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Racing Form – A Guide To Betting Strategy

Bridie Millar
March 11, 20200

Here you can learn about horse racing betting strategy and find some useful hints and tips for betting on horse racing events. An essential strategy when betting on horse racing is to study the form. Racing form is the technique of picking a winner, and is quite important in horse racing betting advice. People use form to judge a horse in their betting strategy and to enhance their chance of winning. Betting On Horse Racing – How to Study the Form Factors such as the horse’s previous racing successes and performances over certain distances are taken into account. Also, a horse’s weight in comparison to previous races or whether it’s significantly going up or down is something that is considered. You can find basic form summaries of horses racing each day in the sports pages of...

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Types of Horse Race

Bridie Millar
February 6, 20200

When you first start betting on horseracing, you'll notice that there are a number of different types of race that you can bet on. Horseracing in the UK is divided into three main types of race: Jump racing (or National Hunt), Flat-racing and All-Weather racing. Types of Jump Race: The SteeplechaseSteeplechases are usually run over a distance of between 2 and 4 miles and have larger jumps than those in a Hurdle. The jumps on a Steeplechase course must be at least 4.5 feet high and are fixed, so that they don't collapse like those in a Hurdle. Steeplechases are therefore more suitable for more experienced horses and horses cannot take part in Steeplechases until July 1 in the year of their fourth birthday. The most famous Steeple Chase in British horseracing is the Grand National, wh...

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Horse Racing – Types of Bet

Bridie Millar
January 9, 20200

Here is a short guide to understanding horse racing betting types and odds: Types of Horse Racing Bets – The Win A win is where you are selecting a horse to win, sometimes referred to as ‘on the nose’. Types of Horse Racing Bets – The PlaceEven if your horse doesn’t win, you are still in with a chance. You can select a horse to be placed, and in general this means your horse needs to finish either 1st, 2nd or 3rd. For races with 5-7 runners (horses), your horse needs to finish 1st or 2nd. For a race with only 1-4 runners, there is no place betting. In a handicap race with 16 or more runners, your horse can finish 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th. Remember though, the place odds will be a fraction of the win price. This is normally a ¼ or a 1/5 (quarter or fifth) of the odds quoted. Al...

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