Modern horse racing is a sport that originated in England in the 12th century, the history behind this popular sport started when Arab stallions were imported into the country and bred with English mares to produce a breed of horse that was specifically designed to race. Initially horse racing was an event restricted to the aristocratic classes and VIP figures in society. The well known title given to horse racing ‘The sport of Kings’ was born back in the times when king Charles II was head of the monarchy and gave it this title to show his passion for the sport. Eventually however horse racing caught on with a mainstream public audience and in the 1700s numerous tracks were opened around the country and horse racing was transformed into a recognised professional sport.
In today’s world horseracing is a sport that has global appeal and most westernised countries have purpose built racetracks to accommodate popular demand. For the beginner the world of racing can seem a confusing place with different classes of race, breed types and racing surfaces all adding various variables into the mix. The two most common and popular racing types today are ‘flat racing’ and ‘national hunt /steeplechases’ The major difference being between the two are that national hunt races encompass obstacles that the horses must jump over. Handicaps are also applied to certain competitive racing this is designed in theory to give the entire racing field an equal change of winning as weights are placed in the best performing horses to make the race a fairer event and more exciting to watch.
Horse race betting is equally confusing as understanding the fundamentals of professional horse racing. Bookmakers offer a pleefra of different bets to punters from each-way bets to Yankees and bizarre accumulators. Most folk who don’t regularly have a bet usually stick to straight win bets or each-way bets which rewards punters if the horse is placed in a race.
To win long term at horse racing is no easy task to say the least it takes a lot of time, effort and motivation to turn a few horses running round a track into hard earned cash, as is the common knowledge that 98% of people that gamble are losers. To win at horse racing you ideally need connections within the sport inside information can give great insight into horses that are up and coming and that are in form. A savvy well informed punter is one that can justify his decisions in a world where corruption is big business…..well fancied horses that can not cut the grade to come first in the race are often are told to finish outside the place markets so they can be laid on betting exchanges….which is a good way to recover betting stakes.
Many professional gamblers and hobbyists these days follow betting systems or methods. These can be quite complex and there are numerous websites offering subscriptions on in depth racing statistics. Their also appears to be a massive demand for people also selling their systems online too. Many of them that have popped up are ‘laying’ systems that are designed for the betting exchange markets. Suffice to say most of these betting systems are nothing but junk and following them will send you all the way to the poor house very quickly. The only two systems and methods that I currently use to give me consistent profits are the FP System and the value horse method.
