decades. This is mainly because the field sizes are declining; hence the purses are shared by a small number of horses. In the past, the purses were distributed among so many horses due to the big fields and as such, the average purse per horse was not a big amount.