How do i make a living playing horses?

Question

prefer answers from people actually doing it.

Answer 1

Hi,

I treat horse racing as a second job.

It would be impossible in the space of this email to tell you how to do it in any totality.  What I can share with you are some key lessons I learned that I bust my #$% to get right each time I duke it out with the mutuels.

I have strong months and poor months.  I have a bankroll.  I care more about my long-term score than yesterday's result.  Think carefully about what that should mean for you.

I watch the tote.  I watch taped replays of prior races a horse was in.  I have made friends with people at my local track and we share information.

Also, I take time to note the nuances, like track biases (ex. a horse from post, say #6 and higher, may have an unusually lower win pct. on 6f events at track B), how a horse looks on-track, and often, weather-related tendencies.  You must know how to read the detail of past performance charts correctly.  That alone is a skill that takes time to hone.  It was very hard.

I probably consider no less than 20 individual factors before I make any serious wager.  It comes with time, practice, and patience.  Making these efforts in the last few years has caused my level of success to improve drastically.  This is a game where if you are cashing 30% of your tickets, you are considered pretty good.  It's a lot like major leaguers hitting baseballs.

Good luck!

Answer 2

It is difficult, you need to be disciplined.

http://www.saferhorseracing.com/gpage11....

Answer 3

Are you talking about people who have creepy fetishes about pretending to be horses?

Answer 4

I made a very nice living from playing horses for about 2 years.  The key is not to get rapped up in every race or track that is available.  You have to pick your races that you will bet very carefully.  You also have to develop a style or something that you are looking for to bet.

I love 2 things, longshots loose on the lead and exactas with the chalk.  I am not looking to hit the pick 6 at Belmont (I have hit the pick 6 at Belmont), I am looking to multiply my money by 5 on any given bet.  I firmly believe in the $100 exacta that pays $500 when I hit it.  If I make 3 bets a day and hit 1 I make a small profit.  If I go 3 for 3 I can make about 2 grand in a day.  

Greed will kill you.  I have been up a grand and walked out down a grand, trying to kill the track.  Take what they give you and get out.  If you can make a grand a day you can make $150k a year (you will have losing days, a lot of them).  You have to take money off the table when it is available.

It cost me about $20k to develop my style and to really learn to handicap.  It cost me another $20k to learn to only bet the races where I have a legit chance to win.  The reality is that I work a regular job because it takes too much discipline and too much capital to maintain a handicapping lifestyle.

Good Luck!

Answer 5

You need a huge bankroll for starters. Spend every waking minute watching workouts and races. You should get to the track about 5 am every day for the works, the videos you can watch of the races. Be prepared for long dry spells. Use good sense when betting. Back up your bets and use dutching plays. Follow a limited number of horses. I stay on one track at a time. It's really hard because I can't see the workouts myself and guesstimate.

Answer 6

pick the winners!