Author Archives: Today's Racing Digest
The Florida Derby winner and Kentucky Derby morning line favorite Forte was scratched from the race just 10 hours before post time. The four-time Grade 1 winner, was set with a 3-1 morning line following Monday’s draw and was the one to beat in today’s Derby. Forte’s owner Mike Repole said the Kentucky Horse Racing […]
Method Horse II – A Systematic Approach to Isolating Contenders 1. Draw a line through all scratched horses in the top section of the Digest race page. 2. Award 10 points to all horses with a COLUMN 4 score that is 10 points higher than the Race level shown in the heading for each race. […]
10 Steps to Handicapping a Race Card 1. Establish your bankroll. This should be “investment” capital and not money that is needed to sustain your daily lifestyle. Don’t under-capitalize yourself but, on the other hand, don’t go crazy either. Your bankroll should be an amount your comfortable with. 2. Determine the percentage of your bankroll […]
How To Handicap The Horse Races In 6 Easy Steps No matter what your level of expertise, it’s often wise to “get back to basics” and review the rudimentary elements of this challenging, sometimes exasperating, bit of mental stimulus known as handicapping. Everyone handicaps differently but these elements should always be addressed before making a […]
Handicapping 101 – A Six Step Process No matter what your level of expertise, it’s often wise to “get back to basics” and review the rudimentary elements of this challenging, sometimes exasperating, bit of mental stimulus known as handicapping. Everyone handicaps differently but these elements should always be addressed before making a wager. They are […]
How to Handicap Horses With Track Bias Race tracks play differently every day due to weather, normal maintenance, etc. Sometimes the track seems to favor no particular running style and no part of the track seems better than another. That’s not always the case, though, and trip handicappers have long made their money by noting […]
How to Handicap Horses With Track Profiles Each horse has a running style that produces his or her best effort. Each track, at each distance has a prevailing running style that produces more winner’s. Putting these two pieces of the handicapping puzzle together can result in more consistent winning tickets. Today’s Racing Digest’s Track Profile […]
How to Handicap Horses With Post Position Winners By Size Of Field Winning post position statistics is probably not the first place you are going to look when handicapping a race. However, it can be a valuable tool when you are undecided between one or more of your contenders. There are a lot of variables […]
How to Handicap Horses With Fast Figs Fast Figs are what class, speed and pace figure players have been waiting for. Speed, pace and class are incorporated into one number and are listed for each rateable horse on today’s card. This rating is a combined class/performance figure based on the horse’s overall effort and the […]