A bumper is a National Hunt flat race: it is generally used to give inexperienced jumping prospects race experience without obstacles, subject to local eligibility rules. There are several types of horse racing. A harness race is one in which horses pull a sulky with a driver. A turf race is one conducted on a…
Use tips as a process: no checklist guarantees profit. The purpose of a betting routine is to reduce avoidable mistakes, identify when the evidence is weak and keep each ticket within a defined budget. The readers of EZ Horse Betting have been asking us to provide some simple betting suggestions for use at an online…
Handicapping means estimating how a race may unfold, then deciding whether the price justifies a wager. It does not guarantee a winner or a profit. Start on paper: you can learn to read a race, compare horses and calculate ticket returns without opening or funding an account. This lesson gives you a repeatable process and…
Here at EZ Horse Betting we often receive emails from bettors and fans of horse racing who have questions. We’ve decided to put together a list of some of the most popular questions and give you the answers. The smart bettor is an educated bettor. The more you know, the better you are able to…
Speed-figure principle: a figure summarizes performance under a particular methodology. It is not a universal measurement and should be interpreted with pace, trip, surface, distance and competition. There are so many different ways to handicap horse races. Some like to handicap pace. Some like to handicap form. Speed is a useful starting point, but the…
Handicapped can describe different ideas: it may refer to a handicap race in which weights are assigned, or more generally to the bettor’s process of evaluating runners. Context matters. If you are interested in EZ Horse Betting you will often hear bettors talking about how a horse is handicapped. This term can actually be used…
How do I handicap a horse race? This is one of the most frequently asked questions by new online racebook bettors. EZ Horse Betting understands that picking race winners can be a daunting process. There are lots of factors to consider. It is easy to get sidetracked during the handicapping process. We’ve put together this…
Purpose of weighing: the assigned weight is part of the race conditions. Pre-race and post-race checks help officials confirm that a runner carried the required weight, subject to the jurisdiction’s rules and permitted allowances. Before a jockey comes out to ride a horse in a racing event there are many things happening behind the scenes….
The fan of EZ Horse Betting has many options to choose from when it comes to betting at an online racebook. There are claiming races each day at smaller tracks, and allowance races on the mid-level circuits. The biggest events are called stakes races. These races are tougher to handicap, but they offer you a…
The best horse-racing tips are not universal commands about favorites, minimum odds or one “correct” pool. A professional bettor makes a price-sensitive decision from the evidence in a specific race. These eight practical rules form a race-day process for handicappers who already understand basic bet types and want to improve selection, ticket cost and bankroll…
