Racing is made up of two main divisions: profit cap and Disability. profit caps systems to determine earnings in months and years and has ‘nothing’ to do with horse selection. The handicap is the system to determine the order of arrival of the races by choosing horses and has ‘nothing’ to do with money. The factors written below are for handicapped only. Factors such as: (1) class: which is made up of 8 elements: (has.) cost of the horse paid by the current owner and the higher the better (b.) type of breed to which the horse mainly belongs (maiden, claim, allowance, handicap, betting, Grade 3, Grade 2, Grade 1) (c.) purse money amount horse racing for today and past (d.) competition horse you have raced against, such as maiden, grade 1, betting, etc. (me.) how many times in past return on money (F.) earnings: lifetime and per year (gram.) bloodline or pedigree (H.) Age: Too old rarely wins against too young on the track.

Continue: (2) track surface: hard, soft, rough, smooth, broken, uphill or angled downhill (3) stud fee (4) pace fractions of the lead and how close the horse you are considering playing was to the lead position and the distance between them (5) starts at the gate: the horse had good starts or problems and how many times (6) Form: In the last 4 races, when the horse comes out of the gate, does the horse make up position and lengths or consistently lose position and lengths at every call to finish? (8) Is the female horse racing against the males? because females rarely win against males unless she is a good female (9) previous performance of the horse: date of the last race, surface of the track, condition of the track (dry, wet, muddy, unkempt), weather on race day, type of race (single, claim, allowance, handicap, stakes, grade 1 or 2 or 3) the horse has run, fractions of the horse (not lead fractions of horse), position and/or distances gained or lost in each call plus position in door openings and position number.

Continuing number 8: beyer’s speed number (0-60 is an inferior horse, 60-80 is low, 80-100 is good, 100+ is excellent), Morning line dues, kind of beat (press, solitary press, medium pack press), rhythm shape (early pace, late pace), jockey’s in the money percent, trainer’s in the money percent, latest odds allowed in 2 previous races, medication used in this race, equipment used or changed, track variants, comments, current field size and previous field size run, distance today, distance change from the previous race, description of the race and conditions (located at the top of the program and DRF statistics).

Continuation of number 8: key races (if any) horse ran on it produced Next winners, track type (turf, synthetics, earth), position and lengths in reference to the leading horse, training (how many bales in the last 15 days), how good the horse is in sprints and/or routes. There are a few others that will be named in the following articles. There are about 15 base factors and sub-factors for those base factors. And there are subfactors of subfactors and all of them can be combined in the form of two or more of them together forming angles by the hundreds. There are two main forms of handicap: common (which most players do) and statistics (which includes ‘advanced statistics’). There is a correct way to bet on horses, but this will be written in other articles. This is basically how to use disadvantage factors.