| Maybe you're tired of all the information you have to | | | | breed from jockeys. They're much more likely to own |
| sift through to handicap Thoroughbreds. Maybe you're | | | | and train their own horses, which gives them a bigger |
| getting stale at handicapping the greyhounds and | | | | stake in winning. When you have to pay for feed and |
| would like to try something a little different. | | | | a stall for your horse, you have a real incentive to |
| If harness racing has caught your interest, you're not | | | | drive as well as you can. |
| alone. While interest in greyhound and thoroughbred | | | | Many people have noticed that harness races seem |
| racing is declining, harness tracks are attracting a | | | | to turn out the way it seems like they should. In other |
| bigger crowd than they have in years. | | | | words, favorites win a lot at the harness races. This |
| Whether you go to the fairs or OTB or even one of | | | | makes it a little harder to make money in one way, but |
| the big New York tracks, harness racing can give you | | | | easier in another. |
| a big bang for your buck. Maybe it's because the | | | | While favorites at the harness track might not usually |
| horses are tougher and more consistent than the | | | | pay as much as they do at the thoroughbred track, |
| high-strung Kentucky Derby breed. | | | | because they come in a lot, it might be easier to |
| Maybe it's because they're able to run in all kinds of | | | | handicap the harness races. |
| weather for up to 10 years without breaking down or | | | | No matter how much the winner pays, if you don't pick |
| suffering the health problems some other breeds do. | | | | it, it doesn't pay YOU anything. So, if you'd like to try |
| After all, standardbreds have been pulling wagons and | | | | your hand at picking some winners at the harness |
| carriages and even carrying riders for hundreds of | | | | track, either with a free harness handicapping system |
| years throughout the US. | | | | or your own ideas, give it a whirl. What do you have to |
| Or maybe it's because their drivers are a different | | | | lose? |