Horse Racing Handicapping Using Speed Figures and Average Speed Figures
Whether you are handicapping harness races or thoroughbred races, speed figures can be very helpful, but also misleading. Just using speed figures alone to pick winners will usually result in long term losses, though they may make a profit on one day or another. Horse races are multi-faceted events that depend on many factors.
You cannot add a column of numbers and come up with the right amount unless you know all the numbers in the column and you cannot handicap a harness race or thoroughbred race without all the factors. Those factors also have to be weighted and the reason that we rely so heavily on speed figures is because they are one of the more important factors. (more…)