| When examining a Daily Racing Form it can be | | | | focus and sometimes better speed to. Take note of |
| overwhelming with all the different information that the | | | | this on each horse and mark it so you know. |
| form provides you with. Here is 5 things to look for win | | | | Sometimes you will see more than one statistic that |
| handicapping your horse racing form. This is quick and | | | | favor the horse running a big race today and that is |
| easy to use with amazing results | | | | key to landing a nice ticket. |
| 1.) Class Moves~ you can learn a lot on the particular | | | | 4.) Beaten Favorites~ This is a easy to spot statistic if |
| horse race that you are handicapping by looking at | | | | you look where the horse finished last race and see if |
| what class its in and what it was the prior race. | | | | there is an asterisk by the odds if it has one that |
| Look at each horse in the race and after taking note | | | | means it was the favored horse last time out. This can |
| on the class that its racing at today look at the | | | | be a great thing to note and especially if in comments |
| previous race. Today is it taking a drop in class today | | | | it had a bobbled start or something that messed its |
| if so I like to put one arrow to draw attention to this. If | | | | rhythm up. If you have a horse like this and then is |
| its taking a huge drop I use 2 down arrows. | | | | adding blinkers... look out he might be gearing up for a |
| After you complete this for each horse then see if | | | | fast race today. |
| overall how strong of a race is this? Are there a lot of | | | | 5.) Troubled Trips~ It kind of links up with beaten |
| horses moving up or a lot moving down? Were they | | | | favorites but you should look at all the entries to see if |
| competitive at all in the race that they are dropping | | | | the last race it had a troubled trip in comments. If so |
| from? | | | | that may be the reason it did not run up to par so a |
| 2.) The next thing to look for is Trainers~ you can do a | | | | note should be made of this. |
| quick scan and look for things like when the horse was | | | | Hope this helps if you start your handicapping this way |
| claimed last. Are there any statistics that favor this | | | | every time it should really clear things up and allow you |
| horse winning after being claimed by this particular | | | | to zero in on the winning horse. Use this in your arsenal |
| trainer. This statistic is usually at the very bottom of | | | | and bring home some huge winning tickets. There will |
| the entry to show if the trainer has a record of winning | | | | be times when you do this and it will be glaring obvious |
| quite a few in first time after claiming. | | | | on the horse that is going to dominate today and there |
| 3.) Equipment changes~ this is overlooked frequently in | | | | will be races where it will not. Use every advantage |
| horse racing but can be a key indicator that the horse | | | | and piece of information you can to visualize the race |
| will show some speed this race. If a horse is adding | | | | in your head seeing the horse that wins before the |
| blinkers today its a good chance that it will have better | | | | race even takes place. |