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Handicapping horse races can be a very time consuming and frustrating experience. In plain English, picking winners is one of the hardest things some of us ever try and most people lose money at the horse races. While some of us enjoy trying to solve the puzzle of a horse race, at the end of the day, when we’ve spent so much time and energy, only to have lost money, there is “…no joy in Mudville,” as they say. That’s why some people give up and just use the odds on the tote board to try and pick winners. They figure, and rightly so, that the lower the odds on a horse the better its chances of winning.

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Following a horse through its career is one way to cash winning tickets. Very few handicappers actually do this, but it is a solid way to make money betting on horses. Of course, you have to have some knowledge of training and horse racing to be successful. If you understand what a trainer is doing with a horse then you will understand that some races are for exercise and conditioning while other races are meant for a real serious effort to win.

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Black Caviar remained undefeated in 17 lifetime starts on Friday January 27 with her win in the Australia Stakes (G2) at Moonee Valley, The mighty mare from Down Under won easily by 3 lengths in her first start since November 5. Find out more about Black Caviar’s amazing career and her connections here.

Black Caviar wins #17 originally appeared on About.com Horse Racing on Thursday, January 26th, 2012 at 23:41:20.

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The reason that horses can run so fast and so far is that they have an extraordinary cardio-vascular system. In short, they are designed for running and the intervention of human beings with selective breeding programs has only improved upon what was already a very successful design. The modern race horse can inhale large amounts of oxygen and with its over sized heart, it can distribute oxygen rich blood throughout its massive body.

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There is no magic formula for picking winners, but there is a method of making a profit from horse racing bets. That may sound contradictory, but it’s not, because there is a difference between picking winning horses and picking good bets. The difference between a horse player who looks for winners and a horse player who looks for good bets is the difference between a successful gambler and a gambler. Regular gamblers take some comfort in being right and sometimes they even take comfort in commiserating with other losing gamblers.

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Most people believe that the favorite wins a horse race about a third of the time. While many think that is common knowledge and use it to handicap horse races, it is such a broad statement that it often bears little truth. How can that be? You may ask. The truth is that there are many different kinds of horse races over different surfaces and at a wide range of distances.

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In order to be successful at almost anything in life it is necessary to have a systematic method or way of doing things. There are rare exceptions to this rule, but the more repetitious the endeavor, the more likely it is that the successful people have found a system that works and they use it over and over again. Horse racing is a good example.

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The Jockey Club of Canada has announced the finalists for the equine, human, and media categories for the 2011 Sovereign Awards for excellence in Canadian thoroughbred racing. These awards determine the year-end champions for Canada like the Eclipse awards do for the US. Check out all the finalists here.

2011 Sovereign Award Finalists originally appeared on About.com Horse Racing on Tuesday, January 24th, 2012 at 20:43:15.

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Most horse races are very difficult to handicap, despite what some wise guys may tell you. While it is true that almost every race has one horse that is bet down to low odds and is therefore the favorite, it doesn’t mean that one is a sure winner. No matter which horse you look at in a race, you will usually find it is at about the right odds when you figure in the take out and other factors.

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We all know that the class drop is one of the good horse racing angles for finding contenders in a horse race. If a horse has been racing against tougher competition than it is facing in today’s race, then it only makes sense that it will do better today. However, though that makes sense intuitively, it doesn’t always hold up in real life situations. The problem is that while a horse may be dropping in class today, it may also be suffering a loss of form as well.

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