How to develop your own horse racing betting system

The basic idea behind a horse racing system, and there are plenty out there, is to establish a set of rules or guidelines that would save you the botheration of having to calculate innumerable data and the hassles associated with the varied choices that one has to make at every step would be eliminated for ever.

Often a horse racing system gives you the rules and the guidelines and most people are content to adopt them and follow them blindly and to the letter. Many a times the people using the system even make decent profits out of it. The fact remains, however, that these systems were developed by human beings. if you were to put mind to work then you too would be able to develop a fairly good horse race betting system that would not help you to make profits from your bets but would also help you earn profits by selling the system to others.

Here are a few horse race betting systems that are freely available online.

• Ascot on the Turn…

I’ve suspected for some time now that there might be money to made from going high on the draw at Ascot, and I’ve confirmed that to be the case using my database. The criteria are pretty simple and are as follows:

• Round course only (i.e. NOT the straight track)

• 2 to 6  year old males only

• Drawn in the highest fifth of the stalls (e.g. 13-15 in 15 runner race)

• First four in the betting

Just by applying these simple criteria, you'd have won 59 out of 245 bets since 1997, and returned a tidy 82.16 points profit. That's around £1,600 for £20 stakes on a strike rate of about one in four.

• Two Year Olds With Experience…

At this time of year, there are a lot of races where the betting market is formed on opinions and reputations, rather than collateral form. I am primarily referring to two year old races here, as opposed to seasonal debutantes who may have improved / regressed since the previous season.

One element is more important than any other when betting 2yo's: the benefit of previous experience. So many horses are having their first sight of a racetrack, their first feel of the whip, their first listen to the noise, and so on...

A simple analysis of this has identified a lucrative niche for betting 2yo's on their second start early in the season (April to June).

As I tend to do, I strip out the fillies and concentrate on colts and geldings (male horses). The criteria are as follows:

• 2 year old males only

• Having second career start

• Didn't win on their first start

• Second favorite in the betting

• April to June only

Just by applying these simple criteria, you'd have won 96 out of 315 bets since 1998, and returned a tidy 94.86 points profit. That's around two grand for £20 stakes on a strike rate of over 30%.

If you were to observe these systems and many others besides, you would realize that they have certain common features which you would have to be blind not to notice.

 First and foremost the most essential and common feature is the type of race being run.

Second usually male horses are preferred.

Third the length of the track also plays a role.

Fourth the system makes use of past track records as a guide for future performance

Fifth the condition of the horse is also vital.

By using this basic information and your powers if observation you can easily create a winning horse racing system that would be beneficial to you in the long run.

You also need to keep observing trends that crop up and you also need to keep reading the trade publications.

It may take some time but keep at it and you’ll come up with a winning system. In the mean time you have a number of horse race betting systems available to you on the net that you can use to make money.