Horse Watches

Horse Watches


I got this original idea from reading the book "Bet With The Best All New Strategies from America's Leading Handicappers" from DRF Press.

In this book Andrew Beyer in one of the first few chapters summarized something about his style of handicapping and how it's evolved.
Originally he used to pour over every bit of information he could get his hands on. A lot of it was irrelevant and time consuming. He would then hope to eventually find a nugget to shine through.

Eventually he realized it's easier to find the nuggets first and wait until the horses were entered into a race. So he now summarized what he does as:

* Find crucial nuggets of information and individual horses that might turn out to be decisive handicapping factors when they run next.

*Maintain a horse watch list of these strong horses.

*When one of these horses appear in the entries, handicap the race by focusing on that particular horse and judging if he is worth a bet.


These are the two notification services online that provide the ability to track horses for free and send an e-mail when that horse is entered to run in a race. These services are an invaluable tool for handicappers and owners who want to keep tabs on certain horses.

Stable Alert From Bloodstock Research. Stable Alert is probably the most timely and reliable of the horse watch services. Especially with regard to workout information. There's a free horse watch that lets you track specific horses and a trainer watch which will let you follow specific trainers.

They also have a subscription based sire and dam watch that'll let you follow specific sires/dams and their offspring.


Virtual Stable Provided by Equibase & Trackmaster. Virtual Stable will allow you to track horses entered in a specific race. It's easy to use and requires that you sign up first. It's free and allows you to keep track of notes for all of your horses. Users have the option of following workouts or results.

Enjoy