Learn to Answer These Horse Racing Questions and You'll Pick More Winners Just Like an Insider

There are a few questions that you can learn the answers to that will help you to cash more winning tickets at the races. The thing is, these questions are always the same, but the answers change with each race. Not only that, but the answers don't even stay the same when dealing with the same animal.

How observant are you when you go to the races? Think you see a lot and know a lot about the horses you bet on? Then answer this question, was the last horse you bet on wearing a tongue tie? Did it have front wraps on? If it did or didn't answer this, did it have a tongue tie or wraps in the race before that one?

If you are fortunate enough to be able to go to a race track and can watch the horses in the paddock before the races, start keeping notes on your program and save the program. The next time the same horse races, observe it once again and make notes about the equipment and how it behaves in the paddock.

Do you realize how important the addition of a tongue tie is? It can make a dramatic change in a runner's performance. The same is true of wraps and those front bandages can also signal a problem, or a crafty trainer who is trying to keep his or her horse from being claimed.

If you jot notes about the equipment, the horse's attitude in the saddling ring, and the odds, and compare them to the last time the horse raced, you'll start to learn some things that the insiders at the track would rather you didn't know. If you see lower odds and notice a tongue tie and that the horse is on its toes or looks better than the last time, you may have found yourself a very good bet.