| If you are trying to handicap horse races to make a | | | | from a professional. |
| little profit or even to make a lot of profit, you have | | | | They don't mind selling their services because they |
| probably discovered just how hard it is to make | | | | know that 99% of the people who pay for the picks |
| money betting on horses. There are people who really | | | | just want an easy way to win and won't do all the |
| do know how to handicap a horse race, but it is very | | | | work of studying the picks. There is nothing wrong |
| rare that one will share his or her secrets unless you're | | | | with that, after all, the customers paid for that |
| a relative or dear friend. The art and science of picking | | | | information, but smart handicappers also study the |
| winners at the track, for the most part, is a closely | | | | form to see why those horses were chosen so they |
| guarded secret and the serious, successful horse | | | | will eventually understand how to pick winners. |
| players are as secretive as a medieval guild. | | | | The process is simple. Buy a subscription from a good |
| While there are some very good books on the | | | | handicapping service and look at the horses that they |
| subject, when you see the picks made by the people | | | | choose and then, look at the past performances to |
| who write those books, it is easy to see that even the | | | | see if you can figure out why the handicapper picked |
| experts sometimes struggle to consistently pick | | | | that particular horse. Why not just do it with the horses |
| winners at the track. My advice is to read all the | | | | that the public handicappers choose, you may ask? |
| books, not so that you can use the methods described | | | | Because public handicappers are good, but not good |
| in them so much as that you will understand why other | | | | enough. You need someone who gets paid by private |
| people pick the horses that they pick and why they | | | | clients to pick winners, someone who is better than |
| ultimately lose. Understanding the crowd, the people | | | | good because that is what you want to be, isn't it? |
| you are trying to beat, is very important. | | | | Following the picks of the handicappers in the popular |
| Understanding the crowd is important but there is only | | | | racing forms will help you to become good, but to |
| another group that you must work even harder to | | | | become very good or even great, to make money at |
| understand and that is the real pros. Professionals who | | | | this game, you need to go to the best. Find a |
| run a handicapping service and sell the information | | | | handicapping service that offers a money back |
| won't tell you all their secrets, but they will tell you | | | | guarantee and has a credible handicapper. Every day, |
| which horses they think are the best and once in a | | | | get the past performances and then look at the |
| while give you a little hint or clue as to why the horse | | | | horses the handicapper picks and eventually it will click |
| should be backed. That is the key to learning how to | | | | and you will be able to pick winners just as well and |
| handicap a horse race for profit. Naturally, they don't | | | | you will understand the handicapping game as few |
| give their picks away, but if you pay for the service, | | | | people do. |
| you will be one of the people with inside information | | | | |