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_Don’t know how to spot a great horse who will take the first place? Fret not since we have a few tips that can help you pick which horse may be the best contender for the first place position. Free horse picks are available online but of course, don’t take away the fact that you too can come up with your own opinions and not rely on someone else.

Pay Attention Be Aware
As a horse bettor, you should be well aware to observe horses. Be aware of horses that had their last run at the same track and distance at coming race you want to bet on. Horses like humans are creatures of habit and this can often improve on its last performance. The trainer obviously has his reasons for sending his runner back and watching if these horses can throw up some big value winners.

Keep a Close Eye on Horses
Of course you don’t keep an eye on every horse you see. Take particularly the horses that have finished 1st, 2nd 3rd or 4th in each of their last 4-5 runs of the current season. These horses have proved that they are consistent and that is a great sign and can take advantage of. You want a horse you can predict easily and that is a horse you want to bet on.

Horse Classes
Try to observe horses that have won over the distance ‘D’ or better, have won at a course over ‘C’. Horse bettors always go for horses that win the higher classes of races.

Favorite Horses
Favored horses are usually priced 5/2 or smaller, if they are favored in their last run but have larger odds for the coming race and are running with same or lesser class then these horses will have a bad run and have caused the public to lose confidence in them but this technique can throw up some big priced winners.

If a horse is a large priced favorite because of a notable drop in class like two levels or more, look for other horses that have done the exact same thing but are on the market for higher odds. The lower priced horse is often one that has been tipped by popular pundits or the media and the other in a same position can offer much better value.

Free horse picks aren’t always available from experts but if you know how to pick a horse from the start and knowing what you’re getting yourself into then there’s no problem.

 
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_If you are only beginning to experience the fun of horse betting and don’t know where to get reliable free horse picks then it’s better to come up with one of your own. There are free horse picks online where you can read but having to come up with your own free horse pick is priceless and gives more to chew on.

The thing is, there are people who involves themselves with horse racing but don’t know how to pick a horse. Today, we will be running down on the tips for beginners and teach them how to pick a horse that will make it to the first place.

Do your homework
This means that you must research on all the horses and the track that they are going to race on. You should also have some brain functioning abilities in order to come up with your own opinions about a race.

The Track
There are race tracks that horses will be good at and tracks where horses will suck mostly. Knowing this information will definitely help you pick which horse will make it to the finish line before the rest of the horses. Look for horses’ information and take a look if they have raced the same track in the past. For those horses that you think haven’t raced in the same track then perhaps there’s a track they have raced before that is quite similar.
Take special note of the horse that finished first in the same track in the race. There’s a possibility that the same horse will leave the other horses in the dust.

The Horses
Horses train for races and that has become their life. You can take a look at information if the horse has run recently even if it were only in training. Always favor horses that have recently ran than the horse that have not ran for weeks.

If there’s an odd situation where a horse’s odds fall sharply right before the race starts, then the horse is a good pick. It often means that there’s someone who has reliable information on the horse.

The Jockey
Horses have affinities with their jockeys. If a great horse has a new jockey then you may want to rethink betting on that horse. But if you have reliable information that the horse is doing good or even better with the new jockey then you can definitely pick that pony.