| You can play favorites at the horse track until the | | | | If you are betting on a horse, doesn't it make sense to |
| cows come home and nickel and dime a small profit, | | | | know whether or not the horse can actually do what |
| but if you want to make big money horse racing | | | | you are asking it to do? In other words, if you are |
| handicapping you need a good system for picking | | | | expecting a horse to win an event at Churchill Downs |
| winning longshot bets that pay. Obviously, playing all the | | | | on the natural dirt track, wouldn't it be nice to bet on |
| long priced horses is a losing proposition, but there are | | | | the only horse in the race who has actually won such |
| some horses that go off at big odds and win. | | | | a race? How about 24-1 odds, does that make it |
| Learning how to separate the good bets from the bad | | | | sound even better? Does it sound crazy to you that |
| ones is how professional handicappers make a living. | | | | the only horse in a race who actually won at that |
| There are no guarantees in life and especially not in | | | | track and on that surface was going off at 24-1? It |
| picking good opportunities, but if you use a system you | | | | really happened on 6-18-2008 in the third race. |
| are more likely to minimize losses and maximize profits. | | | | The #4 Alluring Adversary was the only horse in the |
| Whether you are investing in the stock market, | | | | six horse field who had won on the Churchill Downs |
| currency markets or betting on races, one thing is | | | | dirt track and yet it went off at 24-1. Two poor |
| certain, if you go along with the crowd you will be a | | | | performances over a sloppy track hid the horse's |
| loser. | | | | form that really wasn't that bad if you looked three |
| So what system do pro gamblers use to make a | | | | races back where it showed a second place finish |
| living? Going against the crowd is a start, but it takes | | | | after leading most of the race against a field of 10 |
| more than just betting against favorites, because in | | | | horses. My payoff was $52.40. The #1 Rose Is A |
| horse racing, the favorites win almost a third of the | | | | Rage was the favorite at 8-5 despite never having |
| time. Your job, if you want to show a profit, is to figure | | | | won at Churchill. |
| out which ones are legitimate favorites and which | | | | So what is the best system for picking long shot bets? |
| ones are phonies. There is a way to do that and it is | | | | Start by finding a false favorite like the #1 horse in that |
| really not very hard. I'll give an actual example to back | | | | race who had never won at Churchill Downs and then |
| up what I am saying and after that, why don't you | | | | find another horse at much longer odds who has done |
| start looking through some of those old programs you | | | | what you want your horse to do and you will be |
| should be keeping for reference to see if you can find | | | | ahead of 99% of the other horseplayers. |
| other such cases? | | | | |