| Did you ever consider betting on the jockeys instead | | | | they label the running styles of horses. For instance, |
| of the horses? Some people have favorite jockeys | | | | if jockey A does well with early speed runners on |
| or trainers and will just flat bet their favorite. If you | | | | the dirt, you may label him or her ESD. Keeping a list |
| do manage to make a profit betting like that, it will | | | | of jockeys with each one's label will enable you to |
| probably be a small profit. Here is an angle that is | | | | match up jockeys with horses and then to compare |
| based on that idea, but goes a little farther to | | | | good matchups to the odds. You will be comparing |
| narrow it down to more advantageous | | | | the winning style of the jockey with the running style |
| circumstances. | | | | of the horse he or she is riding. |
| If you go to a race track regularly or follow a few | | | | The angle here is to find value in your bets by |
| through simulcasts, you probably have some opinions | | | | identifying situations where a jockey will perform |
| about the jockeys. You may have some pretty | | | | better with a horse than is expected because he or |
| strong opinions about which ones are good and which | | | | she has a runner that matches his or her style. To |
| ones are bad. You may also know their strengths | | | | make this work I would suggest that we also need |
| and weaknesses and have opinions about when to | | | | to find a race model that suits their style. If sprints |
| bet them. | | | | for 3 year old fillies are usually won by early |
| Some race tracks or horse racing data services offer | | | | speedsters and jockey A is on a filly with early |
| a breakdown of how each jockey fares in different | | | | speed who is going off at generous odds, perhaps he |
| kinds of races. While a jockey may appear to do | | | | or she is worth a bet. |
| very well in long turf races, he or she may not do | | | | The key here is to be able to determine what fair |
| nearly as well in sprints on the dirt. Some riders are | | | | odds are for that runner based on the rider's ability |
| good at getting a horse out of the gate quickly and | | | | and then to compare the fair odds with the actual |
| hustling their mount to the front, while others do | | | | tote odds. It will require note keeping, but after a |
| better coming from off the pace. | | | | while you may be surprised to see patterns emerging |
| Using this data, it is possible to label a jockey just as | | | | and actually find some good bets. |