Thursday 17 November 2016

Things To Consider Before Bidding In The Paddock Room

By Paul Cox


Horses are such elegant creatures. Whether you lean on to hobbies like horse back riding or watching horse races, there is just a certain elegance and thrill watching them run freely. The sport has been around for so long. This is why there is a need to keep these creatures safes and well taken care of.

These animals are usually kept in a stall or a fenced area. The paddock room has a lot of attached meaning to it. Back in world war two this used to be the code name for war room in London where Winston Churchill met with his officials, at least twice the whole duration of WW2. In the case of this article, it is a place where horseplayers would put their wagers on the winning bid.

They call analyzing the possible outcome of the game as handicapping. There are also least effective methods like randomly punching holes on a piece of cardboard, but you do this if you do not bother losing or winning. There are patterns relating between different games and races that may help determine how likely a horse can win.

A very important publication for this is the Daily Racing Form. Enthusiasts are well versed in reading the information provided and can use this for handicapping. While this tool has proved to be useful over the years, personal analysis based on experience plays a large part. Winning not only depends on the horse but also the trainers, jockeys and the playing field itself.

There are a variety of bet types for this sport. Horse racing is generally legal in the states but regulations may vary per state. One form of betting may not be allowed in one state while it is permitted in another. What type of betting you get into depends on your expertise, confidence and the money in your pocket. There are easy ones and extremely hard ones that need incredible luck and probably a divine intervention to win, just like the lottery.

Handicapping is analyzing which entries are least likely to place and just crushing them out from the options. The lesser entries you have, with the best stats, the closer you are to winning. Many high stakes horseplayers know exactly which ones to immediately crush out and which ones to consider for their top three.

The genetics also come into play. In most cases only three horses are considered for each race. Many articles state that the track used for the competition has to be considered. When picking a bet, you have to make sure that they have won or placed in the past three competitions. And if they have make sure the surface they were running on are the same ones with the playing field that you are betting on.

Players consider so many things which also include who trains the horses and who rides them. Winning percentages come into play for both people too and not just the horse. Some may even have a tally board for all the factors that they might find necessary to find the right bet. If you have this chart of things that determine the horse that is most likely to win, based on carefully calculated factors, then pick the horse with the most check marks.

There is a certain allure to gambling that cannot be found in any other activity. While most might think it is in the winning that the excitement comes from, it actually is in the possibility of and the illusion that you just might win from analyzing you bets through handicapping. Maybe the whole process is an allusion to how people can be obsessed with trying to control situations that will definitely have random outcomes.




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