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Horse Racing Form

meverly · 2006-04-22 00:27:23

hello, first I wanted to say I am new to this forum and to the racing too. If I was not new I would not be here probably. I have been following some races and some horses this year and I do feel like a novice. I read the boards.ie regularly now. And to me the key is in reading the form but it is difficult. I look at a…

22-04-2006 12:27am

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meverly

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hello, first I wanted to say I am new to this forum and to the racing too. If I was not new I would not be here probably. I have been following some races and some horses this year and I do feel like a novice. I read the boards.ie regularly now. And to me the key is in reading the form but it is difficult. I look at a paper - and here it goes: 0004F0 - name of the horse - and a string of numbers and letters is where the fun starts. And this is only one example.
Can anyone please help out.
Also I have a question about handicapping and about horses taking weight and giving weight. Could you please explain it to me as well?
Thank you for all posts.

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#2 22-04-2006 12:45am

scojones

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Hi meverly and welcome to the forum. I'm just off to bed so I can't answer all of your questions right now, but please have a look at this thread that fade2black created http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=301268 which explains how to read the cards on the racing post website. Follow the link provided in the first post by fade2black. I really hope this helps you. As regards the form you quoted, 0004F0, 0 means it finished above 9th, they don't say 12th because 12 would look like it finished first and second in a race, F means that it fell. Enjoy the forum

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#3 22-04-2006 8:03pm

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Hi Meverly, Welcome to the forum. Here is a thread explaining Handicapping. Check out the link tom kelly posted. I think it explains it very well.

wbailey

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054898439&highlight=handicap

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