First. find race tracks to Play.
The Odds Analyzer can be used at any track where the early real Win pool odds for each horse is available. However, very small tracks that have very little money in the win pool are not very good to analyze. This because there will be wide swings in the intensity of the CT#s which can be confusing. thus we recommend only playing tracks that have over $10,000 in the win pool at 15 minutes before post time. Of course this is almost all major tracks world-wide, such as Belmont Park, Hawthorne, Calder, Santa Anita & many more.
Second. find races to Play.
At your favorite track, you need to find which races are the best to play, this is very important if you wish to make a profit at the track. Most serious horse players skip certain races, no matter how they handicap a race. After purchasing any version of the Odds Analyzer, if you play every race at a track, you will notice that the results with the Odds Analyzer can look like "mumbo jumbo". This is so because on certain races no one knows which horses are going to win or run in the money. Typically very cheap purse races are a no play.
The first thing to do is keep a record of what horses are 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th in your favorite races. We will give you further down how we categorize races. Keep track of all 4 placings if you wish to play Superfectas in the future. We also keep track of the CT# of at least the winning horse. And also we record ithe # of D horses or Green & the # of E horses or Pink. All this can be kept in a standard database or spreadsheet if you wish. Along with this we record the Purse of the race, sex, type of race and age of horses running. You may find, as we have certain codes win in certain races and classes at a very high rate.
What races we do Not play, Our own Research
We skip races that are to be run on an Off track, as Sloppy, Muddy, Heavy, or Yielding. What happens quite often there is a surprise horse, that no one knows is going to win, runs a big race. This could be because of Breeding or etc. You could research what happens with the Off tracks, but these races are probably inconsistent as to what CT#s or codes win.
We skip races with 2 or more Scratches. We also skip races where the Favorite has been scratched.
We skip races with an entry as 1 and 1A or more than one entry. This is so because the odds are distorted since the betting public gets 2 horses for the price of one. However, if one horse of the entries is Scratched the race may be played. If you wish to play races with entries, please keep a record of the data for entry races to investigate what happens.
What races to Play, Our own Research=
As a helpful key, we have found our ROI goes way up, if we just play races that have a Purse of $50,000 or higher. These races are the most consistent we have found so far. Purse is a very critical factor for Odds Analysis. At some tracks, you may find races where $40,000 is the limiting factor. Always continue to research which races work the best for the Odds Analyzer.
As far as surfaces and distances we have found, the consistency of the Odds Analysis is effected to very little degree by Dirt, Turf, or Synthetic. Aso the distance of the race as a Sprint or Route has little effect on the Odds Analysis.
As far as Age in the race horses, we have found you need to keep separate records for 2 Year olds races as compared to 3 Year olds and 3 & Up races. Wheather a race is Fillies or Colts, the Odds Analyzer works equally well.
For Maiden races we have found, separate research data should be kept.
All of the above is just to help you have a better understanding of what we have found in our research at HROA to increase your Advantage at the race track. But we recommend you continue to expand on the above and do your own research for even more improvement on your part that is more specific for your race track. Good Odds Playing!
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