| There are rules and then there are rules when it | | | | race and just give it a workout. He or she may do this |
| comes to horse racing handicapping and making a | | | | several times, get the horse into great shape, then |
| profit at the track. If you want an easy way to pick | | | | move it up to a higher class and win, laughing all the |
| winners that isn't so easy, but if you want an easy | | | | way to the mutuel windows to cash a handful of |
| way to pick losers, that isn't so hard. So why not just | | | | tickets. |
| pick all the probable losers in a race and see if you | | | | I recommend that you simply scan your program and |
| can come up with one or two good horses to bet. | | | | apply the following few filters to eliminate a lot of bad |
| Here are a few quick and easy ways to pick winners. | | | | bets. It is a quick and easy way to pick winners by |
| You can call it the quick and easy horse racing | | | | eliminating the almost sure losers. |
| system, if you like. You may already know some of | | | | 1. Eliminate any horse who has not raced at least once |
| these facts, but how well do you use them? For | | | | in the last 30 days. |
| instance, many people know that most winners of | | | | 2. Eliminate any maiden horse breaking from an inside |
| horse races have raced within the last 30-40 days. | | | | post position. |
| But how many of those people will make an exception | | | | 3. Eliminate any maiden race with more than one first |
| for a horse because they think that its other attributes | | | | time starter. |
| outweigh this one fact? | | | | 4. Eliminate any female horse going against males. |
| Those people soon go broke. Falling in live with a horse | | | | 5. Eliminate any horse going off at odds over 6-1, or in |
| or even a bet is the quickest way to go to the | | | | the morning line at 10-1 or more. |
| poorhouse because you will start making excuses for | | | | 6. Eliminate any horse being ridden by a jockey with |
| it. If you find yourself making excuses for horses, | | | | less than a 9% win average. |
| better call it a day because horses who need excuses | | | | You will find most of the winners at the race track are |
| rarely find the winners circle. For instance, you might | | | | horses who have raced within a month and are not |
| think that a horse who is coming back from a three | | | | longshots in the morning line. Yes, I know that these |
| month layoff is still a good bet because it raced at a | | | | rules are not set in stone and there are always |
| much higher class before it was rested. | | | | exceptions, but chasing those exceptions can cost you |
| That sort of makes sense, but the truth of the matter | | | | unless you want to spend a lot of time and effort to |
| is that rested or not, most horses need a race or two | | | | handicap the races. If you want quick and easy |
| to get back into racing. It is also true that a trainer will | | | | handicapping, just use the above rules and only play |
| sometimes put a horse such as that into a cheaper | | | | races where just one or two horses qualify. |