Greyhound Dog Racing Tips.
If you have a good handicapping method that works in sprints, do you also use it in route races? Those long races can be tough to handicap. It's more challenging to figure out what's going to happen when the dogs have more time to use strategy, rather than just speed.
The dogs have more room to run and more time to work their way through the pack. This is why some bettors prefer route races, because they figure it makes it easier to figure out the way the race is going to unfold.
Surprisingly though, the same factors that determine who runs in the money in sprints, work in longer races also. Many people will argue with you, but it's true. Except for one factor that only applies to routes, I use the same handicapping style for sprints, routes and marathons.
Most bettors, however, only concentrate on a couple of factors like how well the dog closes. This is not the way to approach route races. As in sprints, picking the dogs who run in the money means looking at the same factors you look at in sprints.
Early speed still matters. Who breaks first still matters. Running style and post position matter. The only two things that are different in a route race are the distance and the fact that, in middle distance races, the dogs start going into a turn.
This can complicate the break, so it's good if you can figure out which dog will benefit because of running style, if you can. That's not always possible though with good old-fashioned handicapping. This is why you have to move with the times and upgrade your methods from time to time.
Greyhound Dog Racing.