I put my money on the line using the exact handicapping process I’ve talked on these podcasts. This opened my eyes to the good, the bad, and areas to improve. Also, listen to what wager needs to be utilized when our handicapping deems a favorite legit.

If you want consistent profits betting horse racing, you better find what you are an expert in and look for those plays.

Too many horse bettors play as a hobbyist, we need to play as an expert.

How do we get there?

Evaluating your strengths and playing to them.

We will talk about the first steps to becoming an expert. Also, developing the mental shift it takes to become a focused bettor looking to strike in races you excel in.

Time Stamps

1:00 Play to Your Strong Suit

2:15 You’re In Control Betting

2:40 Spot Plays

4:30 1st Steps to Become an Expert

7:42 Self Scouting

9:00 Mental Shift We Need To Make

Poker strategy is a great way to become a better horse bettor, but how?

We’ll discuss the major factors that make poker players some of the best bettors in all of gambling.

From playing odds and probability, to money management, poker players have a lot of tendencies that horse players need to strive for too. This is the backbone of becoming a great bettor.

We also will talk about the one practice that separates poker players from horse racing bettors. Also, it’s free!

Time Stamps

1:18 Know When to Fold

4:41 Money Management

7:19 Studying Other Players

10:15 Finite Game vs. Infinite Game

14:01 Analyzing Their Own Game

Thinking inside the box when wagering is what we need to focus on as bettors. Looking to bet outside the box when we have an opinion hurts our handicapping.

Going outside of our comfort zone betting is the biggest downfall to players. Staying within ourselves is a disciplined approach.

We talk about when is the right time to think outside the box and how that is an advantage.

1st quarter of the year is over, time to capitalize on all the work we have done in the winter gearing up for the spring season of racing.

Betting on maiden races is taking a shot in the dark more times than you may think. There’s a lot more variables that are in play than with proven winners.

Handicapping helps you see the obvious. Everyone sees that in maiden races. You aren’t getting a good price with logical, conventional handicapping in these races.

There is one single situation I would bet on a maiden race, and there is a stat that backs it up. See what that is.

Also, many players like to trip handicap but I think you should use this in a different way. Find out how I like to factor in trip handicapping.

Evaluating and forming your betting plan over a card is something that not only will keep you focused on the task at hand, but will keep you from forcing wagers you didn’t plan on making.

See how we organize our contenders in each race we handicap. Also, how those contenders will help in classifying every race.

Utilizing our opinions we can map out our day at the races and maximize where we are wagering our money.

Form analysis is one of the oldest but surest ways to evaluate each contender in a race.

We talk about how to mark your past performances to find who is in form, out of form, and rounding into a big race. Being able to evaluate how to view each horse with this style of analysis is key to finding your true contenders in the race.

Once we know who is in form, it is time to collect some quick data about each runner to tell us how competitive they are. Utilizing this with our form analysis can help toss runners who seem to get bet down to short prices.

Finding what pace a horse can win, overcome, and fail against is what we focus on. It is one of the most important steps to becoming a consistent handicapper.

Come listen as we discuss how to add this to your toolbox of handicapping.

All horses have their preferred running style. It is our job as a handicapper to correctly evaluate and assign that to each contender.

We talk about early runners, pressers, and sustained running styles. Listen as we dive in on how it is more important to see where is horse is positionally.

Horses have to beat each other, not beaten lengths. That is the first step to understanding how to accurately handicap a race.

Patterns start to emerge when you talk about running styles. We’ll discuss some common patterns we see with specific running styles.

The daily double is a staple of my betting and one that you need to add to your toolbox.

We’ll talk about when and how to play this wager. Ticket structure is important even in this small multi-race wager.

Find out how I like to make my tickets and a way I look to capitalize on logical favorites.

Hit rates and win percentage of this wager might not be what you expect, but one that can help put more money in your wallet. We’ll discuss the expectations and realities of the daily double.

Group overlay method isn’t anything new, but is an overlooked idea to take advantage of as handicappers.

Listen to how we can use this method to maximize our handicapping. We also will discuss why it’s important to keep track of winners in our top selections to give us a way to quickly use this method.