If you’re good at picking winners, you can make a little money playing horses. If you’re good at betting, you’re almost guaranteed to make a profit betting on horse racing. They say that Texas Holdem Poker is a gambling game, not a card game. What they mean is that success comes from how and when you bet, not how you play cards.

The same goes for making a living betting on horses. It can be good for finding out which horse is going to win the race, but it takes more than that to make a profit. Even if he picks the winner half the time, but the bets pay less than the even odds, he will still lose money even if he wins a lot of tickets.

I have known some good handicappers in my time, but they often lost money. On the other hand, I have met some good money managers and punters and they made a profit. It is a combination of those skills that you will need.

I recommend you get past performances as soon as possible, preferably the night before the races. Read them and take notes on horses or races that may present opportunities. Then read them again the next morning and make a morning line for yourself. Don’t let the morning track handicap line sway you too much. You need to think for yourself, this is how you will earn money.

Next, make adjustments for any scratches that have occurred, and then look at the odds before the race. Within two minutes of posting you should have a good idea of ​​whether or not a horse is a good bet. When I do this, I often find that I am more inclined towards one horse than the other when both horses are good bets according to my own morning line odds. The problem is that if any horse is above my morning line odds, it means they are a good bet and I should play every one, unless of course there are too many for it to be profitable.

There have been too many times when I have bet on the horse I thought would win and let a good bet go by, only to see a horse that I should have bet on win the race at a good price. Now, I bet anything that offers value and I don’t let my personal feelings get in the way. I advise you to practice first, until he can make a good morning line that actually detects good bets, and then place real money bets that you can afford. It takes practice, but that’s how you make a profit in racing.