Betting on Harness Horse Racing

Many people that bet on horses know thoroughbred racing, but there is another type of racing that people have wagered on for many years and is still the favorite type of race at a lot of racetracks. What I am talking about is harness horse racing and if you are a beginner to this type of racing, you will see that it is just as fun as thoroughbred racing. Actually, a lot of people that bet on horses should know what thoroughbred racing is all about. The reason being that when you get to know a lot about harness racing you will really understand the pace and that will really help you out when you begin to bet on harness racing.

When you handicap harness races it is vital that you know that they are usually seen in quarters. To get a solid idea of the pace that every horse can achieve you have to time every quarter of the race. When you then look hard at the event that you are looking to wager on, when broken down in quarters, you will then know more of the ability of the horse in the race and you will also know the amount of energy that the horse will have for the entire race.

If you follow the pace of the horse you are checking out for each quarter of the race it will help you out, as you can determine the ability of the horse and how they will do in upcoming races. This can be beneficial to you when you begin to look at thoroughbred races.

Many people have the assumption that a horse will tend to run much faster when they reach the final leg of a race. It may be the case that the horse may run this way it is generally not what really happens. Actually, it happens often for the horse to be faster in the very beginning of the race. The only way that you will know this is to find out what the pace of the horse is in each part of the race is. Handicapping harness racing can actually help you do just that.

The very best way for you to handicap a horse that is racing in a harness race is to time how the horse does in every quarter of the race. When you have come up with that info it will be easier for you to make an estimation of the rate that the horse will run in the following quarters of the race. Ok, so you may come up with a somewhat surprising result. If you do use this system it is not uncommon that you find a horse that you never really thought would do well, but actually places in the top 3 and may even win the race.