Cheap horses. The greater number of all inconsistent horses are cheap, and practically all cheap horses are in consistent. By “cheap horses” I mean those racing in claimers at major courses at valuations under $2,000, and almost all of those racing at the small half and three-quarter mile tracks where purses are low and competition [...]

Ohio horse racing faces tough challenges Cleveland Plain Dealer – Shortly after Thanksgiving, as the days grow shorter and winter’s chill sets in, the lights will go on in John Mossbarger’s horse barn around 5 p.m., and stay that way until midnight. They’re not glaring lights — just enough to trick a barren mare Horse [...]

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Tracks muddy or off. It is notorious that upsets occur most commonly on muddy or heavy tracks. Horses that fig ure to win do so less consistently when the track is off. Therefore, although some animals are known to like soft footing, it is best to confine play to courses that are fast or good [...]

Of course a good handicapper can win more place bets in a hundred or a thousand than he could while betting. straight, and of course he can win more show bets than place bets. But his average prices on place bets and show bets that win will be so much lower than his average price [...]

There is no easy money at the tracks. A novice had bet ter attempt to wear through his novitiate by studying handicapping and betting on paper. Not until he can get about forty winners in each hundred attempts, and can get them at prices close to 2/1 or higher, should a new comer to the [...]

The whole icebergESPN.com – We don’t know more than certain NBA (National Betting Association) refs. But honest people, they’re like parents with A nervous tic here, a knot in the jaw there, trainers are usually solid indicators of the state of a horse about to race. More UK blast for equine flu ‘overreaction’News.com.au – Purple [...]

The main attraction of any progressive mechanism of betting, before it is applied to real horses with real money, is the lovely vision of the highest bet of a series riding on the horse that ultimately wins. The vision may be lovely, but a lot of money must have been lost in previous un successful [...]

Horse flu forces cancellation of Olympic qualifying eventSydney Morning Herald – The system of containment, so long as people help us with no movement of horses, may well succeed in the short term rather League HQ Rugby Heaven AFL Real Footy Asian Cup Tour de France Golf Football Tennis Cricket Basketball Motorsport horse racing Swimming [...]

Trainers warned on ‘inconsistencies’South China Morning Post – stewards reviewed inconsistent performances during the summer break and those findings were linked with analysis on betting behind these statistics, and we’ll also undertake a detailed examination of the effect a change of rider has on horse