Horse Racing Handicapping Using One Factor
Author: Bill Peterson

Using one factor to pick winners when you are handicapping horse races may also be called playing an angle. There is nothing wrong with it, as long as it makes a profit over the long run, but that is where the problems start cropping up. Finding any angle that works at more than one track or over a long racing season is not easy.

The problem is that track surfaces change and so do horses. A two year old in the spring is a very young horse with little or no racing experience, but by the time winter rolls around, though they are still two year olds until January 1st of the new year, they have a lot more experience and do not race so greenly. An angle like lone early speed may not hold up so well because some youngsters have learned to rate off the pace, sitting comfortably just behind the leader, and strike in time to win the race.

The only way to find good angles is to start keeping racing programs and results and looking for angles. IF you see one that works in certain races at your favorite track(s) follow it for long enough to be sure it is a good one. That may take all season. An alternative, of course, is finding an angle that does only work during a certain part of the meet or season and playing it just during the times when it is potent.

Either way you work it, the key to success with one factor handicapping is the horse players best friend, observation. You must observe the races and results and make notes. Look around at the track and see how many handicappers are doing that. You won't find many people who making notes and you will see many throwing their programs and forms away after the races as they leave the track.

That is a big mistake if you are serious about making money while betting on horses. How will you be able to quantify the results over a period of time and find out what really works if you throw the information away? In order to make a profit on an investment like horse racing, you have to keep good and accurate records and use statistics and good old math to find out which bets have a positive return.

It is possible to find an angle that does just that, but only if you are willing to look at all the factors to find that special situation that occurs every now and then.

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