Thistledown Picks - Racing Dudes (2024)

FAQs

How do you pick the best horse racing winners? ›

The JACKPOT is an exciting bet where you are required to choose the winner of the four consecutive Jackpot races. This is obviously harder to win than the Double, but the rewards are much higher. To make this bet easier to win you can take a permutation, where you select a number of horses in each race or leg.

The Racing Dudes are Jared Welch and Aaron Halterman, high school acquaintances who discovered a mutual love for horse racing.

History is on the side of Catalytic, a 30-1 longshot, as the highest number of Derby winners have come from the No. 5 spot. Ten of the 94 horses that began in that gate went on to be crowned champion, more than any other post position.

In the steeplechase, the numbers between 11 and 29 have proved to be the most successful, supplying 12 winners over this period. 35 and 29, 13 and 10 lead the way, however, with these numbers claiming victory twice each so far.

Win-Place-Show

This is the simplest way to bet on horse races. Pick a horse and bet him to win (finish first), place (finish second) or show (finish third). This is a $2 base bet, and you can certainly bet more if you'd like.

In conclusion, the most profitable horse racing strategy is value betting. It involves identifying discrepancies between a bettor's estimation of a horse's chance of winning and the odds provided by the bookmaker. By taking advantage of these apparent errors, bettors can maximize profits with higher chances of winning.

The granddaddy of all horse betting strategies is the Superfecta, the toughest bet in all of horse racing. The Superfecta is picking the top four finishers in exact order. Minimum entries 6 for a bet to be official.

Willy T. Ribbs the first African American driver to qualify for the Indy 500. Bill Lester, the first African American to race in NASCAR'S Busch Series. Lewis Hamilton, seven time world champion F1 race driver for Mercedes.

Who are the famous car racing brothers? ›

Michael and Ralf Schumacher are the most successful sibling pairing in F1.

Elite Racing Club was set up by Tony Hill in 1992. Hill had purchased a racehorse in 1991 and named it Elite Reg to promote his company Elite Registrations.

The rules of horse racing are usually simple: the first horse to cross the finish line wins. But with fractions of seconds separating winners from the rest, determining a winner was an inexact science before photography's invention.

The safest bet you can make is a SHOW bet on the favorite. While it's the most likely to hit, it delivers a small return. If you want to make more money, you need to bet on the more exotic wagers. They include the EXACTA (top two horses in order), the TRIFECTA (top three in order) or the SUPERFECTA (top four in order).