Horse Racing Systems Should not Focus on the Top Rated Jockey Why

Horse Racing Systems Should not Focus on the Top Rated Jockey Why

Many bettors place a great importance on the jockey in a horse racing event. Is this actually a good strategy, and is it something that should factor in highly when developing or using any horse racing systems?Good jockeys attract the bettor's stake money like a moth to a flame in many cases. I find this bet selection method to be quite shallow, and more often than not, ends up in a shrinking betting bank balance.The list of jockey statistics below shows the performance of some of the best jockeys in the industry, and details what your losses would have been if you had backed these jockeys to win throughout the year.(Year): 2010Hanagan 1029 Races 18% Wins -76.23 Profit Hughes 913 Races 18% Wins-194.52 ProfitMoore 682 Races 18% Wins-93.18 ProfitFallon 697 Races 18% Wins-53.51 ProfitDettori 497 Races 22% Wins-79.06 ProfitThese results are impressive. At least the jockey performance results are. The profit points are a different matter, and all have resulted in a loss. Why then, with the jockeys doing so well with their strike rates, do they go on to produce losing bets. It doesn't make sense at a surface glance. The answer to this question lies with the betting public. On the whole, the mass punters love to back the top jockeys, and as they do so in their droves, the prices of the horse drop. They drop so much, that the horse, becomes a poor value bet. So much so that the jockey strike rate would have to increase quite a bit if the puntor was going to profit at those odds.Jockeys that have a good run of wins often get asked by top trainers to ride their top horses for particular races. These horses will invariably win, which in turn makes the jockeys strike rate increase. The increase of the strike rate however, was not the jockey doing (in many cases). As a result, the public see a jockey with a strike rate that is misleading to their actual ability.The mass punting public in general factor the top jockey's as a major part of their horse racing systems selection criteria. This selection criteria is not a particularly a very good one, because the jockey's ability is relatively small in comparison to the horse, so to actually focus on the jockey as the main selection criteria is actually a long term error to make. If you were to actually work out the percentage split between the ability of the horse compared to the jockey, and what governed the success/ failure of the end result, you would probably end up with 80% of the results was governed by the horses ability, and 20% could be allocated to the jockey's contribution.Where horse racing systems are concerned, you should avoid focusing on chasing after the top rated jockey as your main selection criteria. If you want to use the top performing jockey strike rate as a governing factor in your system, then you might want to consider using the high strike rate as a means to get a value lay betThere are a huge amount of computations you could use when putting together criteria for horse racing systems. This article has been written so that you can find out the reality behind the contributing factors of the jockey and the horse. Winning at the races is not an easy thing to do, and in depth research is recommended, whether you are building your own, or using other people's horse racing systems

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