The Use of the "Energy Rating" - It Can Help Turn You Into a Winner at Thoroughbred Race Tracks

Speed ratings, time off between races, breeding, connections, size and weight - are all factors that horse race players - like you - use to handicap a race and uncover a winner. And, while all of that information is helpful, there is still more you need to know if you hope to win more often than you do now. You need to know how to figure out a horse's "energy rating"... information that will tell you if a horse is in shape and ready to run a big race.

Energy Ratings can help you Uncover "Golden Nuggets"... Long Shots that are ready to Win

Standard handicapping techniques, whether used by you or employed by a professional handicapper, tend to lead you in the direction of the "Morning Line Favorite," a horse that is likely to go off at short odds. The "Morning Line Favorite" is the horse picked by the track handicapper, a man (or woman) that is paid to help you make winning bets. But Morning Line Favorites lose their fair share of races... actually, they lose many races.

Long Shot Winners can put Lots of Cash in your Pocket... Every time you Visit a Race Track.

You can - and will - place bets on horses that go off at long odds once you know how to uncover a horse's "energy rating." This little bit of extremely relevant information will separate you from the great mass of thoroughbred horse race players and enable you to fill your pockets with cash... perhaps not on every trip to a thoroughbred race track, but frequently enough to put a smile on your face.

Energy Ratings are not a Radical Handicapping Idea... just a Very Smart Way of Finding Winners.

Face facts. If you opt to continue with your old "tried and true" handicapping methods, you will spend some time at the window cashing tickets... often at very short odds. If, however, you are willing to learn a new, improved handicapping technique - "energy ratings," you will spend even more time at the windows of your favorite thoroughbred race track... cashing big winning tickets.

Remember: "Energy Ratings" help you Locate the Horse that is in Shape, Fit and Ready to Run.

Not all thoroughbred race horses are in shape for every race in which they are entered. If you can find those "unfit" horses and eliminate them, you increase your chances of winning. Use the "Energy Rating" system to locate the best horses in every race. You will win races much more frequently.

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Speed Rating Patterns in Horse Racing Handicapping

One of the most obvious indicators of a horse's true form is the speed rating it earns in a race, or so it seems at first glance. On closer examination, however, it becomes obvious that those figures must be taken in context and compared to other factors. The form cycle, though often overlooked, is still a good predictor of how a horse will run and when it will win. Modern training methods often overlook the natural physical cycles that horses undergo.

Some trainers try to win the first race a horse runs after an extended layoff. Their reasoning is that the animal is fresh and therefore will have more stamina than the other runners in the race who may be suffering from the stress of multiple efforts. This "win first race back," method works for some trainers, but perhaps in the long run, since the runner suffers so much stress without enough training for stamina and bottom, as it is called, has a bad effect in the long run and that is why so many thoroughbred horses have very short careers.

Years ago it was easier to chart a runner's form cycle by looking at three things. First of all, there was the speed rating itself. Secondly, you checked the pace of the race and how much effort the runner exerted. For instance, if a horse who wasn't known as a front runner was pushed to run on the front end in a race and wound up fading at the end and registering a poor speed figure, wise handicappers often knew that the trainer was building the horse up and would let it run its own style of race in one of its next two races. Finally, you checked the to see how soon it ran again.

The hard race on the front end would build a little tactical speed in and when allowed to run its own race next time out or second time out, the horse would score a much higher speed figure. Based on the pace of the and how quickly the conditioner brought his or her back, you'd have a good idea of whether he or she meant to win or to give the horse another race for conditioning.

One common patterns, that you will sometimes still find today, is for a horse to have a race or two to get back into shape, then a fast race where it is used hard for extra conditioning. The next race may be within ten days or so and will often just be a breezer to keep the horse sharp and stretch those muscles a bit more for tone. Finally, after that race, the horse will be sent for the win. In some cases you will even find the horse moved up in class for this race and a fine price can be had at the mutuel windows.

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