My Favourite Casino Is Online

August 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment

It can be tough to be someone who enjoys gambling, especially in Canada. We have so many government watchdogs and regulations related to gambling, that finding a place to unwind, sit back and have fun can be tough. That’s why so many of my friends look forward to their yearly trip to Las Vegas. Trust me, it’s not the flight and experience of having to elbow their way through throngs of players at the big casinos that brings them back. It’s being able to play competitive games in an environment that’s safe, secure and reasonably comfortable. Flying to Vegas is all well and good, but what about those of us who are on a budget or who want to be able to indulge in our favourite competitive activity more than once every few years?

I tried going to the horse races a few times. Most major cities have a track, like Woodbine in Toronto or Western Fair in London. The last time I went to the track, I ended up dropping nearly $50 on dinner and a few drinks. The horse races were exciting enough, for the minute or two that each lasted. There were slot machines to play as well, but it just didn’t do it for me. It’s fine as a something to do once every month or two, but horse racing turned out to be expensive and didn’t really scratch my competitive itch.

The local pub in our neighborhood has video slots, but a few minutes of playing on those proved to be depressing. I’ve never seen anyone win on one of those machines; you have drunks and dancers banging into you all the time and people were staring at me. I don’t need to be judged, especially when I spent just 10 bucks playing a game while the people pointing at me were well into a $100 bender. Lottery tickets? Boring. There’s no skill involved whatsoever in those things. Receiving lottery tickets in my birthday card remains a welcome gesture, but when I want the thrill of gambling, I’ll look elsewhere, thanks.

A card game with the gang from work? That sounds like fun. It definitely brings out the competitive edge, but getting one of these games together is a royal pain. No one seems to want it at their house and when a game finally does come together, the low stakes take a lot of the fun out of it. Like the racetrack, this is a once or twice a month event, but it’s not an option when I want to play poker right now.

Video games? They have the advantage of being able to play from home and multiplayer online versions can offer a competitive thrill, but they can cost $60 or more and there’s no money at stake. If I outplay someone, I like the idea of being able to make some cash from my skill.

My big find was online casinos. They combine the gambling thrill I get from visiting Vegas or Niagara Falls with the immersive gameplay and stay-at-home convenience of video games. I can play whenever I want, without having to get dressed up or worrying about driving and parking. I can have a drink, snacks or a nice meal when I play, but without the markup. And I can play literally any time I feel like it. I just go into the den, get comfortable in my big leather lounger, fire up the laptop and I can be playing an engrossing game of poker in minutes, or trying my luck at Tomb Raider slots. I can win real cash, not the nickel stakes the work crew plays for in the monthly poker games and if I want to mix it up, try something different, I can choose blackjack, keno, baccarat or any number of other games.

Is it secure? You bet. Choose your Online casino carefully and you have the best of all worlds. I chose a website with games powered by industry leader Microgaming (not just the best quality graphics and gameplay, but over 550 to choose from), multiple deposit and cash-out options (including Skrill, Netelller and Instadebit), 128-bit encrypted transactions, compelling promotions and live support for customers. There is no registration fee and no charge to download the software. Thanks to high quality gambling online, my favourite casino is now in my den.

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Joan Waters is a frequent contributor to Canadian newspapers and publications, writing about travel, leisure and getaways. “I love gambling,” she says, “and there are now online casinos in Canada that make it tough to justify a weekend in Vegas.” With safe, secure and highly entertaining gaming available on a home computer, she recently wrote, many people are finding the money they would have spent traveling is better spent on the games themselves.

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How To Get Your Horses To Do A Great Free Walk

August 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment

1. What is a free walk?

It’s a relaxed gait.

2. What should a free walk look like?

The frame should be lengthened, and your pony should lower his head and neck in just such a way it seems like he’s grazing. His poll should be lower than the withers.

He should open up his throatlatch angle so that his nose is pointing rather forward. He should appear to be stretching at the bit.

His strides should get longer so that he begins to cover more track.

3. How is transition at commencement of a free walk done?

A good free walk depends on correct preparation. You prepare for a free walk in just how you prepare for a ‘stretchy’ circle on the trot.

While still in a medium walk, you execute a connecting half halt over about 3 or 4 seconds on your short side.

You give a connecting half halt by creating energy: you close both your calves like you are asking for a lengthening. But in reality your horse shouldn’t lengthen.

Make a fist of your outer hand to capture and contain, then recycle energy to the horse’s hind legs.

Maintain closed legs and outer hand for 3 or 4 seconds, and while in this position, squeeze or vibrate on the inside rein and release it to stop your pony from arching his neck outwards.

Ensure your legs are relaxed while going into the diagonal and open your fingers to allow your horse to get rid of the reins from your hands.

4. How to transition back to a medium walk?

You do so with the connecting half halt that you used for your free walk preparation.

Press gently with the calves even as the reins reman long.

While shortening the reins, maintain a closed fist of the new outer hand; squeeze with your new inner hand and release it.

5. What do you do with a lazy horse?

‘Breathe’ with your legs if the pony isn’t showing much energy,

You do this by:

– Raising your legs off his sides

– Moving them back an in. or so and replacing them lightly.

You achieve two things by breathing your legs. Your horse is probably numb to the feel of your legs if you’ve been indulging in excessive gripping. Removing your legs and replacing them lightly enables him to get back his sensitivity. When you move your legs back, you place them nearer your horse’s ‘engine’; this is a reminder to him that he should more actively use his rear legs.

6. What do you do with a horse that appears to want to jig?

If he is showing an inclination to jig, execute 1 or 2 transitions to the halt.

Give your horse some praise after each halt.

He will be able to soon be able to predict a stop or a slow down.

That’s the time you use ‘stopping aids’ in a little way to remind him that he should stick to a flat-footed four-beat walk while you go across the diagonal.

If your pony has a predisposition to jig as you raise the reins after a diagonal, come to a halt first and pick your reins up on the halt. This way, you’ll train your horse to keep slow on occasions you are doing a transition.

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How To Train Your Pony To Not Resist Being Tied

August 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment

If you’ve been around horses, you must have seen horses that just didn’t take to getting tied? They set back and struggle against their rope. It doesn’t make for a pleasant picture, and it can essentially be deadly. I recollect a girl went inside on a brief errand, leaving her horse tied to the porch railing. When she returned, the railing had a gap in it and the missing piece was tumbling and twisting after her pony as he ran around attempting to shake it off. He was injured as it kept banging into his legs, and the vet bill that resulted was stiff. That was a point learned hard and costly. You don’t tie a pony to something that might give. Most horses don’t react well to that.

What’s the best strategy of grounding a pony? Over the years I have experimented with plenty of techniques that I heard of and read about here and there, although not one of them was really effective. I finally found that what natural horsemanship teaches you is the best solution: it is really easy on the pony and raises no difficulties at all. You teach your pony to give to the smallest of lead line pressure.

Get started by putting a rope halter on your horse. Don’t use the leather or the flat web type. Horses feel rope halters better and cannot ignore their pressure by leaning against them. With delicate and steady pressure on the rope, get the horse to incline its head toward you as you stand by his shoulder. With each movement of his head, however slight, give him a rub. Repeat the method again and again from one side, then switch over to the other side. You should achieve instinctive response to the cue, and also a fuller bending of the head. It is important to release the pressure as fast as your pony gives, even if it is just a bit.

Then go to chapter two: put some pressure on the rope to get your horse to come towards you as you stand in front of him. Don’t fight resistance; just maintain steady pressure till the horse gives. As quickly as he does so , release the pressure.

You can test your horse to determine if he has actually learned to give to pressure by watching him while he’s grazing. If he makes an attempt to jerk his head up when he steps on the lead, you know there is some way to go. If on the other hand he keeps his head down as he steps off the lead, you know he has learned well.

And now, of course, we come to the crux: how is all this connected to tying your pony? When a pony develops the practice of giving to pressure, he’s going to stay tied. When he responds by giving rather than jerking away, he won’t resist being tied. You should not fret if the method of teaching your pony to give to pressure takes time; you’re getting rid of his ingrained bias of setting back. It will be worth all of the time and labour you spend on it, because once your horse is absolutely trained you’ve got an animal who is responsive and safe. In addition, you will be ready to lead your horse without constantly yanking at the rope, and obviously, when it is time to ask for collection under the saddle, you have got a horse that gives to pressure instantly.

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My Favorite Horse Racing Books

August 18, 2012 By 1 Comment

The best horse racing books have a way of capturing the grace and character of the noble thoroughbred and its human companions. As a long-time horse racing fan, I’ve spent many happy hours reading about the sport, its people, history, characters, and horses. Horse racing has an unusually good body of literature for a sport that is not much in the public eye any more.

Good handicapping books were few and far between before Tom Ainslie came along. Ainslie’s Complete Guide to Thoroughbred Racing was the first book to pull together a comprehensive approach to handicapping, setting it apart from the more system-based books that had previously characterized the genre. Although the Complete Guide is a bit dated today, it remains a solid overall introduction to handicapping.

Better yet, though, is Steve Davidowitz’s Betting Thoroughbreds. This fantastic book covers virtually every aspect of handicapping from speed figures to class evaluation, pedigree analysis, pace handicapping, and much more. As a guide to bread and butter handicapping, Betting Thoroughbreds is best of breed.

When it comes to horse racing books, few do it better than Andy Beyer. Although he wasn’t the first to discover and use speed figures, he was the first to popularize them; and the eponymous Beyer figures remain a staple in the Daily Racing Form today. All of Beyer’s books are worth reading, but Picking Winners, and Beyer on Speed are must reads for any enthusiast.

Those who love horse racing love it for more than the gambling aspect alone, however. The colorful characters that are staples of any race track backstretch are superb fodder for the gimlet eye of horse racing authors. Bill Nack’s Secretariat: The Making of a Champion is a fantastic behind the scenes look at the career of America’s greatest race horse.

If you haven’t picked up a copy of Laura Hillenbrand’s best-selling Seabiscuit: An American Legend, run, don’t walk to your nearest book store and grab one now. It’s an amazing account of the unlikely rags to riches story of the horse, his jockey, trainer, and owner. Hillenbrand takes you back in time to when racing was America’s sport, and this little horse that could became a national star.

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Free Horse Racing System – Placepot System

August 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment

The Placepot is likely without doubt the most excellent value bet in betting. To win the Placepot you need to pick a horse to be placed in all of the first six races at a horse race meeting. This is largely a Fun bet so do not go sticking wads on it, nor expect a load of winners, but when it does win you can be paid out #100s!!! This horse racing system ought to point you in the correct direction.

The Placepot Horse Racing System Method:

Firstly, we have got to choose which meeting to utilize each day. It is better to stay to just a single meeting for each day. If there is a abundance of meetings then it is by and large better not to use the main meeting of the day as this pretty frequently includes races with sizable, competitive fields, and it makes our work of discovering horses to place more problematical. Conversely, the lowest grade meeting of the day, particularly in the flat season, in addition has its issues. The horses here are frequently ridden by the poorest standard of jockeys that makes research grueling. So when presented with a diversity of meetings select the second biggest meeting of the day to work on. If you are uncertain which one this is, then add all together the prize values of every race at every meeting. The one with the second highest value will be the one to take advantage of.

Having selected our meeting, we now need to produce our selections using the horse racing system for qualifiers.

To win the Placepot we are going to use what is termed a Placepot perm. This allows us to select more than a single horse in every race. Most bookies now supply Placepot perm slips that make entering easier, but you can additionally do them online these days.

To win the pot we need to pick a placed horse in every race. Obviously if we had covered say, three racehorses in each race then our odds are greatly enhanced. Unfortunately it’s not that straightforward! The more racehorses we pick in each horse race, the more expensive our stake. To cover three in every of the six races would require 729 bets, IE. 729 times the minimum stake at 0.10p a line!! #72.90 Ouch!!

The perm we exercise in this plan uses just 36 lines, at 10p unit stake the bet costs simply #3.60. It consists of a single selection in two of the races, two qualifiers in another two races, and three qualifiers in the remaining two races. 1 x 1 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 = 36 bets in total.

Now to select our qualifiers for the perm. If you are an experienced form student you may add your own information to the selection process, but at this time we are going to base our qualifiers on SP forecasts. Using the morning betting forecasts is a very dependable selection method to utilize with this system.

Here’s what to do:

– Look at the SP forecast prices for the six horse races concerned. Look for the two races with the shortest priced favourites. These will be the most dependable favourites of the day, and even if they do not win, they ought to place. These operate as our single entries in the perm.

– Select the two races with the largest fields, they are mostly big handicap races, and are constantly the hardest to pick winners in. Take the first three racehorses in the betting forecast in every one of these races, they will be our three qualifiers in the perm.

– Obviously in the outstanding two races, we use the first two in the betting forecast as our two qualifiers in the perm.

We now have all the elements for our perm. Don’t be fooled into thinking that since the selection method is fast and simple, it is useless. If you use it day after day you ought to win the Placepot a few times a month. What it pays though depends on how many others share the pool.

One final note with reference to which paper to use. I suggest using the Racing Post as their SP. Forecasts tend to be more accurate, but whichever you use, keep to the same one every day.

Good luck with this Placepot horse racing system.

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Remember These Horse Racing Tips on Betting Exchange

August 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment

The most important thing to remember while betting on a horse race is that a bettor needs to be disciplined and well focused. Here, the Internet proves to be a wonderful tool for horse race betting. The most common method of horse race betting played by the bettors is multiple tracks. A casual bettor may select to bet on favourites, the favourite number and the name of a horse. 

To win betting, you need to have good knowledge, discipline and money management skills. If you follow the wrong horse racing tips, you may suffer from severe losses. This means, a bettor needs to have a proper horse betting bankroll to come out of the losses incurred through bad horse racing tips.
 
These are some of  the betting suggestions, which will help to win the horse race betting:

The potential of a horse to win the race is reflected through horse racing odds. You may win a betting by finding races that can be won.
 
You need to find out how many times you look at the horse racing odds. A bettor needs to avoid second guessing by playing tough races. To avoid second guessing, you need to look at the race and avoid playing the race if proper statistics on all of the horses is not found.
 
One condition of the horse racing odds is, when the track is sloppy. Most of the horses are unable to run on off tracks. This may lead to losing the game. Another condition of tough race is maiden race. It becomes difficult to understand which horse will win the race, since none of the horses has ever won the race.

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Race Specialist Horse Racing Betting System Review

August 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment

How many ‘miracle’ systems have you used with your betting that have failed for you because they were simply based on wrong information and wrong techniques? How much money have you wasted betting without having a clear system at your disposal? How many times did you fail to win when you tried to base your bets on trends that are worthless because there are too many variables to take into account to determine a trend?

No more will you have to waste you money on something that is not going to bring you in money. No longer do you have to spend money on systems that promise everything but deliver nothing.

There are so many systems that are sold which promise you big winnings but fail to deliver. You may wonder how they can stay in business. Well, the thing is that there are a lot of people looking for ways to get ahead, and with a system they think will work. So, there are a lot of potential customers lining up as other customers realize the poor results of the promises.

What can you do then?

Well, you can use a manual that works and provides you with information you can use. The Race Specialist manual is full of information that will help you get a jump on betting. There are no false promises in this manual, just proven methods of winning at horse races. With this amazing manual, you will learn:

• How to examine the day’s race cards to find the short-priced favorites.
• How to use proper betting methods with mechanical style system rules.
• How to analyze the Postadata Table.
• The facts behind professional tips to help you avoid costly mistakes.
• How to lower your risk with effective staking strategies.
• How to bet during the day when you are work.
• And much more!

In addition, you get 54 pages of racing examples from the author to help you learn how to best bet on the horse races. The 180 page manual is great because it will teach you by helping you learn by example, provide you with effective learning through exercises and help you build confidence in your betting ability.

With this manual, which uses seeing and observing, as well as touching and doing methods of learning, there is no way for you to fail with your betting. You will learn the methods that others use to be successful with their bets and you will be able to enjoy big winnings without the huge risks of other ‘miracle’ strategies that won’t help you out at all.

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Horse Racing Systems – Choosing the Right Horse

August 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Horse racing is as much as a betting game as it is considered a sport, and horse racing tips will never be complete without tips to bet on the right horse. One would ideally want to have a system or a statistical database that can provide all the necessary details over various parameters about a particular horse. Many people have worked to develop horse racing betting systems, a manual or software database giving racing details of every horse in the racing circuit which people can study to pick the correct horse they think would be likely to win them bets. Such systems are present currently for the benefit of people looking for information on their horse choices; however, there is no such system that would guarantee a sure win every time.

Horse betting systems are tedious to construct for the simple reason that they require an in-depth analysis of every horse and the enormous parameters that need to be incorporated to give a complete profile. For obvious reasons, listing more parameters will provide more information, and hence require generation of complex excel worksheets of data. As an alternative to this, software are available for the same purpose, and the numerous parameters available for use can be customized individually to generate the best fit data according to a race type or horse type.

Some websites also provide horse racing data in terms of their ratings in various races; such information is available for free access by some websites, while others require a regular subscription for the same. The downloadable data is packaged with various variables that focus on providing relevant data needed during horse race betting.

Let’s have a look at some parameters used by the system to provide horse-selection data:

• The most important factor that will determine any horse’s chances of winning would have to be its own physical status. The physical statistics determine the fitness levels of any horse and can be readily compared with similar data of other competitor horses.
• Horse racing systems often depend on financial aspects of the betting party. Hedging is a common practice used by many to deal with the uncertainty that is integral to horse racing. It can be described as an investment of betting amounts in a certain way to limit loss.
• Arbitrage is another factor which affects the likeliness of a horse to win or lose. It can be described in lay terms as placing a horse on a lower value, however at the same time placing a very high value on it at races.
• Jockey and trainer forms are also incorporated by certain betting systems when determining horse ranking.
• Drawing of lanes is sometimes considered by the betting systems as a factor that could affect a race’s outcome.

Thus, having a reliable betting system allows its users to assimilate and update their database with relative ease and is much less time consuming. The only outright downside to the system would be a somewhat rigid nature of these systems, and one must bet their selections on a daily basis else they would can easily be proven redundant.

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Origins and History of British Horse Racing

August 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Within hundreds of years, people all around the world, especially in Britain, has enjoyed horse racing as an exciting recreation. Origins and history of British horse racing will be revealed in this article.

 

It is believed that the sport of racing horses originated in Central Asia, where the first organised races took place. Horses were first introduced to the British Isles around 1500 BC as horse racing became part of religious and social festivals. In particular, the Celtic goddesses Epona was honoured with horse racing.

 

The Development of the Thoroughbred


The breed of horse used in most professional horse races in the world is the Thoroughbred, also known as the English thoroughbred. According to the International Encyclopaedia of Horse Breeds, the breed originally developed for British horse races was the small and sturdy Galloway, a breed which is now extinct.

 

In the 1700’s, Galloways were crossed with many different breeds from the Middle East and Central Asia. The breeds used in British horse races gradually became taller, with longer legs for a greater stride and a deeper chest for greater lung capacity. By the 1800’s, the Thoroughbred was well established, with British horse racing conducted on the flat in heats of several miles.

 

The Sport of Kings


King Stephen (1135 -1154) was one of the first recorded English monarch to import horses from different nations for war and for racing. There was racing in Chester, at the Roodee Fields, in 1539, during the reign of Henry VIII. Consent for this race was given by the Lord Mayor of Chester, Henry Gee, which is where the term “gee-gees” comes from.

 

King Charles II (1660 -1685) became thoroughly enamoured by the early Thoroughbreds and helped to establish Newmarket, one of the main venues in British racing. Queen Anne (1702 -1714) followed this by opening Ascot racecourse in 1711.

 

Even today, the Royal Family takes an intense interest in British horse racing, both on the flat and over hurdles.

 

Regulation of British Horse Racing


The Jockey Club was formed at Newmarket in 1750 to help set guidelines for the ever growing sport. In the 1800’s, they decided to close the Thoroughbred stud book. They also would not allow American-born Thoroughbreds to be imported into the UK for fear of their not being purebreds. This rule was overturned in 1949.

 

Since June 2007, British horse racing has been governed by the British Horseracing Authority, a merger of 2 bodies, the British Horseracing Board and the Horseracing Regulatory Authority, which previously held the governing and regulatory authority for the sport respectively.

 

Horse Racing Today


Racing today is very popular all around the UK, and is becoming much more accessible for people who wouldn’t normally have gone to watch race meetings. In addition, many race courses offer corporate entertaining in order to provide a fantastic days racing for individuals and companies alike.

 

If you’re looking for a day out with a difference, or somewhere different to take your clients, why not consider a race meeting?

 

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Horse Race Betting – A Simple Horse Racing System

August 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Horse race betting using a system has proved very successful for many racing enthusiasts. The secret of success with any horse racing system is to initially satisfy your self that it is a viable system. The only way that you can do this is to “paper test” it over a period of time. Only when you are totally satisfied should you invest real money in the system selections.

Here is a simple system which you might like to try. I would point out that no system can guarantee you success and you should “paper test”this system for a month or more. Never bet more money than you can afford to lose.

The origins of this system seem to have been lost in the mists of time but it is a simple way of rating runners in any horse race. The system can be applied to all types of race, flat, all weather and national hunt. It is based on ability and recent form.

For the purposes of this system you only consider this season’s form and the horses last two races. You then award points to each horse in the race based on the following formulae:
1st Place 5 points
2nd Place 3 points
3rd Place 2 points
4th Place 1 point

If the horse has won over course and distance add an additional 3 points. If the win was over the distance of today’s race add 2 points and if it was on the same course add 1 point. Add the points up for each runner and the horse with the highest number of points is the bet. If there are two top rated horses there is no bet.

For a staking plan I would recommend level stake single bets with a bank of 100 points. This system may not make you rich but it should give you a bit of fun and maybe come out ahead of the bookie.

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