If you are betting on horse races trying to make money, then you know that it is a physical event and handicapping horse races is hard work.  You can become a better handicapper and pick more winners by using the five W’s  Before we get into the that however, let me explain that the reason I specify that it is an actual physical event is because handicapping horse races is called an intellectual sport, but it does require action.

While your efforts to pick winning horses may not make the 5 o’clock news, it is still an important event in your life.  In other words, whether you win or lose it is big news to you and has an impact on your life.  Imagine if you were a news reporter and had to write a news article about your efforts to win money at the horse races.  You would probably use the five W’s.

When a reporter writes a news article, he or she must include all the information so that the reader can understand what happened and why it is important or interesting.  If you can do the same thing with your betting and handicapping, you can start to look at it in a whole new light and learn to make better decisions by including all the important handicapping factors and considerations.

The five W’s are, Who, What, When, Where, Why (you can sometimes substitute How for Why).

Let’s take a look at each one to see how it applies to the big news of the day, that is whether you won your last bet and the specifics of your next bet and how they shape up under scrutiny.

In the last race you bet on the 6 and it won.

Who were the connections?  The trainer, jockey, and even the owner are important because they will probably team up again and you will want to watch for patterns that they establish.  Successful people don’t succeed by doing something different each time they win, they succeed by finding something that works for them and doing it over and over again.  So you need to write down Who won the race.

What is simple to report.  What happened?  Win or Lose?  Of course it is very important, but also simple.

When means what race was it and what day.  It can also mean When did the horse last race.  This will be particularly important if you write the five W’s before you bet because a horse coming back after a long layoff usually won’t be as sharp.  When did this horse last race and when did it win?

Where did it race?  Has it ever won at this track on this surface, or is it trying it for the first time?

Finally, Why did you bet on it?  This is very important because when you read these notes over again it will show you your strengths and weaknesses.

As you can see from the questions that you can answer about your behavior and what happened, it will help you to make better decisions in the future if you can answer the five W’s.  Use them every time you make a bet both before and afterward and you will soon improve your horse racing handicapping and make more money picking winners.

The most consistent horse racing systems have to have the basics and a handicapper must understand the basics. I have been around horse racing for 50 years including as an owner. Without the basics the rest is not going to do any good. If you want to learn how a horse owner and insider handicaps just go to http://williewins.homestead.com/truecb.html and get the truth.

Bill Peterson is a former race horse owner and professional handicapper. He comes from a horserace handicapping family and as he puts it, “Horse Racing is in my blood.” To see all Bill’s horse racing material go to http://williewins.homestead.com/handicappingstore.html , Bill’s handicapping store.

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