Thoughts on the Triple Crown Racing Handicap and Avoiding the Same Old Mistakes

If you’re competing in horse racing, you know how difficult it is to pick a winner in all three Triple Crown races. If you’ve followed the Triple Crown Races, the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness, and the Belmont, then you’ve seen a lot of drama over the years. But to be fair, if you’ve been paying attention, you know some of that big drama is just hype.

How many times must we watch a horse win the first two motos, only to be beaten at the Belmont? There are trainers that will hold a horse and target the Belmont with that horse. Some people claim that the trainer is a killjoy and resent his strategy, but to be fair, some of those trainers are very good trainers and they know that the horse is not ready to win the Kentucky Derby or Preakness, but may be. mature enough and in good condition by the time the Belmont gets going.

Another factor is distance. The horse may be well suited for the grueling distance of the Belmont. It takes a real workhorse to win the Belmont, while other flashier guys can score in the Kentucky Derby or Preakness. That makes the Belmont’s handicap very difficult. My advice is that you look for that type of parenting and use it as a factor of great weight in your handicap.

Sadly, I have seen the favourite, winner of the first two stages of the Triple Crown, make a move too early in the race and finish out of energy in the stretch only to be passed by a stronger horse. I wish I could talk to the riders of those favorites and remind them not to make their move too early on the horse. It might also help to show them the videos of previous Belmonts where horses that had a good chance of winning and looked fantastic in the early stages of the race lost because a cocky jockey thought he had so much horse he could ride over the leaders. entering the final turn.

A little research will show that if you’re in the lead at Belmont turn, you’re probably not going to win the race. Hello, is there a jockey listening? That’s my advice to riders.

My advice to handicappers is to try to ignore the hype if you can. Look at the distance statistics of the bulls and the running style of a horse and make good comparisons with some evaluation method like Ladder Handicapping. Before the race, be sure to meditate for half an hour or do some other stress-relieving activity because nothing can stress you out like seeing your horse move too early and running out of gas in the stretch. In my opinion, the biggest mistake in Triple Crown handicap racing is placing too much importance on a horse’s performance in the first two legs of the TC. The Belmont is a different place, or as we say down the stretch, a different kind of “cat.”