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Know which wager to place and which horse to bet on!

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Know which wager to place and which horse to bet on!

Waging is a historical practice, and with sports like derby, people have been enjoying wagers. For ages now, the scenes on wagers and betting windows at Gulfstream Park have remained constant. Every wager with a desire to bet on the fastest horses in the turfs must know how to choose a horse, so, here is your perfect guide! Physical appearance can be an essential factor in sizing up any competition. Remember, your vision is the most helpful tool in betting. 

Before ascertaining how to inspect the horse in the paddock, here is a list of various types of wagers that you can place while having Gulfstream Park tips in hand:

Win-Place-Show Bets

Waging is fun, and these are the most basic:

  • Win: Place a wager on a horse to win and have the cash prize in your pocket.
  • Place: This involves placing a wager on a horse to finish in the top 2.
  • Show: You bet and win if a horse you chose finishes in the top 3.

A winning wager, yield the highest payoff due to high risk involved.

Exacta Bets

Take some risk and try hands-on exacta, a more complex and challenging bet yielding higher pay-out—select two horses to finish first and second. If horses finish in the same order, you win.

Trifecta Bets

It has a higher difficulty level over other wagers, thus, yields the highest pay-outs. You get to select at least three horses to finish in the exact order you chose!

After learning the type of bets, there are many factors to consider for horse’s performance. For this, you must learn the horse’s history, speed, class figures and past race results, you must look at the trainer’s record, and the horse’s fitness and physical stature. While inspecting the horses in the Paddock, you must look for a horse with the head showing off big eyes; set wide apart with ears up & alert. Knees must be lined up & balanced to rest of the leg. The neck, back & hips should be well proportioned with massive muscular forearm and gaskin for speed and power. The horse should have muscles with a noticeable tone, solid from hindquarters. The coat should be nice and shiny with the horse having deep and thick heart girth for good-sized heart and lung capacity.

Conclusion:

Though it is not everyone’s cup of tea to succeed in waging, but with this brain-teasing activity, you can indeed experiment a lot and learn new tricks to make an own path of waging while keeping your luck by your side! Some fans win big by randomly choosing any horse, while others choose their lucky number; or draw a number out of the hat. Derby is all about fun and tricks, enjoy the game!

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