Horsemen Talk Handicapping

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Published: October 18, 2012 10:05 am EDT

This week's Standardbred Canada video feature offers handicappers a perspective from the other side as trainers and drivers shed some light on factors that may not be so obvious to consider in the quest to pick a winner and cash a ticket.

"Some people look for driver changes, some people look for shoeing changes, some people look for class drops," said driver Anthony MacDonald. "There are so many little things that can sway you to bet a horse or not. That's the greatest thing about this game is that you're never right and you're never wrong until they cross the line. That's the way it is. It doesn't matter if you picked them because of their name, their colour or the guy sitting behind them, nobody is right or wrong until they cross the wire. It's fantastic."

Standardbred Canada is supporting the 2013 World Harness Handicapping Championship, which will bring together horseplayers from across North America to compete for $100,000 in prize money. The WHHC is slated for Saturday, April 13, 2013 at the Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

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