14 Easy To Understand Harness Racing Betting Angles

Angles are a way of picking winners from the past performances using a set of rules. The great thing about an angle is that once the rules are learned, there is not a lot of judgment required. Many handicappers seem to prefer to handicap an entire race card as if they are some sort of chess master, playing the races like a chess board. And I can understand this attempt at becoming a master class handicapper. But still, I've never been a big fan of a robust method of handicapping. The type of analysis that takes into account every conceivable factor, and then weighs all of these variables to make a selection. I have attempted this type of handicapping, but when I began to use angles for selecting winners, I found that I was spending less time handicapping, and I also discovered that I was winning at the same rate. The angles I have written about are those I use betting at harness tracks in race books in Las Vegas. Some of the angles in this book work better at some tracks than others, but the ones I have included here work at the largest number of tracks that I have researched. In a previous book I wrote, 19 Valuable Horse Racing Betting Systems, I explained angles for harness racing, along with thoroughbred and quarter horse angles. The three harness angles in that book have been reprinted in this book, but everything else appears here for the first time. The rules of the handicapping angles in this book are clearly explained and easy to use. Here is the list of the angles: Frequent Play Angles The Basic Elimination Method The Quick Rating Method for Harness Racing The Top Speed Rating Method The Median Speed Rating Method The Power Rating Method Spot Play Angles The Qualifier Advantage Morning Line Overlay The Non-Winners of X Races Lifetime Angle Last Race Winner Top Speed Rating Second Race Back Lowest Purse Value Last 10 Top Earnings Last 4 starts Trotter Angles Tote Board Magic

The methods and angles that follow have been among Ken Osterman's favorites over the years. They have been developed and tested on races at racetracks all over the country. There are systems that cover all three main breeds of horse racing: thoroughbreds, quarter horses, and standardbreds. The rules of the handicapping angle are clearly explained and easy to find horses that qualify for a bet. There are a couple of systems that use that tote board and require no past performances. These are systems that Ken Osterman has used successfully at race and sports books. The rules for each system are clearly explained, so it is understood why they work. Tips for improving these systems are also provided. Here is the list of the systems Thoroughbred 1 Best Jockey - Long Shot Method 2 Bet the Fastest Horse 3 The B6 Sprint System for Thoroughbreds 4 A Beaten Favorite System 5 Class on the Turf 6 The New Low Claiming Price Angle 7 The Route Speed Method 8 Three Strikes and You're Out - A Maiden Claiming Route Angle 9 An Australian Thoroughbred Betting Method - Show a profit down under Quarter Horse 10 The Hidden Speed Horse Angle 11 The Quarter Horse Speed Index Method 12 A Quarter Horse Elimination Method Harness racing 13 The Qualifier Advantage 14 Morning Line Overlay 15 The Quick Rating Method for Harness Racing 16 The Non-Winners of X Races Lifetime Angle Tote Board Methods 17 Tote Board Magic 18 Tote Board Magic II 19 Betting Favorites Using the Modified d'Alembert Betting Method

Through years of experimenting and altering the formula has produced more WINNERS, EXACTAS, TRIFECTAS, and SUPERFECTAS than ever before. And now after field testing the formula and reaping the rewards Joseph Peter has decided to share it. As you will find out, you don't need bogus tips and results from tipsters for 12 tracks. Instead, all you need is good information from one track to have a successful night. What does this translate to? Actually winning money.

A reprint of one of the classic volumes on racetrack efficiency, this book is the only one in its field that deals with the racetrack betting market in-depth, containing all the important historical papers on racetrack efficiency. As evidenced by the collection of articles, the understanding of racetrack betting is clearly drawn from, and has correspondingly returned something to, all the fields of psychology, economics, finance, statistics, mathematics and management science.

Covers the last ten years of the sport, with updated information on handicapping, various types of tracks, betting, and computing percentages, as well as tips on analyzing horse and driver fitness and ability