The Future of Horse Racing Handicapping Software

In one of the "Back to the Future" sequels, there's a part where Biff Tannen becomes rich betting on sports because he has a book from the future that tells him all the winners.

An interesting premise and many a gamblers dream.

The same could be said for the new generation of horse racing handicapping software programs.

Recently, I met a gentleman in Las Vegas who owns the most amazing piece of horse racing software I've ever seen. The back end is created by a team of mathematical geniuses.

What this software does is it uploads proprietary speed ratings, class rating and past performances for every horse in a race and with millions of pieces of complex code runs a simulation as to what the most likely scenario will be.

For example, at I saw a race where it picked the entire order of finish from first to last in order!

And the graphics are professional and so darn realistic. I've seen others with clown-like graphics that are downright laughable.

What this next generation of horse racing software does is take hours of handicapping and make it into a TV-like experience, where you get reliable results and look for value rather than toiling at coming up with contenders.

In this horse racing software you can adjust running style, jockey strategy, adjust for a horse having a better race than last time, or a worse race. You can add weight. You can do all sorts of things to a horse to see how it will respond under those conditions.

Then, you can set the horse racing software to run the race up to 500 times. This is powerful information. Not only that but the software looks for the value race of the day.

You see, with most horse racing software programs now, you get entire cards and it's up to you to find a key race. I believe this is so you can never judge the performance, as it can boast a winner at xyz track that paid $87. But for the most part its picks are mediocre.

It's better if the program can give you a race where you have a serious shot at hitting and not only that, there's value in the race. That to me is true value.

So when you are out there looking for the best horse racing software, look for the best value. What is it doing for you? Is it helping you win at the track? Or is it just giving you a bunch of re-shuffled information and leaving the tough decision-making to you?

For my money, I want to know the key race first and then look into the handicapping second. Otherwise you may as well stick the hat pin in the racing program.