capping horses....

worldwidekid · Jul 13, 2007

going to the local track tonite...
a few years ago my uncle showed me how but i forgot...

it has something to do with gettting a final number based on previous races. i think .5 seconds equals a length and then u muliply that by how many lengths the horse lost by :ughhh: :ughhh: :ughhh:

horse junkies help please

G.MONEY · Jul 13, 2007

Maybe put this in the Horse racing forum down below...There is no one way to do this..You will get 20 differnt answers, I can assure you of that

Iceman · Jul 13, 2007

I owned a book once that explanied something like that this way. For harness horses, if a horses last race was 202.3/5.

You would multiply 2 (the seconds number) times 5 and that equals 10 and than add the fifths number to it. So it would be 10 plus 3 and that would give the horse a 13.

Not sure exactly if this what you were talking about but this the one way I remember that looks similar.

worldwidekid · Jul 13, 2007

G. MONEY said:
Maybe put this in the Horse racing forum down below...There is no one way to do this..You will get 20 differnt answers, I can assure you of that

i did, but since that forum is dead and im leaving soon....

Iceman · Jul 13, 2007

Also remember that a horse length is 1 length and that equals 1/5 of a second. 5 lenghts equals one full second.

JudgeWapner · Jul 13, 2007

What Ice said.

G.MONEY · Jul 13, 2007

world wide kid said:
i did, but since that forum is dead and im leaving soon....

Not exactly dead..Most of the bigger tracks do not start running until 3 pm or later

Iceman · Jul 13, 2007

Word of advice.

If you want a little excitement and want to win a decent amount of money it is best to try and find races that the favorite is beatable and when you find that than that throw him out and make bets with him out of it.

Remeber it is not the amount of winninng tickets you cash but the amount of money you win that counts.

worldwidekid · Jul 13, 2007

Iceman said:
Also remember that a horse length is 1 length and that equals 1/5 of a second. 5 lenghts equals one full second.

ah ok.. this is how my uncle capped: say u wanted to cap horse B

Horse A won with a winning time of 2:15:68
Horse B 2 lengths off = 2:15:78
Horse C 5 lenghts off = 2:16:78

and then he would use that information from the last 5 previous races to determine Horses B true average. but then you also have to look at how many furlongs the race was... how many furlongs are in a mile?

Iceman · Jul 13, 2007

world wide kid said:
ah ok.. this is how my uncle capped: say u wanted to cap horse B

Horse A won with a winning time of 2:15:68
Horse B 2 lengths off = 2:15:78
Horse C 5 lenghts off = 2:16:78

and then he would use that information from the last 5 previous races to determine Horses B true average. but then you also have to look at how many furlongs the race was... how many furlongs are in a mile?

I am more of a harness guy. Harness handicapping is way easier as the distances are all the same when you compare.

8 furlongs is a mile

Iceman · Jul 13, 2007

Use the Beyer numbers as they give each horses last races a solid number that you can compare and is more accurate than anything you will be able to put together.

Look for something the public doesn't put enough stock into and remember to throw out fals favorites.

Good Luck!!!

worldwidekid · Jul 13, 2007

yea.... never watched a harness race live... been to a few dog tracks in FL, those were a good time (plus they had a poker room)

thanks ICE

SlashednThrashed · Jul 13, 2007

Jockey/Trainer %
Beyer numbers
A horse improving
Decent odds
Instincts

Is how I cap the pony's

GL though...

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