If you are interested in making some money as a horseplayer, then it is important to note that you must be able to access the result tables and race entries. This is the easiest method you can employ in order to find out the past results of a horse, and to calculate your actual odds of winning the wager. If you are currently living in North America, then you can find out all there is to know about the horses that enter the competitions and the results from the Equibase website.

What is great about Equibase is that it provides end results and changes in entry charters across the continent. Moreover, you can choose to see the past month or week’s results in PDF formats or directly on their website. An alternative to Equibase race results and entries are the DRF Race Results, DRF Entries and DRF Stakes Results, which present the evolution and performance of the horses you are interested in and their main competitors for the past two months. These are provided in PDF or html format. Even though the charts are free of charge, you are required to create an account on the DRF website in order to access them.

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It is now quite easy for beginners to start betting on horse racing and actually be successful in choosing winners of the race. It is prudent for a beginner to understand the fact that this game is a gambling one and wagers are involved. Each bet is a pledge of some amount for a horse to win and, depending on the outcome, this pledge will be honored. You can find all manner of bets and wagers at almost all tracks.

Types of wagers

The win opens the list of the types of bets available. Here, you collect on your bet if the horse you bet on is the first horse to finish the race. The minimum wager at most tracks is $2. Another type of bet is a place, where a horse will collect if it finishes first or second in the race and the minimum wager is $2. Show, is the third type of bet and in this wager your selected horse must be amongst the top three to finish. Again, the minimum wager is $2 at the track.

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Horse racing handicapping should include analyzing the human element, especially in claiming races when a horse makes his first start for a new trainer. It’s quite common among novices simply glance at a horse’s speed indexes and final times when making their selections, but wise handicappers compare the records of the current and previous trainer. The several questions may arise: when is the right time to wager on a horse in a new barn, why does a horse suddenly improve or regress for a new trainer, what rules should we understand about a newly claimed horse?

We must first analyze the record of the former conditioner before we judge whether a trainer can improve his recently claimed horse, for instance, if high-percentage trainer claims a horse from a trainer with a poor winning percentage, we can assume the horse will improve in his new surroundings, and if a low-percentage trainer claims a horse from the track’s leading trainer, we can conclude the animal won’t improve – more than likely, he will regress.

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Putting together a system is not as difficult as it may sound, even for a beginner. The important thing, and with any betting, is that you write down every rule and follow it for at least 100 bets. You do not need to trade real money, paper trading is best at first. If after 100 bets it is in profit, you can then give it a betting bank and start gambling.

Starting an untested system with real money, and packing it in on its first losing run, putting it down as failed, will only cost you more and more money in the long term. Being patient saves you money.

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