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Horses love to run, making them a perfect fit for racing competition. Here's everything you need to know about horses to assist. you in your handicapping process.

Those magical numbers handicappers use (whether they admit it or not) to rank horses in a summary fashion. There are a variety to choose from but the big ones are Beyer, Bris, and TimeformUS.

It’s called the “hidden fraction” because it is not clearly evident in horse racing past performances data. Many believe it’s the most important datapoint in the data.

A 2015 study shows that the running performance of Thoroughbred racehorses peaks around the beginning of their fourth year. The report's results matched previous results that studied horses in the United States, Brazil, and Japan.

Does the jockey's role matter in horse racing? Yes, but only slightly. Horse-racing enthusiasts often claim that a jockey contributes 10 percent of a horse's performance on any given day. Although this isn't a scientific fact, it emphasizes a jockey's role: while they can't significantly improve