In horse racing what is down the card bet?
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I'm not sure because I've never heard it, but it sounds like it be the same as across the board in which you bet all three paying finishes on the horse. If you bet $5 across the board on #7 then you are betting $5 for #7 to win, $5 to place, and $5 to show making the total bet $15. If #7 wins then you win the pay-off for all three finishes. If he places then you win just 2nd and 3rd place money, losing the $5 bet to win. And if he shows you win only third place money losing both $5 bets on win and place. Hope this helps.
701098
1/ 31 means the horse came in first at its last run and third at its second to last run. 20 means it came tenth or worst at its last run and second at its second to last run. F means the horse fell.\n2/ the higher the form rating, the better the horse.\n3/ s.p. is starting price, the price the horse will pay when the gates open.\n4/ C/SP is chance against starting price. If you think the horse has a 50% chance of winning, then that converts to $2.00. 100/50 = 2. If you can get a better price than $2.00, eg $2.30 then make the bet.\n5/ This just tells you where the favorite placed in that particular race
611574
Arctic Blue won at 200-1 at Chepstow Racecourse on 23rd March 2005.\n\nThe Tote Win bet paid out a miserable £79.10 for a £1 bet, but the Exacta (first two horses in the correct order) paid £2,799.90 for a £1 bet!  \n\nNice if you can get it.
120418
My father taught me the most important lesson I ever learned about betting horses. Don't bet the horse, bet the odds board.\n\nExample: If you handicap a horse to win and the horse is even money, forget him, find a better bet, even if you know the even money shot is going to win.\n\nI've been betting horses, and winning, since I was 12, about 42 years ago. This is the best lesson I ever learned.\n\nIt doesn't answer the handicapping question (current form, curren class, current success of connections) but it may help in winning more money, and I think that's what you are looking for.
1129042
Morning, \n\nI signed up for one year, and guess what,like everyone else I have heard reporting on it,  the telephone system lost a lot of money.  If the system was any good, they would be able to pick out the winners from the system as they use the "best bets" from the system to put out on their telephone line.  \n\nIf you are really good at finding winners on the system, you probably do not need any system to help you.  Also, you would have to back two or three horses in EVERY race to cover any  potential winner that the system might throw up.   As you can see, that is  an imposible thing to do - you would lose a fortune in one week.  Last summer, they often gave about 20+ points every day to bet on the telephone,  and bearing in mind their points in relation to the profit they advertise in the RP is £100 a point to reach their profit figure.  Needless to say, most of their telephone tips lost or those that won were at short prices, so the loss was huge.\n\nA  lot of the "winners" they claim in the RP are from the system, which they have not managed to find to put on the telephone.  If any of the races that day throw up a winner from the top three, they call that a winner even though they have not found it themselves to give out on the "best" bets form the telephone.  \n\nEvery person I have seen commenting on the system has said don't throw yuour money away and it is a huge con etc.  Obviously, they may have a few good winning bets from time to time (but not when I was a member for a year) to put in their ads but unless you can afford to lose a lot of money (plus the cost of the system and/or tele;phone service, or want to take a huge gamble, be very cautious.  I wish I had been!\n\nPerhaps you can let me know what you decide to do and how it turns out for you.  Good luck\n\nCheers
729772
I bet animals, so I will say either horse racing or cock fighting
134133
Suppose there were three horses running in a race. If you put money on each one of them to win, place or show, you are guarenteed to win three times because each of them will win, place or show. That is hedging a bet. I'm not sure why they use the word 'hedging', but that is the general idea.
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A smart man doesn't bet on the Melbourne Cup. Having said that, you can play the percentages and increase you're likeliness of picking a winner if you follow these rules:\n\n1. Don't pick a European horse (as much as Yeats may be tempting this year)\n2. Pick a 5 or 6yo\n3. Pick a horse who has a win or at least a place in a quality two mile (3200m) race.\n\nMakybe Diva was a 7yo last year, which was the only reason I didn't pick her, plus the weight she was carrying.\n\nThis year, I'm going for On a Jeune (at about $21). He's a gelding (prehaps I should have said 'it'), 6yo, plently of racing in Australia and finished 2nd last year behind Makybe Diva in the Melbourne Cup. Some money on Art Success ($51 for the win), perhaps for a place could prove to be the dark horse in this race.\n\nHappy punting!!!
500030
In horse racing for instance, the bookmaker decides which horse is most likely to win (the favourite).  If it is a three horse race, the favourite would be probably 1 - 4, the second favourite 1 - 1 and the third 3 - 1.  Once betting starts, if he receives a large bet on the second favourite, he may cut the odds to 1 - 3 and increase the favourite to the same 1 - 3.  This continues until just before the off when he balances his books.  He may offer the favourite at 1 - 1 just before the off to ensure that he does not lose.   In, say, a boxing match, he will do the same 1 - 5 on his first choice and 1-1 on the second. When betting begins, these odds will fluctuate.  If it is a draw the bookie wins all, unless of course he took bets on the result being such.  (The odds 1 - 3 mean that you put three dollars on to win one, plus your initial bet, so if you win, you get four dollars back).
464213
Go with the winning percentage Jockey. And then decide on the horse.
895594
win,place.and show .that's1.2,3,then exotic bets
325215
bet - loser has to moon someone at the train station or something
213257
u bet!\n\n\n2 points!!!
591205
I've bet on horse racing for nearly 40 years.  To say that all races are fixed would be innacurate.  Industry wide about 38% of the betting favorites win all races, meaning that 62% of the time the non-favorites win.  There are thousands of factors involved in the winning and losing of a horse race, the most important being the pace of the race.  Drugs which are legal at nearly every track have a significant impact on how well a horse may or may not run.  The bottom line though, horses are animals and not machines, and humans will be humans.  They need to eat also, if that means not trying to win with a horse for 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 races in order to "darken its form", i.e. raise the odds, then many are willing to do so.
906904
The race is on next Tuesday.\n\nCheck here for tips: http://www.theage.com.au/sport/horseracing/index.html
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In gambling it is called a "marker".
1147325
Basically, handicapping is looking at a horse in a particular race to decide how well the horse will do in that race.  Professional handicappers do this to see if a horse would be at an advantage or disadvantage in a race, and to see if adjustments should be made to equal out the field of horses.  For example, a proven winner and experienced horse might have to carry more weight in a race than a green, unproven horse to give the green horse a better chance at winning the race, since the more weight a horse carries the harder it is to run.  Professional handicappers do this by looking at things like race record, who the horse has raced against before, how long since the horse raced last, who may be riding the horse, etc.\nFor the amateur handicapper who just wants to place a good bet, handicapping can be as simple as looking for the best horse in the paddock before the race to studying a horse for weeks before the race to find the best one.  Most handicappers look at four things when looking at a horse: Speed, or how fast the horse can run or has run before, Pace, or how the horse likes to run in a race (you dont want to bet on the sprinter who can only run fast for a quarter mile to win in a mile long race for example), Form, or how the horse looks (for example, if the horse has won the past five races it has been in, it is more likely to win than the horse who has not won in the past five races), and Class, or how high a calibur the horse is (you would expect a horse that won the Kentucky Derby to be able to beat a field of horses in a claiming race just because the Kentucky Derby horse should be of a higher caliber than the claiming horses).  Other factors could be considered, such as pedigree, trainer, rider, weather, condition of the racetrack, etc.  The best place to find out alll this information is the Daily Racing Form.  Pick one up the day before a race or go online at www.drf.com to see the statistics on each horse in a race, then pick who you think will be a winner. Handicapping is not an exact science, so try out different ways and see which works best for you.