Understanding Horse Racing Market Moves Following the money in horse racing is a mind of freeinformation and worth pursuing. Here are a few tips to how the betting market works. These price fluctuations reflect the options of thousands of gamblers across the country that have spent many hours studying form, examining ground conditions and checking the horses condition in the paddock. A horse’s recent form can be further evaluated by checking its strength in the betting market. Some punters use market moves as one of the main ways to finalise their bets. The idea is that the collective opinion of all these thousands of punters will provide a more accurate idea of the winner of a race. A horse that has been backed down in price from its morning odds quite heavily is called a steamer. Market moves for unraced horses with no exposed form in maiden races are also worth checking. One idea for using market moves is to back the horse that you think will win from your usual form study. If it is favourite just before they go off double your stake. If it has drifted in odds then bet on the horse that been backed into favourite as a saver so you have two horses running for you. Some of the things that effect market moves are, •
The state of the horse in the parade ring before that race.
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Recent form of a horse.
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A change of jockey from a moderate one to a top classjockey.
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Connections in the know.
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inside information from the trainer who knows the horse is in peak condition
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Sudden change in the ground conditions.