How To Use Race Analysis to Spot Winning Racehorses - Part 1

Classification, Pace, Prize Money and Draw Bias.

Spotting a winner

Racehorses develop to full maturity at different rates.

It may be another year or more before an early 2 year old sprint winner can be said to have long-term prospects.

It is impossible to gauge the speed of a youngster’s physical development from the outset.

At the beginning of a horses career there are many unknowns such as:

•           The horses final build.

•           How its pedigree will affect it.

•           The class of the horse.

•           The stables at which it will train.

•           What will be its favourite distance.

•           Will it be a mudlark or a natural firm goer.

Early on all you can use are the results and ability the youngster has shown in its early races.

Analyzing horse races

Analysis of horse races simply means interpreting the results.

It does not mean describing the action.

There is a mountain of information to include in analysis of any given horse race and not all of it can possibly be objective.

The aim of analysis is simply to dete ...