| While most people would agree, after a few trips to | | | | has ever won at the distance, on the same surface, |
| the horse races, that long shot bets are where the | | | | and at the same class level or higher. Now circle each |
| money is, however, after losing money trying to win a | | | | horse that qualifies. Once you have identified horses |
| few, most will agree they are also difficult to hit. | | | | that have proven they can win at the distance, |
| Handicapping horse races for profit and trying to make | | | | surface, and level, find out if the horse who is the likely |
| money betting on races is hard enough without going | | | | favorite in the race has done the same thing. |
| after those horses who seem so unlikely to win. | | | | It is amazing how many times you will find a race |
| But when a longshot does win, somebody cashes | | | | where the favorite has not done what is being asked |
| tickets on that winner. Do you ever wonder who had | | | | of it but another horse, going off at long odds, has |
| the horse and if it is all the people who just play their | | | | done it. Now comes the tricky part. Figure out why the |
| lucky number? Does it ever occur to you that | | | | horse you circled is now a long shot if it has indeed |
| someone actually looked at the racing program and | | | | proven itself capable of winning a race such as |
| picked that horse to win for a reason? | | | | today's race. Is it coming back from a long layoff? |
| It does happen sometimes, but before you declare that | | | | Does its form seem to have tapered off? |
| person a genius, find out if he or she is ahead on his or | | | | What you are trying to find out is if that horse can |
| her bets. The goal of playing the ponies is to make | | | | improve today and also if the favorite is a false |
| money, a profit. So the real secret to making money | | | | favorite. If you have the ability to watch the pools and |
| on longshots is finding a person who can spot a good | | | | spot inside money it is also helpful to know if the barn |
| longshot bet in the racing form or program and then | | | | is betting that longshot. |
| make money from the bet. | | | | Every day, at race tracks all over the world, people |
| There is no one single formula for finding good long | | | | are surprised when horses win races even though the |
| shot bets, but there are a few clues. This is the single | | | | horse has done it before under the same conditions. |
| most important clue to finding a good bet on a horse | | | | Since horses go in and out of form and also respond |
| going off at long odds. Before the races, go through | | | | to training and equipment changes, any horse that |
| the racing form and find every horse that is in the | | | | once managed to do what is being asked of it today |
| morning line at 10-1 or higher. | | | | should be considered a threat especially when the |
| Next, look at each one of these racers and see if it | | | | favorite is vulnerable. |