Horse racing is a very exciting, very old sport. The combination of sight ( magnificent horses, human riding skil)l, sound (hooves touching earth, cheering crowds), and smell (horse and hay intermingled with freshly mown grass, exotic perfumes, and the aroma of food) is a feast for the senses.
And if you have a passion for gambling, you can make money out of this age-old recreational form. But before you can do that, know the types of races you can bet on, either online or on-tracks.
Flat Racing
As the name denotes, flat racing is conducted in a level racetrack at a specified distance. In the United Kingdom, turf tracks are generally used than the dirt and synthetic tracks used in North America.
Generally speaking, there are three distances in flat horse racing. The sprints, the middle distances, and the stayers races, all of which can range from five furlongs to two miles long.
If you want races that test the stamina and speed of the horse, as well as the riding skill of the jockey, then flat horse racing is for you.
National Hunt Racing
This type of horse racing generally requires horses to jump over fences and hurdles. Unlike flat racing, the horses need not be thoroughbreds and can come from many bloodlines.
Like flat racing, there are specific distances for National Hunt Racing. The chase is done in distances of 2-41/2 miles and over a minimum fences’ height of 41/2 feet. Hurdling is performed in lesser distances (2-31/2 miles) and lower fences’ height (31/2 feet) than the chase.
There is also a flat race in the National Hunt. It has a distance run of only 11/2-21/2 miles in level surfaces, which are popularly dubbed as bumper races.
In both types of races, millions are gambled online and on the race tracks. With their enduring popularity, flat racing and National Hunt Racing will continue to be a haven for professional and amateur punters.
Bets in Horse Racing in Great Britain
In these horse races, you can apply the many bet types (about 30) prevalent in the United Kingdom. This article will focus on defining the major bets for lack of space.
A “win bet” only earns you money if your horse wins the race while you win a “place bet” if your horse places a predetermined place or position. An “each-way bet” is a combination of the two.
A single bet is a wager on one selection only. Multiple bets (double, treble, and accumulator) are bets on two or more selections, all of which must win to earn profitable returns.
There are also full cover bets, full cover bets with singles, “if cash” bets, specialty bets and forecast bets. These are more complicated bets, which require deeper study and a more expansive experience.
If you are a novice player in horse racing, it is highly recommended that you stick to flat racing and simple bets. This is to ensure that your initiation into the world of horse gambling will be a pleasant surprise earning you better-than-expected profits rather than an unpleasant shock rendering you more than a few pounds poorer.
Basically, just enjoy the races and place your bets as prudently as you possibly can.
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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.
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!
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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
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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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Several tracks have their own broadcasts on their website, but xpressbet is great because you can get all the tracks in one place and place a bet if you'd like.
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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 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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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.