| Are you looking for a good system for picking | | | | that you can be as creative as you want to be. |
| winners at the horse races? Ask yourself this | | | | It may well be that no other person has though |
| one question, "How many statistics do I know | | | | of putting two statistics together to find a hidden |
| about horse racing in general, and the race tracks | | | | cache of good bets. |
| I play in particular?" | | | | When you buy a racing program to handicap the |
| While a good system for evaluating each | | | | races and find profitable bets, you are just one of |
| horse’s chances of winning the race are | | | | hundreds or even thousands who will be looking at |
| essential to long term profits, knowing the basic | | | | the same running lines for each horse. While you |
| statistics of any track you are playing is also | | | | may be a good handicapper, you can rest assured |
| important. You can use statistics to fine tune | | | | that many people are also good at picking the |
| your bets, pick up on changing track conditions, | | | | best horse based on those lines. But ask |
| biases and trends, or simply to find spot plays. | | | | yourself this, how many are combining that |
| For instance, if you have been keeping good | | | | information with track facts and knowledge that |
| notes about your local track, you may know | | | | they have to dig for or interpret in light of |
| something like this, when the horse in the 1 post | | | | changing trends? |
| in a mile race has good early speed, it wins at a | | | | Wagering on horse races is very competitive and |
| 40% clip. Do you even know the post position | | | | you have to find an edge. You won't find it in |
| stats for your tracks? If not, I suggest that is a | | | | the same past performances that everyone else |
| very good place to start collecting information. | | | | is looking at. Gather as many facts about the |
| Remember, just as you didn't know that | | | | track as you possibly can and you will have some |
| information, many other people don't know it as | | | | tools that the average punter doesn't have and, |
| well and you are betting against them. | | | | you'll also have a genuine edge to find good |
| Once you start paying attention to statistics and | | | | bets. You will soon be using those stats as your |
| combining them, you'll be amazed at the good | | | | very own personal system for putting together |
| bets that come along. The nice thing about it is | | | | good bets. |