What are the most reliable factors in thoroughbred racing?

[fishorsechess]

On top of the list is speed and then probably pace.
Near the bottom are trainer stats.

[Zaf]

Juice & Milkshakes :mad:

ZAFONIC

[RXB]

I'm not sure about factors, but every horseplayer knows the most reliable events in horse racing:

1. Bad racing luck for my horse;
2. Even worse racing luck for my horse;
3. Acts of God against my horse;
4. Bad stewards' decision-- DQ'd my horse;
5. Got in line with too many superfecta players, got shut out of winning bet;
6. Got in line with those people who stand at the machines, alternately
looking at a tip sheet and the roof, apparently waiting for providential
guidance-- got shut out of another winning bet
7. Finally able to get a bet in, horse finally got clean trip-- ran dead last;
8. Finally won, but the rebate whales destroyed the price at the end;
9. Bad food at the track-- tummyache;
10. Flat tire on the way home;
11. Cycle will repeat itself the next day, and the next, and the next...

[mhrussell]

...the dominant reliable factor is bet value... pure and simple.
If a horse that has a 'pulse' and a shot in a race and is 50-1, god even I would get in the starting gate and give it a try!!

PRICE, PRICE PRICE!!!..... makes up for a world of sins. PRICE, not speed figures, is "the way, and the truth and the light".

Or as my teacher published in a re-take on a famous Damon Runyon quote:

"The race may not always go to the swift, AND that is the way to bet!"

[kenwoodallpromos]

Early speed; ITM finishes; race placement by a good trainer.