How to Make Money Betting on Horse Races
When it comes to betting on horse races, there are many ways to make money. You can use a race chart to see which horse is most likely to win based on the odds and pay-off prices. The chart also gives you information about each horse’s trainer and owner, along with other useful data. There are also several ways to predict which horse will win the race, as the results are often based on the track’s distance and home stretch.
CALLER
A CALLER horse race is a person who calls horse races. In less than two minutes, a race caller must manage a variety of events. A race caller can range from a funny individual to a professional who has been doing it for several decades. Some call horse races for fun and others do it professionally. Conan O’Brien has even attempted to call a race. There are many types of callers, some of which are well-known, but there are also those who haven’t gotten this far.
HANDICAPPING
In HANDICAPPING a horse race, it is essential to focus on true contenders. Longshots should be eliminated, but longshots with legitimate excuses should not be completely dismissed. Longshots may have raced at a distance or on a surface that is unsuitable for today’s race, or they may have positive workout activity and should be considered. But, the horse’s current rating should not be used to make your selection.
MUTUEL FIELD
In pari-mutuel racing, the MUTUEL FIELD is a field of two or more horses. Each horse is entered in the race and has equal betting interest. The number of entries is greater than the number of separate horses in the race. When betting on one horse, you’re actually betting on all of the horses in the Entry. Therefore, a bet on one horse in a MUTUEL FIELD is considered an exacta bet.
SCRATCH
A SCRATCH horse race is a handicapping event when the number of officially entered horses is more than the number of available starting stalls. A list of “also eligible” horses is placed on the entry sheet along with eight other horses. These unofficially entered horses are drawn from this list. Identifying the unofficially entered horses can help you handicap a SCRATCH race. Here are some tips for determining scratched horses:
SESAMOID
A sesamoid fracture can severely affect a thoroughbred’s performance. Violence, a colt by Medaglia d’Oro out of the Gone West mare Violent Beauty, has a similar issue. But unlike his predecessors, Violence won all three of his starts, including the Grade 2 Nashua at Aqueduct and the Grade 1 CashCall Futurity at Betfair Hollywood Park.
STARTER RACE
A starter race is a handicapped horse race for horses with one or more previous starts. Starting prices are set and horses that start below this amount cannot participate in the race. Additionally, these races have no claimers, so a horse’s owner cannot make a bid to win the race. Starters are considered the most valuable races, with purses exceeding $200,000, although not all starter races are high-stakes.
STAKES
In the United States, a thoroughbred horse race that meets the criteria of the American Graded Stakes Committee is considered a graded stakes race. These races are run on specific stakes levels and are deemed important to the thoroughbred industry. They can be categorized as Grade I, II, III, and IV and are usually held at the end of a season. There are many different types of stakes races, each of which has its own unique criteria.
