If you're looking for a good horse racing angle one thing you may want to add to your handicapping bag of tricks is how well some jockeys do with certain horses. It isn't available on every program, but some past performances do include a jockey's record with the horse. They indicate the total number of times that rider has been on that horse and how many times he or she won, placed, and showed.
Almost everyone has had the experience of meeting someone they just didn't like or meeting someone they were instantly drawn to. It's the same with horses and people. Though a professional rider can usually get on any horse and do a good job of guiding it through a race, there sometimes is a problem, whether it's a war of wills or just bad chemistry.
It may be that the rider took an instant disliking to the horse or the other way around. How does this happen? As we all know, animals sense a human's mood and tune into people. If a rider happened to be in a foul mood, perhaps he or she had just had an angry exchange with another jockey or trainer before getting on the horse, then the animal will sense that and may decide that the rider is dangerous.
If a rider gets on a horse that is in a nervous condition or acting up, he or she may also decide that the horse is more trouble than it should be. Whatever the case may be, if the rider and horse are out of sync, as they say, then they just may never get their best effort together.
That will show up in the past performances where it shows how many times the jockey has been on that horse. Look at the jockey's overall win average and then check to see how the rider has done with that horse. Let's say he or she usually wins 15% of the time but has three wins out of ten starts with that mount. That means he or she is twice as likely to win with that horse.
We know that certain riders and trainers do well and people often bet horses just because the connections (jockey-trainer) are known for winning a lot of races together. The same may often be true of the horse and rider, though fewer people pay attention to that stat.
A few wise handicappers keep an actual list of horses and jockeys who have done well together and they follow those rider and mount teams and bet them whenever they look as though they have any chance at all to win. It's one more way to get an advantage in the horse racing handicapping game.
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