Years ago when I started following the ponies, even before I could bet them, I heard a saying that has stuck with me all these years. An old horse player once told me, “There’s always fresh.” He said it as he walked out of the track with that dazed look of a man who’d just had a bad day and had left a piece of his bankroll behind.
Even in the depths of despair he was looking forward to the next day when he would start the horse racing handicapping process all over again and maybe have a winner or two. That is the kind of passion that it takes to beat this game. If you want some kindly advice about betting on horse races, here’s a tip.
If you aren’t willing to really work hard and suffer some big ups and downs and maybe a lot of disappointment along the way, then you’re probably not professional handicapper material. But don’t despair, because that doesn’t mean that you can’t play the horses for recreation. It just means the chances of you making a living betting on horse races is pretty slim.
The difference between a pro and a recreational player is that the pro is dead serious and wants to make a profit. A recreational player, on the other hand, just wants to have fun, cash some tickets, and maybe come out ahead once in a while. Either one of those two choices is fine, if you’re smart enough to figure out which category you fit into. Either one may use a system or about the same handicapping tools, too. The big difference is that the serious player will work harder and manage his or her money better. It is a business.
For the person just looking for some thrills, a diversion, and maybe an occasional score, there is less pressure to win, but he or she will also have to pay for the thrills and fun. The serious player pays for the satisfaction of winning as well as the monetary gain with his or her work, while the recreational player pays with money he or she earned from some other source.
As a serious player you will have to keep yourself motivated. That is where the wisdom of the old horse player comes into play. If you are serious about making money wagering on races, you better be ready to leave the track a loser once in a while, but you will have to be able to pull yourself together to go into battle the next day. That is when you will need to remember that there is always fresh and tomorrow and tomorrow’s races offer a new challenge and new possibilities.
If you want to learn how a horse owner and insider handicaps just go to http://williewins.homestead.com/truecb.html and get the truth. Bill Peterson is a former horse race owner and professional handicapper. To see all Bill’s horse racing material go to Horse Racing Handicapping, Bill’s handicapping store.
