| Handicapping horse races, like any other mental | | | | late to exchange the ticket and you wind up losing the |
| process, works best if you are systematic in your | | | | bet. |
| methods. Using a good horse racing system helps to | | | | That can happen to anybody, especially if you don't |
| eliminate costly mistakes and worst of all repeating | | | | have a simple check list. It isn't as likely to happen to a |
| mistakes that cost you money. When you handicap a | | | | person using a system that has built in routines that |
| horse race, are you following a routine that you know | | | | consider the important factors, unless of course, you |
| will work? | | | | forget to check the system thoroughly. It is just human |
| How many times do you make a mistake that you | | | | nature to sometimes forget things and that is why a |
| have made in the past? If you are like most of us, you | | | | list is essential to finding the best bets in a horse race. |
| have probably made the same mistake more than | | | | Knowing that you have a list also relieves the pressure |
| once. That can be very annoying and costly, too. That | | | | of having to remember every little detail. You simply |
| is why I advise race goers to keep a list of important | | | | refer to the list and check off each step as you go |
| factors and to check them off as they handicap. For | | | | down the list. If you're not sure if you missed anything, |
| instance, perhaps you handicapped a race but forgot | | | | you can always go back and see if there is a check |
| to keep track of which horses had actually won at the | | | | mark missing. I have even occasionally made a simple |
| distance. | | | | form and used it until I was very familiar with a |
| You find a horse that shows good speed, form, and | | | | systematic method of horse racing handicapping that I |
| connections and is going off at very generous odds | | | | was testing. |
| that prompt you to place a wager on the runner. But | | | | So use a list and take the strain out of remembering |
| just before the race starts, you notice that the horse | | | | every detail. Save that energy for making the |
| you just backed has competed at the distance 7 times | | | | decisions about fair odds on a horse. That way, the |
| and never did better than a third place finish. It is too | | | | only thing you have to remember is the list. |