Are you the type who looks at numbers instead of the horse? Betting on horse racing may require you to know more than just numbers. You’ve got to have a good horse sense if you want to have more than just your horse racing tips.
Your Numbers and Your Horse Sense
For a punter dreaming of a miracle win, your life’s daily routine begin with a horse racing form. It is here that you get your free horse racing tips. You’ve hoarded quite a lot of tips, enough to start you on your own racing system. But being an amateur, you accept that you need more than just form and numbers to appreciate the horse racing scene.
You rely on numbers that tell you how the horses did fare in previous races. You look at the numbers and learn how some horses placed 2nd, 3rd, or 1st. Or you check out the “Cs”, “D”, and “CDs”. All amateurs know this.
These are the basic horse racing tips available to all punters. Numbers may rule, but punters also need to know their horse sense. Of course, you are not required to think like a horse. You just need to understand why some horses make it and others don’t – that is if you want to know what makes a good runner.
Practical Horse Sense
What makes a horse stand out above the rest? Is it his genetic make-up? The trainer? Or the jockey? All of the above contribute towards the making of a champion. But you’re just a punter, you argue. Okay here’s to a better selection of a horse at the paddocks. Knowing some of these horse racing tips will make you a pro punter. You can see through the numbers with some knowledge about the runners.
At the paddock, check out the horse’s coat and mane. Naturally, you’d love a horse that has a glossy coat and strong muscles that ripple with every canter. But wait, before you are sold out on the horse, watch for tell-tale signs, like nervous sweating. A nervous horse and one that does not go along with the jockey won’t do well. One of those horse racing tips will advice you to put your money in a horse that shows an easy canter.
Muscles Will Tell, So Do The Jockeys
For steeple racing, favor the horse that is a little bone-heavy. For a flat race, a horse must be lean but well-muscled. Look at the rump. It should look strong and firm and the belly must not have any excess fat. The muscles in the rib area should be well conditioned and defined. A little extra weight and the horse is doomed.
Watch the jockeys too. The top jockeys are given the better horses. A jockey must have that horsemanship to know how to handle a horse in a race. A slight pressure here and there and the horse knows what it is supposed to do. Seasoned jockeys have developed the riding skills as well understand their uses.
So your horse sense should help you make your decision, whether you’re backing or laying a horse or going for the odds. Your numbers and those horse racing tips will have more logic when you have aced your horse sense.
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Can someone tell me what SI means in Horse Racing?I need a detailed explanation, so if you don't know, please don't answer. I would like to know when it says : "out of a SI.89 mare" or "her mother is SI.105" what that means. On a racing report I'm looking at, I see a column that says Sp. In. and the highest number (85) is the horse that won. So my guess is that it means "Speed Index", but does that mean the horse with a SI.105 is WAY faster than the one with SI.85? Or does it differ race to race, depending on distance, track conditions, etc?
If you read a description of an ad for a horse for sale, and it said : "her mother is SI.105" would that mean the horse has racing potential (it's a yearling horse)?
If you could please shed some light on this, it would be much appreciated.
Also, what does "wire to wire, just up" mean? That she ran ahead of the rest the entire race?
Thanks in advance for any educated answers you can give me!
Thanks for the answers so far! I was looking at these colts for sale, and have been contacting the seller, and wanted to know what the terms meant that she was sending me. What do you think of these horses?
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As I always say, there's a village missing it's idiot somewhere and they can usually find them trolling on here. They think that if they repeatedly ask the same question and rave their PETA misinformation, that someone might actually end up agreeing with them. Let's hope not!
Most owners actually don't make money racing.
Only about 70% of all Thoroughbreds ever get to the races, and only about 55% of all Thoroughbreds ever win a race. It costs about $25,000, give or take a few thousand, to keep a horse in training for a year; more for the major racing centers like New York or Southern California, less for tracks away from the major population centers. roughly 10-15% of all Thoroughbreds earn enough money during the course of a year to cover their training expenses.
Some owners can recover the residual value of their horse at the end of its racing career by selling, but most racehorses– particular male racehorses– have residual value that is low or even zero at the end of their racing careers.
Basically, most people who are in racing are in it for the excitement, the fun, the competition; and the hope that maybe they'll be the one to strike it rich with a horse like Mine That Bird– or one of his relatives. It's the hope of getting that one special horse, plus the love of racing in general, that keeps people going.
You need to go to a reputable trainer and tell him you're interested in buying a horse. Tell him how much you've got to spend and he'll do the rest. He might have a horse in his yard that's already for sale or he might go out and buy one for you.
Don't go buying horses over the internet!
The flat trainer Richard Hannon has had some good successes with cheaply bought horses in the past. He trains in Wiltshire.
http://richardhannonracing.tv/
Don't forget you'll have to contribute towards the horse's training expenses every week so the more people involved the cheaper it will be.
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I think this gives a good explanation of the definition of the various track conditions:
http://www.ultimatecapper.com/track-conditions.htm
That said, it's important to note that because there is no standard for track composition in terms of sand, silt, clay, loam, organic matter, and every track is different, each track plays differently. To cite one example, the track at Aqueduct has a high sand content because the dates run at Aqueduct are typically the wettest times of the year. So the track superintendent finds it beneficial to have a lot of sand in the track to assure fast drainage. The result is that when there has been a lot of rain, the main track at Aqueduct can be like a wet beach– it packs down and gets harder. You may get faster times on such a track than when the surface is rated "fast".
Churchill Downs historically has had a high clay content in the track surface, with the result that the track can be very cuppy at best of times ("cuppy" means that when a horse strides on it, the hoofprint forms a "cup" on the surface of the track; it has depth, and it holds its shape rather than immediately crumbling) and can be really sticky and tiring when it gets wet.
A lot depends, too, on how the track superintendent deals with rainfall. At Santa Anita and Hollywood Park in the pre-synthetic days, the superintendents had enough time in most cases to get out the heavy roller equipment and "seal" the track before rain came. Basically when they seal the track, they're rolling and compacting the surface so that instead of water penetrating and making the track muddy down deep, the water just runs off the surface and drains away. Of course, the problem with this is that even when they opened the track surface in preparation for the day's racing, there was some compaction and the track would tend to get harder. During some of our rare wet winters, the track superintendent would sometimes have to close the track to exercise in order to do deep harrowing and conditioning of the subsurface and base after the track had been repeatedly sealed.
With synthetic surfaces, I think everyone, including the people who manufacture and install them, is still on a learning curve of what has to be done to keep the track consistant and safe in all kinds of weather.
From a handicapping standpoint, the important thing to remember is that each track is unique, and that you have to become familiar with what the weather conditions do to the the individual track surface.
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You can go to the site for the Daily Racing Form at it should answer your questions also at any track the program will have instructions inside the cover explaining how to read the form and also how to make all wagers including the exotics.
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i don't like the gambling, the horse race is alright, mainly only good in the Kentucky Derby when you are really rooting for a horse to get the triple crown
Hi,
A jockey has a very dangerous job, but a very important one. He must guide the horse in the correct way as to know how his horse runs, and performs during a race. It is his responsibility to get his horse in the correct position, and know how to guide him through traffic going at very high speeds while the rest of the field is fighting to do the same. Jockey error has played a huge roll in injuries to other jockey's and horses. The horse does the running, but it is up to the jockey to know how fast the horse runs, and when to ask the horse for his best without compromising. So the roll of a jockey is very important. Without a jockey it would be like racing a car with no driver. Hope this explains it to you.
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