Betting

At a table to our right, a man had his nose buried in racing forms for hours. Suddenly, he raised his head and exclaimed, “I found a long-shot horse that’s gonna win big.” However, seconds before the race, his horse was scratched. The scratching of his horse made me wonder, why do racehorses get scratched? …

We recently went to the racetrack with a group of friends that’s never to the horseraces. They researched gambling on horses online but didn’t understand the basics, so I thought it a good idea to explain the bets a person should know before wagering at the racetrack. The bets you can place on a horse …