Category: Horse Betting 101

Free handicapping reports for Aqueduct, Charles Town, Fair Grounds, Gulfstream Park, Oaklawn Park and Santa Anita Park are now available. WIN FACTOR REPORT Uses criteria such as speed, form, class and fitness to assess the fair …

I have often noted that, outside of the odds, few single factors are as predictive as speed figures when it comes to determining the winner of a thoroughbred horse race. The problem is, everybody knows …

Bad habits. We all have them, even those horseplayers that are making a living playing the races. Some are worse than others. The average time it takes for someone to create or break a habit …

Free handicapping reports for Aqueduct on Feb. 16, 2019. WIN FACTOR REPORT Uses criteria such as speed, form, class and fitness to assess the fair odds of the top four win contenders in each race. Saturday …

A recent study found that 80 percent of high school students thought that they are smarter than the average student. In another study, 90 percent of drivers thought they were better than the average driver. …

Free handicapping reports for Santa Anita Park on Feb. 10, 2019. WIN FACTOR REPORT Uses criteria such as speed, form, class and fitness to assess the fair odds of the top four win contenders in …

I hate excuses. In fact, one of the things that makes playing the races so appealing to me is that bad luck is irrelevant. Sure, one can whine and complain that their horse missed the …

Via negativa. Sounds like one of the fourteen entrants Todd Pletcher will have in the Kentucky Derby this year, right? Via negativa is a Latin phrase that is often used to explain God by explaining …

Top winter dirt racing is ready to return to the Midwest with the opening of Oaklawn Park on Friday, Jan. 25, for a meet that has been extended three weeks past the track’s usual mid-April …

The Sunshine Millions races at Gulfstream Park highlight the betting action this weekend. GP’s stakes-laden card features purses totaling $600,000. Below are free handicapping reports for not only Gulfstream Park, but also Santa Anita Park: WIN …

Are you a good handicapper? Are you a great handicapper? Maybe you are, but if you can’t manage your bankroll you’ll never make a dime off your picks, let alone make a living playing the …

By Derek Simon Note: I wrote the following article several years ago, but received a request to post it again. It pertains to making a fair odds line and includes a link to an Excel …

Below are FREE handicapping reports for Santa Anita Park on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019: WIN FACTOR REPORT Uses criteria such as speed, form, class and fitness to assess the fair odds of the top four win contenders …

Below are FREE handicapping reports for Aqueduct and Santa Anita Park on Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 5-6, 2019: WIN FACTOR REPORT Uses criteria such as speed, form, class and fitness to assess the fair odds of the top …

As handicappers, we are all trying to find the next best angle or figure that will increase our profits. Many of us keep a stockpile of data to analyze or manipulate to reach our goal …