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Wednesday, March 25, 2009

horse race


There is a lot of appeal in the access that online horse racing betting gives a punter to information, statistics, race conditions because these are the main factors that will be used to assess the probability of a horse’s chance of success. It’s a lot easier and user-friendlier to be able to search for this information online than it is to thumb through a newspaper, which can only really improve you horse racing betting experience.
Track side betting is one of the most popular forms of gambling, with people still turning out in droves to watch the races and place a wager on their favourite horse. But this popularity is not stopping horse racing betting from joining the online gambling boom and taking some of the business away from the bookkeepers and horse racing betting establishments. It helps that most horse racing betting sites guarantee to exceed their land based counterparts, their lower margin helps to keep the returns higher for punters.
By horse racing betting from the comfort of your own home, in front of your own computer you are only going to improve your chances of a win, because you are going to be more likely to make a solid selection. This is because you are more likely to make your selection based on statistical trends than a hunch and you are less likely to get caught up in the excitement of the horse racing betting moment and over reach yourself financially. The information that you will have access to online is going to be the most recently updated, which is of particular importance when you are comparing the alternative, Friday selections printed before noon for the papers can’t take into account the effect an overnight storm will have on those tracks for the Saturday races and this could seriously affect your horse racing betting.
There are heaps of additional features on the horse racing betting websites that are springing up all over the Internet. You can subscribe to informative newsletters that will give you tips and information about strategy and horse racing betting systems. There are glossaries and articles to read if you are new to horse racing betting or perhaps just new to the online phenomenon. There are even forums and email addresses that you can address your horse racing betting questions to.
But perhaps one of the most incredible and intriguing aspects of the online horse racing betting development is the growth of virtual horse racing betting sites. These are websites that deal only with virtual horses and races, they don’t really exist but people are horse racing betting with them anyway. There are two main sites online to check out Raceclubs and Digiturf, and it could be worth a look because the concept is fascinating. Each member is the owner of a virtual horse racing stable and owns as many virtual horses as they want, which can then be involved in horse racing betting. The detail of the world is extraordinary; it even extends to designing your own silks and running time trials with you virtual horses to make sure that they are fit to race. The racing may be ‘virtual’ but the horse racing betting is real and there are thousands of dollars of prize money involved.