How many horse races are fixed?

Question

How many horse races are fixed?

Answer 1

I think on the average about 10 to 15 percent of races are fixed or the trainer or trainers are using something that hasn't been detected yet to make horses win.I have seen in My area where certain trainers were suspended for months and came back winning more races than before, how does that happen??

Answer 2

It would have to be very low at the major tracks. The track doesn't care who wins or loses and the stewards and track officials monitor everything closely. Horses are tested for drugs, stewards make sure jockeys ride their mounts without excessive cruelty or without an honest effort to win. Even if someone tried to fix a race when you are dealing with a field of 1200 pound animals racing at 40 mph best laid plans have a way of going wrong an horses often have and of their own. Incidentally, most handicappers only give a slight edge to a top jockey when making their bets.  Sure a jockey has to try to position his horse in a good place and help navigate traffic problems. But if the horse can't run fast the jockey can't make up for that!

Answer 3

Not many in Australia because they are so strict on jockeys who don't give their horse every conceivable chance or if they make "dumb" decisions they can be suspended for weeks at a time. It still happens though but not very often, not often enough to worry the average punter anyway.

Most famous in Australia was the fine cotton ring in affair in the early 80's. The swapped horses and spray painted the ring in with the same markings as the original. It looked so fake and the got caught. The main bookie involved called Robbie Waterhouse has only just been allowed back onto race tracks 20 years later but he still can't operate as a bookie on track.

Answer 4

not as many as you think...the quality of skilled jockeys has drop.

so a bad ride is common now a days..making you think..it's a

fix race.

Answer 5

At major tracks there a very few of any fixed races. At smaller tracks there may be more fixing, but the tracks and racing commissions go at great lengths to prevent race fixing.

The tracks make money by taking a percentage of the total money bet. That means the track makes the same amount of money if a favorite or a long shot wins. The amount they make is determined by the total pool bet. So if people believe the races are fixed, fewer people will bet, and the track makes less money. So the track has every reason to prevent fixing.

Fixing is usually done by bookies. At US tracks there are very few bookies to be found. I would not frequent a track that had bookies hanging around in the US.

England, I understand is a bit different, but I imagine that there is still lots of effort by the tracks to stop race fixing

Answer 6

I don't know how many but it's easier to do in harness racing especially on the 1/2 mile tracks.I .know of some in the 70's and 80's.I don't know about now.

Answer 7

It is next to impossible to fix races - these days horses are routine drug tested after each race so doping is impossible.

As for jockeys stopping horses it is very hard stop a horse running at 30-40mph without someone noticing!

Answer 8

I'm not sure if any of the races are fixed by any unauthorized personel. At different times different horses win according to their track records.  :) lol

Answer 9

My Grandma always said the dogs were the better bet. With horses, the  jockey has too much influence on the race.