Tips for Horse Racing

 

Tips for Horse Racing - How to Bet Better on the Horses

Some key tips for betting on Horse Racing

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Horse Racing Betting Basics

We’re going to assume that if you are reading this that you know what the odds are, and how a bookmaker makes a market on a race.

This generally assumes there is a favourite i.e. the horse they deem most likely to win a race, and then some horses who the bookies believe stand a chance, and then the outsiders, those who they do not think will win the race.

The Favoruite will start the race at the shortest price e.g. you stand to win the least amount of money from your stake if this horse wins the race.

The outsiders start with the longest odds, e.g. you stand to win the most money should you bet on this horse and it wins the race.

10 Red Hot Horse Racing Tips

Tip 1: Check out the Horse’s form

This may seem obvious but many people forget to look at the form of the horse and simply look at the name, odds or jockey on board for their guidance.

It’s crucial to see what form the horse has been in coming into the race. All racecards will show you the finishing position of the horse in question in its last few races.

On your race card you will see a sequence of numbers below the Horse and Jockeys name which will look a bit like this;

1,3,3,1,2

This means in the horse’s last 5 races it finished 1st, 3rd, 3rd, 1st and finally in its very last race, 2nd.

This shows generally what sort of form the animal is in heading into the race, if it had 5 sixth places in a row, for example, you may not think it has much chance, but this depends on who else is in the race and what their form is!

Tip 2: Find out if the Horse likes the Course and Distance

In Horse Racing, C&D stands for Course & Distance, in the context of the horse’s last race.

e.g. If the horse won at the same course, and the same distance, then you may consider that he or she likes the ground and as such has a better chance of winning.

What’s crucial here is to make sure that your horse likes the distance. If they have won at say 5f and for some reason, they are in a 7f race, then perhaps it’s something to watch and see what happens. They might be testing the horse out over a longer distance, or maybe looking to find a handicap mark.

Either way, when looking at results, check the C&D.