How to Horse Handicapping

Horse handicapping can be tricky to learn but will help you to choose the winning horse when betting on horse racing once you learn. Horse handicapping involves knowing exactly what to look for before betting on a race. Learn the basics of horse handicapping here so that you improve your likelihood to win next time you bet on horse racing.

Things You'll Need

  • program
  • pencil
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Instructions

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      Horse Handicapping - Get The Daily Racing Form
      The first thing you need to do in horse handicapping is get a copy of the Daily Racing Form. This program will list horse races for that day as well as important information about each horse, jockey, and race. This is vital to horse handicapping and will serve as the base of your choices. Sometimes you have to buy the program and sometimes it is free but it is a good investment when horse handicapping.

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      Learn to Read the Daily Racing Form in Horse Handicapping
      Learning the read the DRF is extremely important in horse handicapping. It would be extremely difficult to teach all the elements of the DRF in this article, however the DRF provides a great tutorial at http://www.drf.com/help. You should focus on learning how to read information about past performance, speed, condition, jockey stats, post position, and form when learning about horse handicapping.

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      Observing the Horse's Body Language When Horse Handicapping
      Many people who do horse handicapping look at the horse before the race in the paddocks and in the parade. They look to find clues about the horse's condition through the body language of the horse when gorse handicapping. Most people involved in horse handicapping look for a quiet tail and even ears that move together.

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      Observing Changing Odds When Horse Handicapping
      The last thing you want to look at when horse handicapping is the current odds on the race and how they have changed from the odds in the DRF. This will show how the public opinion is changing on the horse and helps with horse handicapping.