The new Betmix Past Performances are not only printable they provide a wealth of summarized data that can be used to easily point out logical contenders and potential longshot plays. The Saturday card at Tampa Bay Downs provided some good examples of the effectiveness of these innovative new PP’s. The winner of the 5th race was Read More

Betmix introduced the Handicapping Journal in November and feedback from our users has been overwhelmingly positive. The Journal provides an at-a-glance look at the previous day’s results as well as a preview of the current day’s racing landscape. One way to use the Journal is to analyze the day’s longshots listed in the Highest Paying Read More

Many people like to have a printable copy of past performance information, and some of you have asked for PPs that can be viewed on a tablet or IPad. We are confident that our new PP’s will satisfy both requests. We’ve developed a new PP that we feel is more useful than the traditional PP Read More

Legendary late 19th/early 20th-century horse player George Elsworth Smith, aka Pittsburgh Phil, is known for pioneering many important thoroughbred handicapping concepts. And a good many of those are just as relevant today as they were when all the men wore top hats and overcoats. “Successful handicappers know every detail in regard to the horses upon Read More

Three new Betmix tools: 1. Updated Horse pop-up info When you click on a horse’s name in Betmix you will see that horse’s PP info.  We have added several new things to that screen. A. If the horse had a layoff of more than 45 days, you will see that number in RED by the Read More

A Quick handicapping method using Betmix There is a lot of information available in Betmix and its always helpful to take a look at some of the stats and features in a little more detail. We often get questions about what certain things mean, or about how to use one of the tools.  Hopefully this handicapping Read More

We’ve seen a good amount of both quantity and quality so far from the first juveniles by Archarcharch. The Spendthrift Farm stallion is the sire of 39 starters and 10 winners as of October 16, both figures ranking fifth among North American first crop sires. Archarcharch is a son of (just) Arch, a son of Read More

It’s not unusual for a Florida-based stallion to rocket up the first crop sire charts. Kantharos and Wildcat Heir are a couple of recent top 10 freshman sires who hailed from the Sunshine State. Those two were speedy and precious and so are most of their progeny. In 2015, we’ve seen a different type emerge in Read More

Sons and daughters of the stallion Lonhro have been popping up (and winning) juvenile races all over North America and Europe. But just who is this Lonhro character? Nicknamed ‘The Black Flash’, Lonhro was a star on the Australian turf so Northern Hemisphere bettors and racing fans can be forgiven for being in the dark about this son Read More

In the past two Factoring Pedigree posts we profiled the emerging first crop sires Girolamo and Twirling Candy. But it’s Scat Daddy who rules as North America’s overall sire of two-year-olds this year, and by a wide margin. The Ashford Stud stallion has 20 juvenile winners so far, well ahead of Twirling Candy’s 12, and his babies Read More

Twirling Candy is out of the gate with 12 winners so far, the most of any North American first crop sire. Queen of Silence became winner number one on May 25 with a debut victory going 5/8ths on the Gulfstream Park turf course at odds of 10-1. Three more Twirling Candys have won on the Read More

After a full summer of juvenile racing some new sires with first racing two-year-olds (first crop sires) have emerged that need to be kept on handicapper’s radars. One of those is Darley America’s Girolamo. This son of A. P. Indy, who stood for just a $5,000 stud fee in 2015, is the sire of seven winners Read More

Available on both the desktop and mobile versions of Betmix, these buttons will give you a very accurate and quick way to handicap any race. Clicking one of these buttons will create a mix for you based on the detailed race profile stats we compile for each race in Betmix.  Using these buttons individually or Read More

A few mixes to get you started at Keeneland The Keeneland Spring meet starts on Friday, and we have created a few mixes to help you get out of the gate quickly. These mixes are based on the results of the Keeneland Fall meet that occurred in October of 2014, the first meet held on the the Read More

Another quick handicapping angle… The information found in the Race Profile Statistics can be a gold mine if you use it in the right way. For those of you who are new to Betmix, we will quickly recap what those stats are and how they are created before showing you a quick way to find Read More

Analyzing the data is the key to solving the puzzle When handicapping a horse race most people look at the relative abilities of each horse and judge them according to the past performance information they see in the racing program.  Information about where and what types of races each horse has been in recently, how Read More

Find a Dominant horse using the Race Profile Statistics We introduced the Race Profile statistics a few weeks ago. You will see them at the bottom of each individual race page and they provide information about winning posts, average winner payout and details about the most predictive factors for each race: There is a lot of Read More

The Race Profile Statistics Box In every single race view in Betmix (Today’s Races, Historical Races, MixMaker, Free Race of the Day) you will see the Race Profile statistics on the main screen just below the BetPad. All of the information in the Race Profile is based on similar runnings of the same race type Read More

Saratoga Longshots Saratoga is famous for longshot winners. The large field sizes, evenly matched fields, and trainers and owners who are aiming for a win at the track can produce some very high priced winners. What tools does Betmix provide to help you look for those longshots and how will they help you? The first Read More

Betmix offers users the ability to handicap races using Mixes, which are a group of factors and values. The Betmix tools offer you a very easy, fast and accurate way to handicap. Creating mixes with the help of MixMaker, or doing deep analysis by creating a report and testing the results will provide you with Read More