6 Things You NEED to Know About Horse Racing Trainers If You Want to Make Money From Betting

The trainers in horse racing can offer a valuable insightof riding; some work very well together and some just
into any race but with so many statistics and differentdon't (The free Adrian Massey website - Google it - is
people talking about different things how do you gogreat for doing this quickly as it allows you to search
about sorting the useless trivia from the profitablepast results by combo) and a trainer's superb record
information? Here are some vital pointers that will allowat a course suddenly does not look so great if the
you to sort the junk from the gems.Jockey is has a 2% strike rate on his runners. Again
DON'T place too much importance on the trainerswhen checking this you should also keep in mind the
overall strike rate for a particular course. Theoverall prices and the size of the data sample
difference between a trainer with a 10% strike rateavailable.
and a 12% strike rate is of no use at all when it comesDON'T pay a massive amount of attention to older
to comparing one runner to another. Don't payrecords; a horse isn't just trained by the trainer but the
attention to strike rates based on a 4 or 5 runs -various staff and assistants at his stable, many of
finding any sort of pattern in such small samples iswhich have a high turnover. Because of this - and the
deceptive and won't help you make an informedfact that with time trainers and their staff will refine
decision.and change their methods as they gain more
DO look for extreme statistics. If after 30+ runners atexperience - form from 5 years ago is nowhere near
a track a trainer has a very low/very high strike rateas relevant as form from the past year.
it's a good indicator that he trains horses in a way thatDO check the racing post signposts to see how far a
is/is not conductive to success at this course. Paytrainer has travelled, how many runners he has
attention to the shape and difficulty of the course,entered into the meeting and the value of the races in
training style will have little influence over a straightwhich they are entered. Moving a horse hundreds of
sprint but around the tight bends of Chester formiles will involve a lot of expense and effort such as
example it becomes a far more significant factorpaying the various staff members, the jockey,
DON'T take a good strike rate on face value; anyonearranging overnight accommodation etc. If a trainer is
can maintain a high percentage of winners if theygoing to all this trouble for a low grade race with a
enter large amounts of horses with very short odds.small prize then it's always a good indicator that they
Look at the race history to see the prices that thisknow something you don't and a gamble is being
trainer's runners win at; look for an even mix of pricesplaced on their runner. Whilst I wouldn't base my entire
around the 1/1 to 10/1 range. This indicates consistentlyselection method around this (or the trainer alone for
strong performance at the track and this is somethingthat matter) it has helped me land some winners at
that you should always look for. The reverse can beprices up to 150/1 (which looks more like 500.0 - 1000.0
applied to lay bets, look for a decent amount of loserson the exchanges)
in the same price bracket to find flaws in a trainer'sWhilst all of these things should be taken into
record.consideration it's important to study multiple aspects of
DO look at which jockeys the trainer works with andeach race. Combined with form study and ratings -
their performance as a team. Just as each trainer hasapplying these principles will see a healthy rise in
his own style of training each jockey has his own stylewinners and profit!